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Table 5.8 Menopause<br />

Percentage of women age 30-49 who<br />

are menopausal, according to age,<br />

<strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Age<br />

Percentage<br />

menopausal 1<br />

Number of<br />

women<br />

30-34 5.8 3,668<br />

35-39 6.1 2,924<br />

40-41 12.1 930<br />

42-43 12.1 834<br />

44-45 18.2 685<br />

46-47 29.4 625<br />

48-49 49.5 521<br />

Total 11.5 10,187<br />

1<br />

Percentage of all women who are not<br />

pregnant and not postpartum<br />

amenorrheic whose last menstrual<br />

period occurred 6 or more months<br />

before the survey.<br />

Table 5.9 Age at first birth<br />

Percentage of women age 15-49 who gave birth by specific exact ages, percentage who have never given birth,<br />

and median age at first birth, according to current age, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Percentage who gave birth by exact age<br />

Current age 15 18 20 22 25<br />

Percentage<br />

who have<br />

never given<br />

birth<br />

Number of<br />

women<br />

Median age<br />

at first birth<br />

15-19 1.3 na na na na 77.8 5,263 a<br />

20-24 4.4 30.6 60.5 na na 21.3 5,159 19.2<br />

25-29 7.0 36.2 64.9 81.1 91.9 5.3 3,953 18.9<br />

30-34 6.2 35.9 65.6 83.9 93.7 1.6 3,668 18.9<br />

35-39 5.4 34.1 62.2 81.7 93.7 1.2 2,924 19.1<br />

40-44 4.9 32.7 61.3 79.1 91.4 1.0 2,029 19.3<br />

45-49 8.4 35.9 57.4 72.1 85.2 1.2 1,567 19.3<br />

20-49 5.8 34.0 62.4 na na 7.5 19,299 19.1<br />

25-49 6.3 35.2 63.2 80.7 91.9 2.4 14,140 19.0<br />

na = Not applicable due to censoring.<br />

a = Omitted because less than 50% of women had a birth before reaching the beginning of the age group.<br />

80 • Fertility

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