Birth rate in adolescent women

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• Mainland Portugal
• Region

Mainland Portugal

Birth rate in adolescent women (age <20 years) / 100 live births

(a) New target calculated for mainland Portugal.  b) Denmark, OECD Health Data (2006).
Source: INE, 2009.

(a) New target calculated for mainland Portugal.  b) Denmark, OECD Health Data (2006).
Source: INE, 2009.

In Portugal, the birth rate for adolescent females decreased by 28,8% between 2001 and 2007 (from 5,9% to 4,2%).

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Region

Birth rate in adolescent women (age <20 years) / 100 live births , by Region (NUTs level 2)

(a) New target calculated for mainland Portugal.  b) Denmark, OECD Health Data (2006).
Source: INE, 2009.

(a) New target calculated for mainland Portugal.  b) Denmark, OECD Health Data (2006).
(c) NUTs level 2 (2002).
Source: INE, 2009.

From 2004 to 2008, birth rate in adolescent women (age <20 years) / 1 live births in mainland Portugal decreased, from 5,1  to 4,2  (relative increase of 17,6%).
The Region which show greater negative deviations in relation to the value for mainland Portugal was, in 2004 as in 2008, Alentejo . The best values were registered in the Centro (3,6%).

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