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• Segundo William OHare,
• a) os Estados Unidos possuem uma taxa de
  natalidade
• entre adolescentes comparável à do Reino Unido.
• b) 500.000 adolescentes americanas ficam grávidas
  a
• cada ano.
• c) em todos os Estados americanos, a taxa de
  natalida-
• de entre adolescentes fica pouco abaixo daquela
  do
• Reino Unido.
• d) a taxa de natalidade entre adolescentes, nos
  Estados
• Unidos, cresce entre 15 e 19 ao ano.
• e) a taxa de natalidade entre adolescentes no
  Reino
• Unido é cerca de metade da americana.

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• Ainda segundo William OHare, nos Estados Unidos,
• o número de filhos de adolescentes deverá
  decrescer nos próximos anos.
• b) as adolescentes americanas serão responsáveis
  pelo
• boom populacional que o país conhecerá nos
  próximos anos.
• c) o número absoluto de bebês de mães
  adolescentes
• deve permanecer constante nos próximos anos.
• d) mesmo que a taxa de natalidade entre
  adolescentes
• permaneça estável,
• é provável que aumente o número de bebês de mães
  adolescentes nos
• próximos anos.
• e) o número de adolescentes, independentemente da
• instabilidade da taxa de natalidade entre eles,
• provavelmente decrescerá nos próximos anos.

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• Nos Estados Unidos, as mães solteiras
  adolescentes
• representam um total de 75 das mulheres
• americanas que não se casaram.
• b) são excluídas do mercado de trabalho cinco
  anos
• depois de terem o primeiro filho.
• c) têm o segundo filho cinco anos depois do
  primeiro,
• graças à assistência pública que recebem.
• d) limitam-se, em sua maioria, a ter apenas um
  filho a
• cada cinco anos.
• e) ficam dependendo, em sua maioria, da
  assistência
• pública durante cinco anos após o nascimento do
• primeiro filho.

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• Segundo Annie E. Casey,
• a questão da gravidez de adolescentes também
• apresenta um lado menos sério.
• b) os filhos de adolescentes têm, entre outras,
  maior
• tendência de não completar o ensino médio.
• c) 42 por cento dos filhos de adolescentes
• apresentarão alta taxa de fertilidade.
• d) os adolescentes pobres, devido à precária
• assistência médica pública, têm filhos que
  perpetuarão o
• ciclo de pobreza americano.
• e) os filhos de adolescentes, mesmo desenvolvendo
• suas potencialidades, não completarão seus
  estudos
• secundários.

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Nas duas ocorrências do último parágrafo do
texto, A palavra likely pode ser substituída
por a) lately. b) ultimate. c) probable. d)
certainly. e) appropriate.
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According to When Teens Have Sex, a report
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 40 percent of
American girls teen years pregnant before age
20.
Teen mothers high school education cut
Job financially dependent on family
The report notes that despite recent the teen
birth rate in 1996 is still higher than it was
demographic suggest number of births to teens
is likely to increase 14 percent by the year
2005.
the United Kingdom, half that of America. The
problem of teen births is evident in every
State. In fact, every U.S. State has a birth
rate that is higher than that of the United
Kingdom.
the one million pregnancies that occur each year
15 to 19 result 500,000 teen births a serious
economic and social United States.
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The report states that more than 75 percent
five years of the birth of their first child
1996. the poverty rate for children born to
teens was 42 percent, to suffer with inadequate
health care, to leave high school without
graduating and more likely to be poor, thus
perpetuating a cycle of unrealized potential,
the children of the little baby boom ranks of
American teenagers the absolute number of
babies born to teenagers is likely to increase
even if the birth rate remains constant, said
OHare.
And this implies more government attention to
this section of the American population in
social terms.
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• ? roughly 40 percent of American girls in their
  teen years become pregnant before age 20.
• ? the one million pregnancies that occur each
  year among women ages 15 to 19 result in 500,000
  teen births
• the United Kingdom, has a teen birth rate that is
  only about half that of America.
• The report notes that despite recent downward
  trends, the teen birth rate in 1996 is still
  higher than it was a decade earlier,
• the number of births to teens is likely to
  increase by as much as 14 percent by the year
  2005.
• The report states that more than 75 percent of
  all unmarried teen mothers went on welfare within
  five years of the birth of their first child
  before getting back to some kind of job.
• In addition, the report notes that in 1996, the
  poverty rate for children born to teens was 42
  percent, twice the overall rate for children.

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Teenage birth rates USA declined since
1991. good news, exceeding .
important because teen mothers babies face
risks opportunities future are diminished.
1991 and 2002, fell by 30 percent.
Still, in 2002, 4 teenage girls in 100 had a
baby.
under 15 years old also more than twice die
mothers ages 20 to 24.
About 11 percent U.S. births in 2002 teens
(ages 15 to 19) about 17 percent of teen
mothers have a second baby three years after .
Teenage mother risk pregnancy complications
anemia high blood pressure.
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Teen mothers prematurely. In 2002, 9.6 percent
of mothers ages 15 to 19 years baby (under 5.5
pounds), compared to 7.8 percent for mothers of
all ages.
babies organs are not developed. chronic lung
problems, serious intestinal problems. die in
their first year
Teen mothers high school education cut
Job financially dependent on family
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Comparisons

• ? A teenage mother is at greater risk than women
  over age 20 for pregnancy complications such as
  pregnancy-induced anemia and high blood pressure.
  Teens that are under 15 years old also may be
  more than twice as likely to die of pregnancy
  complications as mothers ages 20 to 24.
• ? Teen mothers are more likely than mothers over
  age 20 to give birth prematurely. In 2002, 9.6
  percent of mothers ages 15 to 19 years had a low
  birth weight baby (under 5.5 pounds), compared to
  7.8 percent for mothers of all ages. Low birth
  weight babies may have organs that are not fully
  developed. This can lead to chronic lung
  problems, or bleeding in the brain, blindness and
  serious intestinal problems. Low birth weight
  babies are more than 20 times as likely to die in
  their first year of life as normal weight babies.
• ? Teen mothers are more likely to drop out of
  high school than girls who delay childbearing.
  With her education cut short, a teenage mother
  may lack job skills, making it hard for her to
  find and keep a job. A teenage mother may become
  financially dependent on her family or on
  welfare.
• Teenage mother
• complication risk
• induced anemia
• high blood pressure
• die
• prematurely
• low birth weight baby
• organs not developed
• drop out of high school
• education, - jog.
• dependent

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Teen mothers and their babies face risks to
their health, and their opportunities to build
a future are diminished.
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