Table 1. Number of births and neonatal deaths to mothers in each age group by region, and percentage of births ending in neonatal death (unweighted data).

	Births to mothers aged <16 years			Births to mothers aged 16/17 years			Births to mothers aged 18/19 years			Births to mothers aged 20/29 years
	Neonatal deaths	All births	% births ending in neonatal death	Neonatal deaths	Total	% births ending in neonatal death	Neonatal deaths	All births	% births ending in neonatal death	Neonatal deaths	All births	% births ending in neonatal death
Region
East Africa	95	1,821	5.2	301	7,088	4.2	459	12,681	3.6	1,887	72,949	2.6
West Africa	255	4,242	6.0	631	12,900	4.9	681	18,791	3.6	3,374	115,334	3.0
Middle Africa	29	943	3.1	87	2,823	3.1	125	4,315	2.9	533	20,950	2.5
South Africa	6	157	3.8	25	771	3.2	35	1,389	2.5	156	5,966	2.6
sub-Saharan Africa	385	7163	5.4	1044	23582	4.4	1300	37176	3.5	5950	215199	2.8
South Asia	94	1,556	6.0	307	5,370	5.7	521	11,051	4.7	1,905	62,037	3.1
South East Asia	11	151	7.3	40	1,079	3.7	85	2,893	2.9	438	23,143	1.9
South and South East Asia	105	1707	6.2	347	6449	5.4	606	13944	4.3	2,343	85,180	2.8
South America	28	1,181	2.4	40	3,409	1.2	66	4,896	1.3	264	21,478	1.2
Central America	12	573	2.1	33	1,733	1.9	44	2,499	1.8	142	10,815	1.3
Caribbean	11	522	2.1	44	1,675	2.6	51	2,461	2.1	273	12,427	2.2
Latin America and the Caribbean	51	2276	2.2	117	6817	1.7	161	9856	1.6	679	44,720	1.5
Total all regions	541	11,146	4.85	1,508	36,848	4.09	2,067	60,976	3.39	8,972	345,099	2.6