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Table 3 Percent of women aged 40–49 years from specified sub-Saharan African countries not using contraception with their fertility rates and estimated maternal mortality, the Demographic and Health Surveys (Source: http://dhsprogram.com/)

From: Contraceptive preferences and unmet need for contraception in midlife women: where are the data?

 

Estimated maternal

 

Not using contraception

Fertility rates

Mortality per 1000 women

Country

All ages

40–44

45–49

40–44

45–49

40–44

45–49

Sub-Saharan Africa

Benin 2011–2012

 All

86.0

84.9

88.7

63

17

  

 Married

87.1

84.0

87.7

    

Burkina Faso 2010

 

 All

84.7

82.6

90.1

87

23

0.7

0.7

 Married

83.8

82.0

89.8

    

 Not married/Active

40.0

0.0

15.9

    

Burundi 2010

 

 All

86.6

84.3

90.2

104

31

0.9

1.4

 Married

78.1

80.5

86.7

    

Cameroon 2011

 

 All

76.3

76.3

84.7

57

16

1.08

1.17

 Married

76.6

74.8

82.1

    

 Not married/Active

41.6

75.0

73.5*

    

Chad 2014–2015

 

 All

94.6

93.9

97.4

76

25

2.17

0.80

 Married

94.3

94.0

96.9

    

Comoros 2012

 

 All

86.3

82.1

91.4

63

28

0.04

0.00

 Married

80.6

79.9

91.6

    

Congo Republic 2011–2012

 All

55.7

60.8

81.6

61

9

0.3

0.8

 Married

55.3

58.7

76.8

    

 Not married/Active

29.6

56.6

83.8

    

Congo Democratic Republic 2013–2014

 All

80.7

79.6

88.5

97

20

2.55

0.82

 Married

79.6

77.6

76.8

    

 Not married/Active

57.9

65.5

92.6*

    

Cote d’Ivoire 2011–2012

 All

80.3

80.7

90.6

77

24

1.19

1.36

 Married

81.8

80.1

89.3

    

Equatorial Guinea 2011

 All

86.4

87.8

89.3

67

10

0.62

0.97

 Married

87.4

87.9

91.0

    

 Not married/Active

80.7

85.2*

82.5*

    

Ethiopia 2011

 All

80.4

79.7

89.1

68

28

1.43

0.70

 Married

71.4

76.1

86.9

    

Gabon 2012

 All

66.4

70.5

81.0

56

8

0.36

0.16

 Married

68.9

74.0

79.6

    

 Not married/Active

43.8

33.5

87.6*

    

Gambia 2013

 All

92.9

89.2

93.0

99

24

0.29

1.33

 Married

91.0

88.9

92.3

    

Ghana 2014

 All

77.2

76.6

85.1

52

17

  

 Married

73.3

74.8

81.7

    

Guinea 2012

 All

91.5

94.7

97.2

73

32

0.82

0.69

 Married

94.4

94.7

97.1

    

Kenya 2014

 All

57.4

51.6

62.7

38

9

0.50

0.22

 Married

42.0

42.3

54.8

    

 Not married/Active

34.6

61.0*

35.4*

    

Lesotho 2014

 All

51.1

45.8

64.8

49

4

0.15

1.31

 Married

39.8

40.5

60.1

    

 Not married/Active

26.6

36.3*

52.1*

    

Liberia 2013

 All

78.3

82.8

92.7

50

14

3.12

1.77

 Married

79.8

83.2

92.4

    

 Not married/Active

63.1

73.3*

86.2*

    

Madagascar 2008–2009

 All

68.3

62.1

79.4

63

13

0.7

0.5

 Married

60.1

55.9

74.1

    

 Not married/Active

56.9

66.7*

87.3*

    

Malawi 2010

 All

64.6

55.9

62.8

82

33

2.1

1.5

 Married

53.9

49.6

56.6

    

Mali 2012–2013

 All

90.0

88.9

94.0

84

44

0.72

0.40

 Married

89.7

88.6

94.0

    

Mozambique 2011

 All

87.7

91.0

94.0

84

36

0.46

0.85

 Married

88.4

90.0

93.1

    

 Not married/Active

69.7

86.7

85.4

    

Namibia 2013

 All

49.8

45.1

53.9

42

10

0.50

0.46

 Married

43.9

42.5

47.4

    

 Not married/Active

22.2

22.0

25.9

    

Niger 2012

 All

87.5

91.0

96.4

100

49

1.24

0.65

 Married

86.1

90.3

96.1

    

Nigeria 2013

 All

84.0

78.8

87.6

78

29

1.10

0.59

 Married

84.9

78.3

86.8

    

 Not married/Active

31.9

41.4

53.6*

    

Rwanda 2014–2015

 All

69.1

55.9

72.2

65

12

0.59

0.00

 Married

46.8

43.1

58.4

    

Sao Tome and Principe 2008–2009

 All

69.3

66.7

82.6

87

8

0.70

0.29

 Married

61.6

62.3

78.7

    

Senegal 2015

 All

83.1

73.2

82.2

83

16

  

 Married

76.7

71.4

81.4

    

Sierra Leone 2013

 All

77.9

81.5

87.9

64

32

1.13

0.72

 Married

83.4

81.8

87.2

    

 Not married/Active

40.8

63.0

66.0*

    

Swaziland 2006–2007

 All

62.1

61.8

73.2

30

4

1.42

0.00

 Married

49.4

57.7

65.6

    

Tanzania 2010

 All

71.2

63.3

76.3

72

22

0.1

0.0

 Married

65.6

60.3

72.7

    

Togo 2013–2014

 All

80.7

78.9

88.1

68

29

0.80

0.13

 Married

80.1

76.9

86.7

    

Uganda 2011

 All

76.4

68.0

82.5

74

26

1.06

1.11

 Married

70.0

62.5

79.5

    

Zambai 2013–2014

 All

64.9

55.8

74.0

71

14

0.92

1.18

 Married

51.0

48.0

67.1

    

Zimbabwe 2010–2011

 All

58.7

53.7

67.0

35

12

1.1

0.8

 Married

41.5

40.5

55.8

    
  1. *Figures are based on small numbers (25-49 unweighted cases)