Gravidez na adolescência: perfil dos casos ocorridos no estado de Goiás de 2005 a 2015

Abstract

In Brazil, between 2010 and 2015, more than 3 million births among teenage mothers (between 10 and 19 years of age). Pregnancy in adolescence may cause serious risks to the health of the mother and child, in addition to diminishing educational opportunities and, therefore, professionals for the mother and the father. Thus, this study aimed to nvestigate the profile of the births occurred in the state of Goiás between 2005 and 2015, among adolescent mothers aged between 10 and 19 years. A cross - sectional and retrospective descriptive study was carried out. Secondary data collection occurred through data available on the website of the Department of Informatics of the National Health System (Datasus).The results showed that during the period 2005 to 2015, there were a total of 199,983 births among mothers aged 10 to 19 years. The largest birth registration for adolescent mothers occurred in 2005. It was detected that 53% of the adolescents from Goiás presented between 8 and 11 years of schooling. Among the 11 municipalities in Goiás with the highest birth rates among adolescents, the municipality of Goiania had the highest incidence, 32,600 births between 2005 and 2015. The municipality of Trindade occupied the 11th position, with 3,728 records in this same period. The results also showed that the majority of mothers between the ages of 10 and 19 were respectively single when the birth occurred. 86% of these adolescents had the gestational period between 37 and 41 weeks. Between 2005 and 2015 there were also a percentage of 4% of births with children who presented congenital anomaly, however 44% of the records were ignored, indicating that the presence of congenital anomalies in Goiás may have been higher than that recorded on the Datasus website. There were also a total of 8,207 abortions occurred among adolescents in the state of Goiás in the period of 2005 and 2015