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Table A-5.11 Teenage pregnancy and motherhood: Districts<br />

Percentage of women age 15-19 who have had a live birth or who are pregnant with<br />

their first child, and percentage who have begun childbearing, according to district,<br />

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

District<br />

Percentage of women age<br />

15-19 who:<br />

Have had a<br />

live birth<br />

Are pregnant<br />

with first child<br />

Percentage<br />

who have<br />

begun<br />

childbearing<br />

Number of<br />

women<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 17.4 6.7 24.1 43<br />

Karonga 20.4 7.4 27.8 81<br />

Likoma 14.8 2.9 17.7 4<br />

Mzimba 24.8 9.5 34.3 323<br />

Nkhata Bay 22.8 8.3 31.0 71<br />

Rumphi 24.5 9.6 34.1 68<br />

Total 23.3 8.8 32.1 590<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 18.8 6.0 24.9 247<br />

Dowa 9.9 5.7 15.6 233<br />

Kasungu 17.0 2.8 19.8 230<br />

Lilongwe 19.1 6.4 25.5 842<br />

Mchinji 29.2 8.3 37.5 151<br />

Nkhotakota 19.7 4.1 23.8 124<br />

Ntcheu 24.9 10.1 34.9 220<br />

Ntchisi 17.5 5.8 23.3 81<br />

Salima 18.3 8.1 26.4 132<br />

Total 19.1 6.4 25.4 2,260<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 22.2 9.9 32.1 152<br />

Blantyre <strong>16</strong>.5 4.4 20.9 446<br />

Chikhwawa 23.1 7.5 30.5 131<br />

Chiradzulu 21.9 7.0 28.9 108<br />

Machinga 33.4 7.7 41.1 <strong>16</strong>5<br />

Mangochi 29.3 7.4 36.7 356<br />

Mulanje 31.6 3.2 34.8 217<br />

Mwanza 25.5 4.8 30.3 40<br />

Neno 26.2 3.2 29.4 58<br />

Nsanje 34.7 4.0 38.8 65<br />

Phalombe 24.0 8.7 32.7 144<br />

Thyolo 24.1 6.6 30.8 255<br />

Zomba 25.1 9.8 34.9 275<br />

Total 25.0 6.7 31.6 2,413<br />

Total 22.2 6.8 29.0 5,263<br />

Appendix A • 343

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