Table 1.

Fertility rates (years 2000 and 2012) and fertility rate trends (2000 to 2012) among adolescents between 10 and 14 years of age in Brazilian regions and states

	Fertility rate per 1,000		Fertility rate trend 2000 to 2012
	2000	2012	APCa	APC CI 95 %		r2	Trend
BRAZIL	3.38	3.29	0.15	−1.48	1.80	0.88	-
Distrito Federalb	2.86	2.05	−2.82	−4.38	−1.24	0.83	Decrease
NORTH	5.46	5.85	1.05	−0.15	2.27	0.88	-
Acre	7.42	7.11	0.84	−0.19	1.88	0.58	-
Amapá	6.70	5.63	−0.48	−2.16	1.18	0.04	-
Amazonasb	5.57	7.05	2.49	1.33	3.67	0.73	Increase
Pará	4.89	5.56	1.34	−0.36	3.08	0.89	-
Rondônia	4.72	3.50	−1.54	−3.14	0.10	0.40	-
Roraima	10.86	8.77	−1.93	−3.92	0.11	0.06	-
Tocantins	6.20	5.00	1.26	−3.32	0.87	0.88	-
NORTHEAST	3.72	4.07	1.21	−0.42	2.86	0.83	-
Alagoas	4.80	5.63	1.86	−0.85	4.64	0.72	-
Bahiab	3.39	3.84	1.65	0.07	3.25	0.74	Increase
Ceará	3.54	3.56	0.57	−1.70	2.90	0.77	-
Maranhão	3.94	4.98	2.42	−0.04	4.94	0.55	-
Paraíba	3.22	3.51	1.01	−0.32	2.35	0.42	-
Pernambuco	3.83	4.07	0.68	−1.21	2.60	0.79	-
Piauí	3.83	3.55	0.18	−1.56	1.94	0.52	-
Rio Grande do Norte	4.30	3.83	−0.60	−3.91	2.83	0.76	-
Sergipe	3.87	3.86	1.03	−2.10	4.25	0.65	-
MIDWESTb	4.26	3.41	−1.59	−2.92	−0.24	0.95	Decrease
Goiás	3.69	3.07	−1.25	−3.09	0.63	0.87	-
Mato Grossob	5.27	3.99	−1.70	−2.75	−0.63	0.88	Decrease
Mato Grosso do Sul	5.54	4.86	−0.50	−1.91	0.92	0.78	-
SOUTHEAST	2.54	2.24	−0.64	−2.83	1.60	0.74	-
Espírito Santo	2.96	2.73	−0.35	−3.47	2.86	0.64	-
Minas Gerais	1.99	1.94	0.08	−1.66	1.85	0.64	-
Rio de Janeirob	3.60	2.81	−1.90	−3.37	−0.42	0.89	Decrease
São Paulo	2.41	2.13	−0.38	−3.02	2.34	0.61	-
SOUTHb	3.15	2.45	−1.59	−3.04	−0.12	0.88	Decrease
Paraná	3.32	2.93	−0.77	−2.22	0.70	0.85	-
Rio Grande do Sulb	3.39	2.14	−2.76	−3.84	−1.68	0.72	Decrease
Santa Catarina	2.41	2.13	−0.71	−2.87	1.51	0.80	-

^aAPC = annual percent change

^bSignificant at level 0.05