Table 2.
Age-standardized primary and secondary infertility prevalence estimates, women aged 20-49 years as calculated using selected Demographic and Health Surveys
| Country | Year |
Primary |
Secondary |
Survey size | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence (%) | Sample size | Prevalence (%) | Sample size | |||
| Armenia |
2000 |
1.4 (1.0, 2.0) |
3584 |
29.2 (24.8, 34.0) |
745 |
5262 |
| Armenia |
2005 |
1.3 (0.9, 1.9) |
3424 |
32.6 (27.8, 37.8) |
647 |
5430 |
| Bangladesh |
1993 |
1.7 (1.4, 2.1) |
7030 |
18.5 (16.4, 20.8) |
3758 |
8225 |
| Bangladesh |
1996 |
1.5 (1.2, 1.9) |
6497 |
21.8 (19.8, 24.0) |
3240 |
7709 |
| Bangladesh |
1999 |
1.8 (1.5, 2.1) |
7406 |
18.3 (16.3, 20.5) |
3377 |
8922 |
| Bangladesh |
2004 |
1.7 (1.4, 2.0) |
8114 |
20.5 (18.4, 22.8) |
3610 |
9737 |
| Bolivia |
1994 |
1.0 (0.7, 1.4) |
4099 |
9.5 (8.1, 11.2) |
2525 |
6780 |
| Brazil |
1991 |
1.5 (1.1, 2.1) |
2516 |
12.4 (9.4, 16.1) |
1122 |
4805 |
| Brazil |
1996 |
1.6 (1.3, 2.1) |
5668 |
16.7 (14.3, 19.4) |
1825 |
10075 |
| Colombia |
1990 |
1.6 (1.1, 2.4) |
3234 |
12.9 (9.0, 18.0) |
1273 |
6835 |
| Colombia |
1995 |
1.4 (1.0, 1.9) |
4326 |
13.2 (11.0, 15.8) |
1655 |
8969 |
| Colombia |
2000 |
1.5 (1.1, 2.1) |
4295 |
15.9 (13.2, 19.0) |
1433 |
9319 |
| Colombia |
2005 |
1.5 (1.2, 1.8) |
14159 |
15.9 (14.1, 17.9) |
4591 |
31047 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
2002 |
1.7 (1.4, 2.1) |
10189 |
23.1 (20.6, 25.7) |
3670 |
18576 |
| Dominican Republic |
1991 |
2.2 (1.6, 3.1) |
2806 |
16.2 (12.1, 21.3) |
1183 |
5596 |
| Dominican Republic |
1996 |
2.4 (1.8, 3.1) |
3539 |
19.2 (15.9, 23.0) |
1413 |
6584 |
| Dominican Republic |
1999 |
1.0 (0.4, 2.4) |
532 |
23.7 (15.3, 34.8) |
190 |
1018 |
| Egypt |
1995 |
2.8 (2.4, 3.2) |
10817 |
13.2 (11.8, 14.8) |
5666 |
14075 |
| Egypt |
2000 |
2.7 (2.3, 3.1) |
11148 |
13.1 (11.7, 14.8) |
5281 |
14978 |
| Egypt |
2005 |
2.6 (2.3, 3.0) |
13719 |
15.0 (13.6, 16.6) |
6255 |
18616 |
| Egypt |
2008 |
3.1 (2.7, 3.5) |
11495 |
14.7 (13.2, 16.4) |
4851 |
15891 |
| Ethiopia |
2005 |
1.3 (0.9, 1.7) |
6617 |
11.7 (10.3, 13.1) |
4883 |
10818 |
| Guatemala |
1995 |
1.0 (0.7, 1.4) |
6384 |
16.6 (14.9, 18.4) |
4379 |
9454 |
| India |
2005 |
2.7 (2.5, 2.9) |
71095 |
24.6 (23.3, 26.0) |
22740 |
100430 |
| Indonesia |
1991 |
2.6 (2.2, 3.1) |
16961 |
18.0 (16.6, 19.6) |
8289 |
21910 |
| Indonesia |
1994 |
2.1 (1.8, 2.5) |
21059 |
21.2 (19.3, 23.3) |
10080 |
27085 |
| Indonesia |
1997 |
2.6 (2.2, 3.0) |
21295 |
20.4 (18.6, 22.3) |
9509 |
27707 |
| Indonesia |
2002 |
2.6 (2.2, 3.0) |
22087 |
18.8 (16.9, 20.8) |
8847 |
28559 |
| Indonesia |
2007 |
2.1 (1.8, 2.5) |
24616 |
17.7 (16.2, 19.3) |
10479 |
31981 |
| Jordan |
1997 |
2.5 (2.0, 3.1) |
4087 |
9.8 (8.1, 11.7) |
2591 |
5342 |
| Kazakhstan |
1999 |
1.1 (0.7, 1.7) |
2410 |
25.9 (20.5, 32.2) |
609 |
4022 |
| Kenya |
1998 |
1.0 (0.7, 1.4) |
3584 |
15.6 (13.3, 18.2) |
2242 |
6029 |
| Kenya |
2003 |
1.0 (0.7, 1.5) |
3508 |
11.6 (9.7, 13.8) |
2241 |
6375 |
| Malawi |
2004 |
1.0 (0.7, 1.3) |
5624 |
10.1 (8.8, 11.7) |
4090 |
9291 |
| Morocco |
1992 |
3.4 (2.7, 4.1) |
4059 |
10.8 (9.3, 12.5) |
2568 |
7111 |
| Nicaragua |
1997 |
1.1 (0.9, 1.5) |
6005 |
12.5 (10.7, 14.6) |
3085 |
10277 |
| Paraguay |
1990 |
1.5 (1.2, 2.0) |
2722 |
15.8 (13.8, 18.1) |
1699 |
4533 |
| Peru |
1992 |
0.6 (0.4, 0.8) |
7052 |
10.8 (9.5, 12.3) |
3756 |
12398 |
| Peru |
1996 |
0.8 (0.6, 1.0) |
13715 |
10.0 (8.9, 11.4) |
7272 |
22897 |
| Peru |
2000 |
1.0 (0.8, 1.3) |
12938 |
10.5 (9.3, 11.9) |
5913 |
22095 |
| Philippines |
1993 |
2.1 (1.7, 2.5) |
7190 |
15.1 (13.7, 16.7) |
4102 |
11890 |
| Philippines |
1998 |
1.8 (1.5, 2.3) |
6709 |
17.0 (15.3, 18.8) |
3650 |
11034 |
| Philippines |
2003 |
2.7 (2.1, 3.3) |
6778 |
17.7 (16.0, 19.5) |
3302 |
10987 |
| Moldova |
2005 |
3.2 (2.4, 4.3) |
3894 |
29.5 (25.0, 34.4) |
708 |
6037 |
| Turkey |
1993 |
2.3 (1.8, 2.8) |
4916 |
18.0 (15.4, 21.0) |
1688 |
6189 |
| Turkey |
1998 |
2.6 (2.1, 3.2) |
4644 |
20.1 (17.5, 22.9) |
1661 |
6813 |
| Turkey |
2003 |
2.3 (1.7, 3.1) |
3322 |
15.9 (12.4, 20.1) |
1084 |
7835 |
| Tanzania |
2004 |
1.8 (1.4, 2.3) |
4714 |
16.5 (14.8, 18.3) |
3511 |
8032 |
| Viet Nam |
1997 |
1.0 (0.7, 1.4) |
4300 |
12.2 (9.5, 15.4) |
1478 |
5551 |
| Viet Nam |
2002 |
0.8 (0.6, 1.2) |
4504 |
13.8 (10.0, 18.7) |
1059 |
5598 |
| Zimbabwe |
1994 |
1.1 (0.8, 1.7) |
2650 |
14.6 (12.5, 17.1) |
1813 |
4642 |
| Zimbabwe |
1999 |
1.6 (1.1, 2.2) |
2385 |
13.9 (11.5, 16.8) |
1472 |
4439 |
| Zimbabwe | 2005 | 1.2 (0.8, 1.6) | 3567 | 8.7 (7.0, 10.7) | 2050 | 6777 |
95% confidence intervals are shown in parentheses. Sample size refers to the proportion of women who were included in the calculations of primary or secondary infertility (i.e., the denominator in the prevalence calculation), and the survey size refers to the total number of women surveyed.