Methodology

Goal: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Target: By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes

Indicator: Adolescent birth rate (aged 10-14 years; aged 15-19 years) per 1,000 women in that age group

Concepts or definitions: Annual number of births to females aged 10-14 or 15-19 years per 1,000 females in the respective age group. The adolescent birth rate represents the risk of childbearing by women aged 15-19 years is also referred to as the age-specific fertility rate for women aged 15-19

Formula: The adolescent birth rate is computed as a ratio. The numerator is the number of live births to women aged 15-19 years, and the denominator an estimate of exposure to childbearing by women aged 15-19 years. The computation is the same for the age group 10-14 years. The numerator and the denominator are calculated differently for civil registration, survey and census data

Measure Unit: Rate

Reach: National

Initial period of historical sequence: 2016

Last period of historical sequence: 2017

Institution: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics

Contact: Ana Jara Castro, Statistical Projects Manager

Source: Birth Records 2016-2017. Puerto Rico Vital Statistis Record Office, Health Department.

References: SDG Indicators: Metadata repository