Table 1.
1990 | 2000 | 2012† | |
---|---|---|---|
Maternal mortality ratio (maternal deaths per 100 000 live births) |
380 | 330 | 210 (2013) |
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (%) | 56% | 57% | 68% |
Contraceptive prevalence rate‡§ (percentage of women who are using any method of contraception among women aged 15–49 years, married or in union) |
51.8% | 59.8% | 62.5% |
Adolescent birth rate‡§ (number of live births per 1000 adolescent women aged 15–19 years) |
63.7 | 56.1 | 54.3 (2011) |
Antenatal care coverage: At least one visit¶ (%) At least four visits¶ (%) |
65% 37% |
71% 44% |
83% 52% |
Unmet need for family planning‡§ (percentage of women who have an unmet need for family planning among women aged 15–49 years, married or in union) |
16.5% | 13.5% | 12.4% |
*Table adapted from Statistical Annex: Millennium Development Goals, Targets and Indicators, 2104. Available from http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Host.aspx?Content=Data/Trends.htm
†2012 data, unless otherwise indicated in parentheses.
‡The averages are based on the data available as of 31 March 2014.
§Data available prior to 1990 are used in estimation of the regional averages.
¶Defined as the percentage of women (15–49 years old) who received antenatal care during pregnancy from skilled health personnel.