Live births and deaths of neonates born to adolescent mothers: analysis of trends and associations from a population study in a region of a middle-income country.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent pregnancy is associated with adverse outcomes, and although there has been a global decline in the incidence of teenage pregnancies and neonatal deaths, the absolute number remains significant. This study aimed to evaluate temporal trends in live births and neonatal deaths from adolescent mothers, as well as to identify the effect of adolescent pregnancy on neonatal death.

Methods

This is a population-based study of all live births from mothers residing in Sao Paulo state, Brazil, between 2004 and 2020. The Prais-Winsten model was used to analyze annual trends for live births from adolescent mothers, neonatal mortality rates, and the percentage of neonatal deaths within specific demographic groups. The Kaplan-Meier survival curve evaluated the time to n

SUBMITTER: Vieira E Oliveira CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11840978 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature