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Reproductive health statistics
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Table A2.1
Unmet need for family
planning, 1990–95
and 1996–2001
(continued)
amenorrheic women whose last
child was unwanted, and fecund
women who are neither pregnant
nor amenorrheic and who are
not using any method of family
planning and who want no more
children. Excluded are pregnant
and amenorrheic women who
became pregnant while using
a contraceptive method (these
women are in need of a better
method of contraception).
Using for spacing is defined as
women who are using some
method of family planning
and say they want to have
another child or are undecided
whether to have another.
Using for limiting is defined as
women who are using and who
want no more children. Note that
the specific methods used are
not taken into account here.
Nonusers who are pregnant
or amenorrheic and women
whose pregnancy was the
result of a contraceptive
failure are not included in the
category of unmet need, but
are included in total demand
for contraception (since they
would have been using had
their method not failed).
a. Data are for the
Northeast region.
Need for family planning
Early survey period (1990–95) Late survey period (1996–2001)
Region and country (survey period)
Ages 15–19 All age groups Ages 15–19 All age groups
Sub-Saharan Africa
Benin (1996, 2001) 27.6 25.7 27.8 27.2
Burkina Faso (1992/1993, 1998/1999) 25.8 24.5 18.7 25.8
Cameroon (1991, 1998) 21.1 21.7 21.4 19.7
Central African Republic (1994/1995) 14.9 16.2 — —
Chad (1996/1997) — — 7.6 9.7
Comoros (1996) — — 51.2 34.6
Cote d’Ivoire (1994, 1998/99) 27.9 27.1 22.4 27.7
Eritrea (1995) 34.8 27.5 — —
Ethiopia (2000) — — 40.4 35.8
Gabon (2000) — — 29.1 28.0
Ghana (1993, 1998) 47.8 36.5 26.7 23.0
Guinea (1999) — — 19.9 24.2
Kenya (1993, 1998) 41.9 35.5 26.7 23.9
Madagascar (1992, 1997) 24.2 32.4 21.8 25.6
Malawi (1992, 2000) 33.2 35.7 28.8 29.7
Mali (1995/1996, 2001) 30.0 25.7 31.5 28.5
Mauritania (2000/2001) — — 34.9 31.6
Mozambique (1997) — — 24.1 22.5
Namibia (1992) 31.9 21.9 — —
Niger (1992, 1998) 17.4 18.7 17.3 16.6
Nigeria (1990, 1999) 23.0 20.5 14.8 17.4
Rwanda (1992, 2000) 29.6 38.8 22.2 35.6
Senegal (1992/1993, 1997) 28.0 29.3 32.3 34.8
South Africa (1998) — — 26.1 15.0
Tanzania (1992, 1999) 21.5 27.9 15.1 21.8
Togo (1998) — — 38.9 32.3
Uganda (1995, 2000/2001) 24.9 29.0 25.6 34.6
Zambia (1992, 2001/2002) 27.8 30.7 22.8 27.4
Zimbabwe (1994, 1999) 19.9 14.9 12.4 12.9
Source: ORC-Macro 2004.