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This study aims to carry out a temporal and spatial analysis of the FR in adolescents in Brazil in the period 2012\u22122021 and evaluate the effects of primary care population (PCP) coverage on the FR in adolescents in different contexts of human development, measured by the Municipal Human Development Index (HDI-M). This is an ecological study developed in three stages: 1) time trend analysis of the FR in girls aged 10\u201314 years and 15\u201319 years; 2) spatial analysis of the FR in girls aged 10\u201314 years and 15\u201319 years; and 3) analysis of the effect of PCP coverage on the FR in girls aged 10\u201319 years in different contexts of HDI-M, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the period from 2012 to 2021, FR for girls aged 10\u201314 and 15\u201319 years had a statistically significant decrease, going from 3.4 to 2.4 and from 61.9 to 45.3 per 1,000, respectively. 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