Malawi 2015-16

Table 9.14 Pregnancy outcomes
Percent distribution of pregnancies in the 5 years before the survey by type of outcome, according to background
characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Background
characteristic Live births Stillbirths Miscarriages
Pregnancy outcome
Induced
abortions
Total
Number of
pregnancies
Age
15-19 84.9 4.7 8.6 1.8 100.0 1,383
20-34 91.4 3.4 4.5 0.7 100.0 31,780
35-49 91.4 3.3 4.7 0.5 100.0 33,616
Marital status
Never married 89.0 3.0 5.8 2.2 100.0 972
Married or living together 91.2 3.4 4.7 0.6 100.0 54,423
Divorced/separated/
widowed 91.7 3.3 4.3 0.7 100.0 11,383
Residence
Urban 90.3 3.4 5.7 0.6 100.0 9,072
Rural 91.4 3.4 4.5 0.6 100.0 57,707
Region
Northern 93.9 1.8 4.0 0.4 100.0 7,721
Central 89.3 4.5 5.5 0.7 100.0 28,710
Southern 92.5 2.8 4.1 0.6 100.0 30,347
Education
No education 91.8 3.2 4.4 0.6 100.0 13,556
Primary 91.4 3.4 4.5 0.6 100.0 43,071
Secondary 90.2 3.6 5.4 0.8 100.0 9,181
More than secondary 87.2 4.5 8.0 0.2 100.0 971
Wealth quintile
Lowest 92.4 3.1 4.0 0.6 100.0 14,174
Second 92.0 3.1 4.4 0.5 100.0 13,309
Middle 91.4 3.0 4.9 0.7 100.0 13,536
Fourth 90.2 4.3 4.8 0.7 100.0 13,376
Highest 90.2 3.6 5.5 0.6 100.0 12,383
Total 91.3 3.4 4.7 0.6 100.0 66,778
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