Analysis of Maternal and Child Health Indicators in an Area at Paraná State, Brazil

Table 2

Distribution of percentage means according to maternal variables, 18th HD, Paraná, and Brazil, from 2000 to 2004 and 2005 to 2009.

City	Age				Scholarity		Marital status
	<20 years old		>35 years old		<8 schooling years		Without a partner
	2000–2004	2005–2009	2000–2004	2005–2009	2000–2004	2005–2009	2000–2004	2005–2009
Abatiá	26.1	28.0	9.0	7.9	61.8	30.2	17.8	60.3
Andirá	26.1	23.5	5.3	7.0	50.5	22.1	20.4	21.0
Bandeirantes	23.2	19.8	8.5	10.0	55.8	33.5	16.0	48.4
Congonhinhas	28.6	25.6	8.4	7.1	62.9	31.8	14.1	46.0
C. Procópio	20.6	16.5	9.4	11.4	45.5	30.6	21.7	39.9
Itambaracá	29.8	22.8	4.0	6.8	62.0	48.6	19.8	55.8
Leópolis	24.5	22.5	7.6	8.7	51.9	37.5	23.1	45.5
Nova A. Colina	23.0	19.5	8.8	12.2	57.6	41.8	18.7	37.0
Nova Fátima	25.3	23.8	6.8	9.2	64.5	45.5	28.3	45.8
Nova S. Bárbara	26.4	25.9	8.4	9.6	50.7	42.4	38.8	47.6
Rancho Alegre	18.6	17.2	9.2	9.3	58.6	51.5	22.9	42.5
Ribeirão Pinhal	26.8	25.3	10.2	10.4	77.7	42.6	20.1	56.8
Santa Amélia	28.5	26.0	8.1	9.0	65.9	50.0	16.2	42.6
Santa C. Pavão	28.0	24.8	6.3	8.5	46.2	33.8	30.9	38.7
Santa Mariana	28.9	24.8	5.9	7.7	60.2	45.9	17.9	46.0
Santo A. Paraíso	22.5	21.7	10.1	9.5	48.6	34.3	16.4	31.7
São J. da Serra	28.5	30.5	9.1	8.3	71.9	60.1	17.8	42.5
São S. Amoreira	27.9	23.2	6.3	9.2	55.6	40.0	43.7	53.7
Sapopema	25.7	23.6	7.2	6.1	78.7	70.2	34.1	34.1
Sertaneja	27.3	21.9	7.8	5.4	58.4	39.0	17.7	41.6
Uraí	23.2	23.6	8.2	9.1	51.0	37.1	23.2	44.3
Total HD	25.9	22.5	8.2	9.2	57.7	42.5	22.0	43.2
Total Paraná	21.6	20.2	7.7	10.7	49.7	32.3	25.4	50.3
Total Brazil	22.7	20.9	8.9	9.7	54.3	41.5	42.3	62.2

Source: Brazilian Ministry of Health—DATASUS.