Revista panamericana de salud pública = Pan American journal of public health
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Rev. Panam. Salud Publica · Jul 2003
Comparative Study[Birth rates and reproductive risk in adolescents in Chile, 1990-1999].
For Chilean teenage mothers under 15 years old and from 15 to 19 years old, to evaluate the trends in birth rates and reproductive risk for the period of 1990-1999. ⋯ In the period studied, the Chilean teenage mothers faced greater reproductive risk than did the women 20-34 years old. The number of live births among teenage mothers tended to rise during the 1990-1999 period, but the change was significant only for the mothers under age 15. These results point to the need to develop programs that improve both sex education and birth control practices starting in early adolescence.