International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 2 Average annual percentage rate of change for adolescent first birth < 16, 16/17, 18/19 and < 20 years for 22 countries for women aged 20–24 years at time of survey based on DHS surveys: short and medium term

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

	medium term period in years	short term period in years	< 16 short	16/17 short	18/19 short	< 20 short	< 16 medium	16/17 medium	18/19 medium	< 20 medium
Benin	15	5	2.5	−1.4	−3.3	− 1.6	4.5	−1.6	−2.1	− 1.1
Burkina Faso	17	7	−0.2	0.9	− 0.6	− 0.1	− 1.5	− 0.3	− 0.3	− 0.5
Cameroon	20	7	−2.2	− 0.8	− 1.7	− 1.5	− 2.2	− 1.4	− 0.3	− 1.3
Chad	18	10	1.9	− 0.8	− 1.4	− 0.1	2.0	− 0.4	− 1.4	− 0.1
Cote d’Ivoire	17	13	− 0.8	− 0.9	− 0.6	− 0.7	− 2.0	− 1.5	− 0.2	− 1.2
Ghana	21	11	3.1	0.6	− 2.3	− 0.8	− 1.0	− 1.6	− 1.8	− 1.7
Guinea	13	7	0.5	−2.7	− 1.4	− 1.4	− 1.1	− 1.2	0.3	− 0.8
Mali	17	6	2.1	− 1.6	− 0.9	− 0.3	2.3	−1.2	− 0.4	− 0.1
Niger	14	6	−0.4	−1.3	3.4	0.4	1.0	−0.3	0.6	0.4
Nigeria	23	5	−1.3	2.9	3.3	1.8	−1.6	0.3	−0.2	−0.6
Senegal	20	7	−5.4	−2.1	0.3	−1.9	−2.0	− 1.7	−0.3	−1.2
Average W / M Africa	17.7	7.6	0.0	−0.8	− 0.6	− 0.5	−0.5	− 0.9	−0.7	− 0.7
Ethiopia	16	11	−3.2	−1.7	−0.2	−1.5	0.1	−1.1	−0.7	−0.7
Kenya	21	11	3.4	−0.8	−1.2	−0.5	− 0.8	−0.8	− 0.9	−0.8
Madagascar	11	5	8.4	0.5	−1.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	−1.3	0.0
Malawi	23	11	−1.8	−0.5	0.3	−0.4	−2.0	0.1	0.7	−0.2
Mozambique	14	10	2.2	−0.4	0.2	0.4	0.2	−0.4	1.2	0.3
Namibia	21	7	−4.5	−0.7	1.3	−0.2	−1.3	− 0.6	−0.8	− 0.8
Rwanda	22	9	−2.2	−2.5	−0.2	−0.9	− 2.3	−1.0	−0.5	− 0.8
Tanzania	19	11	−1.4	−2.3	0.0	−1.1	−1.0	−0.5	0.1	−0.3
Uganda	21	10	−2.9	−1.4	−0.4	−1.3	− 1.7	−1.1	− 0.3	−0.9
Zambia	17	6	−3.8	−0.6	0.4	−0.7	−1.3	−0.6	0.0	−0.4
Zimbabwe	21	10	−0.4	0.9	0.9	0.8	−1.9	0.4	1.0	0.4
Average E / S Africa	18.7	9.2	−0.5	−0.9	−0.1	− 0.5	−1.1	−0.4	0.0	−0.3

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