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Table A-7.12.1 Need and demand for family planning among currently married women: Districts<br />

Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 with unmet need for family planning, percentage with met need for family planning, the total<br />

demand for family planning, and the percentage of the demand for contraception that is satisfied, according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

District<br />

Unmet need for family<br />

planning<br />

For<br />

spacing<br />

For<br />

limiting<br />

Total<br />

Met need for family<br />

planning (currently using)<br />

For<br />

spacing<br />

For<br />

limiting<br />

Total<br />

Total demand for family<br />

planning 1<br />

For<br />

spacing<br />

For<br />

limiting<br />

Total<br />

Percentage<br />

of<br />

demand<br />

satisfied 2<br />

Percentage<br />

of<br />

demand<br />

satisfied by<br />

modern Number of<br />

methods 3 women<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 6.3 7.6 13.9 33.0 31.8 64.8 39.2 39.4 78.7 82.3 78.4 170<br />

Karonga 8.2 8.7 <strong>16</strong>.9 33.6 28.7 62.3 41.8 37.4 79.2 78.6 76.0 322<br />

Likoma 9.2 6.2 15.4 27.6 35.8 63.4 36.8 42.0 78.8 80.5 79.7 11<br />

Mzimba 13.8 10.9 24.6 27.6 26.0 53.6 41.3 36.9 78.2 68.5 66.4 1,074<br />

Nkhata Bay 18.8 11.7 30.5 20.1 24.3 44.4 38.9 36.0 74.8 59.3 53.2 223<br />

Rumphi 11.9 6.5 18.4 31.4 34.9 66.4 43.4 41.4 84.7 78.3 74.8 200<br />

Total 12.6 9.9 22.5 28.5 27.7 56.3 41.1 37.6 78.7 71.5 68.6 1,999<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 9.0 7.7 <strong>16</strong>.7 25.0 37.8 62.8 34.0 45.5 79.5 79.0 78.1 715<br />

Dowa 5.5 6.5 12.0 32.5 33.5 66.0 38.0 40.0 78.0 84.6 84.2 715<br />

Kasungu 10.0 9.2 19.2 28.3 40.0 68.3 38.3 49.1 87.4 78.1 77.0 666<br />

Lilongwe 8.2 5.0 13.2 27.5 39.5 67.0 35.7 44.5 80.2 83.6 82.1 2,661<br />

Mchinji 11.1 7.2 18.3 26.9 36.2 63.1 38.0 43.4 81.5 77.5 76.5 504<br />

Nkhotakota 13.7 8.4 22.1 21.4 30.3 51.7 35.1 38.7 73.8 70.0 69.6 347<br />

Ntcheu 9.0 8.1 17.2 28.3 32.8 61.1 37.3 40.9 78.2 78.1 77.4 592<br />

Ntchisi 10.7 8.7 19.4 31.4 30.4 61.8 42.1 39.1 81.2 76.1 75.3 3<strong>16</strong><br />

Salima 11.5 10.3 21.8 26.2 26.7 53.0 37.8 37.0 74.8 70.8 70.3 449<br />

Total 9.0 6.9 <strong>16</strong>.0 27.7 36.3 63.9 36.7 43.2 79.9 80.0 79.0 6,966<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 12.5 6.1 18.5 24.0 32.9 56.8 36.4 38.9 75.3 75.4 73.2 358<br />

Blantyre 8.1 10.6 18.7 25.5 36.2 61.7 33.6 46.8 80.4 76.8 75.0 1,204<br />

Chikhwawa 12.3 6.8 19.1 29.3 29.5 58.7 41.6 36.3 77.8 75.4 75.4 480<br />

Chiradzulu 6.3 7.6 13.9 28.1 41.5 69.6 34.5 49.1 83.5 83.3 81.9 327<br />

Machinga 15.8 8.6 24.4 23.5 24.2 47.7 39.3 32.8 72.1 66.2 63.6 566<br />

Mangochi 22.6 7.7 30.3 17.9 13.6 31.5 40.5 21.3 61.9 51.0 50.0 1,024<br />

Mulanje 9.2 9.5 18.7 22.5 36.9 59.4 31.7 46.4 78.1 76.1 74.4 680<br />

Mwanza 8.3 10.5 18.8 27.6 32.5 60.1 35.9 43.0 78.9 76.2 75.6 114<br />

Neno 12.9 6.7 19.5 31.7 26.0 57.7 44.6 32.6 77.2 74.7 74.4 158<br />

Nsanje 18.3 5.8 24.1 29.2 24.3 53.5 47.5 30.1 77.6 68.9 67.9 250<br />

Phalombe 9.1 6.7 15.8 30.7 33.6 64.3 39.8 40.3 80.1 80.3 78.3 430<br />

Thyolo 8.6 10.2 18.9 23.6 35.3 59.0 32.3 45.6 77.9 75.7 75.3 694<br />

Zomba 8.7 6.9 15.5 27.0 34.7 61.6 35.6 41.6 77.2 79.9 78.4 880<br />

Total 12.0 8.3 20.3 24.9 30.6 55.5 36.8 38.9 75.7 73.2 71.9 7,<strong>16</strong>5<br />

Total 10.8 7.9 18.7 26.5 32.7 59.2 37.3 40.6 77.9 76.0 74.6 <strong>16</strong>,130<br />

Note: Numbers in this table correspond to the revised definition of unmet need described in Bradley et al., 2012.<br />

1<br />

Total demand is the sum of unmet need and met need<br />

2<br />

Percentage of demand satisfied is met need divided by total demand<br />

3<br />

Modern methods include female sterilization, male sterilization, pill, IUD, injectables, implants, male condom, female condom, emergency<br />

contraception, standard days method (SDM), lactational amenorrhoea method (LAM), and other modern methods<br />

Appendix A • 347

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