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. 2015 Sep 11;10(9):e0133933. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133933

Table 5. Unintended births, pregnancies, and pregnancy rate, by zone and nationally, Tanzania 2013.

Total Fertility Rate a Wanted Total Fertility Rate a % women 15–49 sexually active in last 4 weeks a % women 15–49 who have never had sexual intercourse a % sexually active women using any contraceptive method a % sexually active women using modern methods a % women with unmet need for contra-ception a Total preg-nancies b Total unintended preg-nancies c Pregnancy rate (per 1,000 women) Unintended pregnancy rate (per 1,000 women)
Zone
Central 6.5 5.7 58.2 13.0 35.4 33.6 26.7 217,645 81,532 275.8 103.3
Eastern 3.9 3.6 55.3 11.3 51.4 41.6 13.0 421,092 160,257 184.0 70.0
Lake 6.3 5.1 62.9 12.3 18.5 16.8 25.1 712,069 295,033 298.9 123.8
Northern 4.6 3.8 54.7 18.0 54.0 44.4 16.1 338,511 116,342 201.1 69.1
Southern 4.4 4.0 61.1 7.7 51.8 39.5 17.1 172,384 62,400 196.6 71.2
Southern Highlands 5.4 4.7 56.3 14.7 48.8 36.5 15.1 381,564 116,303 259.4 79.1
Western 7.1 6.3 57.5 13.5 24.4 19.3 18.9 435,603 133,992 317.9 97.8
Zanzibar 5.1 4.8 48.5 33.8 19.7 14.5 20.7 66,771 21,408 191.6 61.4
Total (national) 5.4 4.7 55.3 13.8 35.6 29.7 19.1 2,745,637 1,039,001 244.9 92.7

a Obtained from the 2010 Tanzanian DHS

b Sum of estimated number of abortions (from this study) and estimated number of births and miscarriages (from the DHS).

c Sum of estimated number of abortions (from this study) and estimated number of unintended births and miscarriages (from the DHS).