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Table 1 Estimates of the percentage of first births at ages < 16, 16/17, 18/19 and < 20 years for 22 sub-Saharan African countries for three consecutive DHS surveys (based on women aged 20–24 years at time of survey)

From: Trends in adolescent first births in sub-Saharan Africa: a tale of increasing inequity?

Country

Baseline Survey

Middle Survey

Final Survey (Most Recent)

  

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

 

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

 

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

Benin

1996

5.9

17.5

26.5

49.9

2006

8.8

14.4

21.9

45.1

2011

9.9

13.4

18.3

41.6

Burkina Faso

1993

9.2

22.3

30.9

62.4

2003

7.0

20.1

30.4

57.6

2010

6.9

21.3

29.1

57.3

Cameroon

1991

21.2

25.1

20.6

66.8

2004

14.2

18.9

22.1

55.2

2011

12.0

17.9

19.5

49.4

Chad

1996

19.7

25.7

25.6

71.0

2004

22.4

25.9

22.5

70.9

2014

26.7

23.9

19.3

69.9

Cote d’Ivoire

1994

18.2

25.5

19.6

63.2

1998

13.3

21.7

20.7

55.6

2011

12.0

19.1

19.1

50.2

Ghana

1993

6.5

18.0

24.0

48.5

2003

3.8

11.1

19.6

34.6

2014

5.1

11.8

14.7

31.6

Guinea

1999

22.9

24.3

18.9

66.2

2005

18.9

25.2

21.8

66.0

2012

19.6

20.5

19.6

59.6

Mali

1995

16.0

30.0

23.8

69.8

2006

19.8

26.5

23.2

69.4

2012

22.3

23.9

22.0

68.2

Niger

1998

19.1

27.4

23.7

70.2

2006

22.4

28.5

21.3

72.2

2012

21.9

26.3

25.6

73.9

Nigeria

1990

18.7

16.2

18.6

53.6

2008

12.5

15.2

15.2

42.9

2013

11.7

17.4

17.7

46.7

Senegal

1997

9.7

16.1

17.2

43.1

2010

9.3

12.3

15.9

37.4

2017

5.8

10.5

16.2

32.5

Average W/M Africa

 

15.2

22.6

22.7

60.4

 

13.9

20.0

21.3

55.2

 

14.0

18.7

20.1

52.8

Ethiopia

2000

7.3

16.9

19.4

43.6

2005

11.4

17

17.7

46.1

2016

7.4

13.8

17.3

38.4

Kenya

1993

9.2

18.7

24.3

52.1

2003

5.6

17.1

22.7

45.4

2014

7.7

15.6

19.7

43.0

Madagascar

1997

13.5

18.6

24.4

56.6

2003

9.8

21.5

22.5

53.8

2008

13.9

22.0

20.9

56.8

Malawi

1992

16.4

21.1

25.8

63.3

2004

10.9

23.2

29.0

63.2

2015

8.8

21.8

29.8

60.5

Mozambique

1997

17.0

26.2

22.2

65.3

2001

14.3

25.8

25.4

65.5

2011

17.4

24.7

25.9

68.0

Namibia

1992

4.6

13.2

23.8

41.6

2006

4.8

12.2

18.2

35.1

2013

3.3

11.6

19.8

34.6

Rwanda

1992

1.6

6.7

16.3

24.6

2005

1.0

6.7

14.6

22.3

2014

0.8

5.2

14.4

20.5

Tanzania

1996

7.1

18.3

27.0

52.4

2004

6.7

22.4

27.4

56.5

2015

5.7

16.7

27.4

49.8

Uganda

1995

14.3

24.8

27.3

66.4

2006

12.8

22.4

27.0

62.3

2016

9.1

19.2

25.8

54.1

Zambia

1996

9.2

26.0

28.1

63.3

2007

9.2

24.4

27.7

61.3

2013

7.1

23.5

28.3

58.9

Zimbabwe

1994

7.1

16.2

23.7

46.9

2005

4.5

16.2

26.1

46.9

2015

4.3

17.7

28.5

50.5

Average S/ E Africa

 

9.8

18.8

23.8

52.4

 

8.3

19.0

23.5

50.8

 

7.8

17.4

23.4

48.6