From: Looking back and moving forward: can we accelerate progress on adolescent pregnancy in the Americas?
Country and date of census | Age group | Percentage of adolescent mothers | |||||
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Indigenous | Non-indigenous | ||||||
Urban | Rural | Total | Urban | Rural | Total | ||
Brazil, 2010 | 15–17 years | 10.6 | 22.9 | 18.7 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 6.8 |
18–19 years | 26.8 | 46.9 | 39.4 | 18.2 | 26.6 | 19.5 | |
15–19 years | 17.0 | 31.6 | 26.4 | 11.1 | 15.2 | 11.8 | |
Costa Rica, 2011 | 15–17 years | 8.5 | 20.3 | 17.0 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 5.7 |
18–19 years | 23.6 | 42.1 | 36.1 | 17.0 | 22.2 | 18.4 | |
15–19 years | 15.2 | 28.7 | 24.7 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 10.8 | |
Ecuador, 2010 | 15–17 years | 9.0 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 11.9 | 9.6 |
18–19 years | 28.9 | 34.2 | 32.9 | 25.2 | 34.1 | 28.1 | |
15–19 years | 17.4 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 15.0 | 20.3 | 16.8 | |
Mexico, 2010 | 15–17 years | 6.3 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 6.0 |
18–19 years | 23.4 | 27.4 | 25.3 | 20.6 | 25.8 | 21.6 | |
15–19 years | 13.2 | 14.8 | 14.0 | 11.6 | 14.2 | 12.2 | |
Panama, 2010 | 15–17 years | 16.9 | 20.5 | 19.6 | 5.7 | 8.9 | 6.7 |
18–19 years | 38.8 | 54.2 | 49.7 | 19.1 | 28.6 | 21.7 | |
15–19 years | 26.0 | 32.4 | 30.7 | 11.3 | 16.2 | 12.7 | |
Uruguay, 20,100 | 15–17 years | 6.0 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
18–19 years | 20.2 | 25.8 | 20.4 | 16.9 | 21.9 | 17.1 | |
15–19 years | 11.6 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 9.4 |