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Table 2 Trends over time in % of women aged 20–24 years reporting first birth before age 20 years, disaggregated by age (CIs at the 95% in parenthesis)

From: Trends in adolescent first births in five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: disaggregated data from demographic and health surveys

Country

Year of first survey

Year of second survey

Year of third survey

Actual % change between baseline and final survey

Average % annual rate of change baseline to final survey year

Bolivia

1994

2003

2008

  

  < 16

5.2 (4.2–6.6)

4.5 (3.8–5.4)

5.2 (4.3–6.2)

0.0

0.0

 16/17

13.3 (11.6–15.2)

14.5 (13.0–16.0)

14.9 (13.3–16.5)

1.6

0.9

 18/19

19.2 (17.1–21.5)

21.8 (20.0–23.8)

17.3 (15.6–19.1)

−1.9

−0.7

 Total < 20

37.7 (35.1–40.4)

40.8 (38.7–43.0)

37.3 (35.2–39.5)

− 0.4

− 0.1

 Colombia

1990

2005

2010

  

  < 16

3.7 (2.6–5.2)

5.5 (4.8–6.2)

5.7 (5.1–6.4)

2.0

2.7

 16/17

10.0 (8.2–12.1)

14.0 (12.9–15.2)

14.0 (13.0–15.0)

4.0

2.0

 18/19

17.0 (14.3–20.1)

16.4 (15.2–17.7)

16.8 (15.8–17.9)

−0.2

−0.1

 Total < 20

30.6 (27.4–34.0)

35.9 (34.2–37.6)

36.5 (35.1–37.8)

5.9

1.0

Dominican Republic

1996

2007

2013

  

  < 16

6.5 (5.3–8.0)

8.5 (7.4–9.7)

6.8 (5.2–8.7)

0.3

0.3

 16/17

15.2 (13.2–17.3)

16.3 (14.8–18.0)

17.0 (14.7–19.5)

1.8

0.7

 18/19

17.6 (15.5–19.9)

16.9 (15.3–18.6)

17.1 (14.9–19.7)

−0.5

−0.2

 Total < 20

39.3 (36.5–42.1)

41.7 (39.5–43.9)

40.9 (37.7–44.0)

1.6

0.2

Haiti

1994

2005

2012

  

  < 16

4.6 (3.5–6.1)

4.3 (3.2–5.6)

3.2 (2.5–4.1)

−1.4

−1.7

 16/17

10.4 (8.7–12.4)

10.8 (9.2–12.7)

9.7 (8.5–11.2)

−0.7

−0.4

 18/19

16.5 (14.4–18.9)

15.1 (13.2–17.1)

14.4 (13.0–16.0)

−2.1

−0.7

 Total < 20

31.6 (28.8–34.4)

30.1 (27.6–32.7)

27.3 (25.4–29.4)

−4.3

−0.8

Peru

1991

2007

2012

  

  < 16

3.3 (2.8–4.0)

3.5 (3.0–4.1)

3.5 (2.8–4.2)

0.2

0.3

 16/17

9.1 (8.1–10.1)

10.3 (9.4–11.3)

11.1 (9.9–12.4)

2.0

1.2

 18/19

14.5 (13.3–15.9)

14.9 (13.8–16.0)

17.1 (15.5–18.8)

2.6

0.9

 Total < 20

26.9 (25.3–28.6)

28.7 (27.2–30.2)

31.6 (29.7–33.6)

4.7

0.9