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

BRAZIL

3.38

3.29

0.88

-

Distrito Federal^b

2.86

2.05

0.83

Decrease

NORTH

5.46

5.85

0.88

-

 Acre

7.42

7.11

0.58

-

 Amapá

6.70

5.63

0.04

-

 Amazonas^b

5.57

7.05

0.73

Increase

 Pará

4.89

5.56

0.89

-

 Rondônia

4.72

3.50

0.40

-

 Roraima

10.86

8.77

0.06

-

 Tocantins

6.20

5.00

0.88

-

NORTHEAST

3.72

4.07

0.83

-

 Alagoas

4.80

5.63

0.72

-

 Bahia^b

3.39

3.84

0.74

Increase

 Ceará

3.54

3.56

0.77

-

 Maranhão

3.94

4.98

0.55

-

 Paraíba

3.22

3.51

0.42

-

 Pernambuco

3.83

4.07

0.79

-

 Piauí

3.83

3.55

0.52

-

 Rio Grande do Norte

4.30

3.83

0.76

-

 Sergipe

3.87

3.86

0.65

-

MIDWEST^b

4.26

3.41

0.95

Decrease

 Goiás

3.69

3.07

0.87

-

 Mato Grosso^b

5.27

3.99

0.88

Decrease

 Mato Grosso do Sul

5.54

4.86

0.78

-

SOUTHEAST

2.54

2.24

0.74

-

 Espírito Santo

2.96

2.73

0.64

-

 Minas Gerais

1.99

1.94

0.64

-

 Rio de Janeiro^b

3.60

2.81

0.89

Decrease

 São Paulo

2.41

2.13

0.61

-

SOUTH^b

3.15

2.45

0.88

Decrease

 Paraná

3.32

2.93

0.85

-

 Rio Grande do Sul^b

3.39

2.14

0.72

Decrease

 Santa Catarina

2.41

2.13

0.80

-