Table 3.

Percent of women aged 40–49 years from specified sub-Saharan African countries not using contraception with their fertility rates and estimated maternal mortality, the Demographic and Health Surveys (Source: http://dhsprogram.com/)

						Estimated maternal
	Not using contraception			Fertility rates		Mortality per 1000 women
Country	All ages	40–44	45–49	40–44	45–49	40–44	45–49
Sub-Saharan Africa
Benin 2011–2012
All	86.0	84.9	88.7	63	17
Married	87.1	84.0	87.7
Burkina Faso 2010
All	84.7	82.6	90.1	87	23	0.7	0.7
Married	83.8	82.0	89.8
Not married/Active	40.0	0.0	15.9
Burundi 2010
All	86.6	84.3	90.2	104	31	0.9	1.4
Married	78.1	80.5	86.7
Cameroon 2011
All	76.3	76.3	84.7	57	16	1.08	1.17
Married	76.6	74.8	82.1
Not married/Active	41.6	75.0	73.5*
Chad 2014–2015
All	94.6	93.9	97.4	76	25	2.17	0.80
Married	94.3	94.0	96.9
Comoros 2012
All	86.3	82.1	91.4	63	28	0.04	0.00
Married	80.6	79.9	91.6
Congo Republic 2011–2012
All	55.7	60.8	81.6	61	9	0.3	0.8
Married	55.3	58.7	76.8
Not married/Active	29.6	56.6	83.8
Congo Democratic Republic 2013–2014
All	80.7	79.6	88.5	97	20	2.55	0.82
Married	79.6	77.6	76.8
Not married/Active	57.9	65.5	92.6*
Cote d’Ivoire 2011–2012
All	80.3	80.7	90.6	77	24	1.19	1.36
Married	81.8	80.1	89.3
Equatorial Guinea 2011
All	86.4	87.8	89.3	67	10	0.62	0.97
Married	87.4	87.9	91.0
Not married/Active	80.7	85.2*	82.5*
Ethiopia 2011
All	80.4	79.7	89.1	68	28	1.43	0.70
Married	71.4	76.1	86.9
Gabon 2012
All	66.4	70.5	81.0	56	8	0.36	0.16
Married	68.9	74.0	79.6
Not married/Active	43.8	33.5	87.6*
Gambia 2013
All	92.9	89.2	93.0	99	24	0.29	1.33
Married	91.0	88.9	92.3
Ghana 2014
All	77.2	76.6	85.1	52	17
Married	73.3	74.8	81.7
Guinea 2012
All	91.5	94.7	97.2	73	32	0.82	0.69
Married	94.4	94.7	97.1
Kenya 2014
All	57.4	51.6	62.7	38	9	0.50	0.22
Married	42.0	42.3	54.8
Not married/Active	34.6	61.0*	35.4*
Lesotho 2014
All	51.1	45.8	64.8	49	4	0.15	1.31
Married	39.8	40.5	60.1
Not married/Active	26.6	36.3*	52.1*
Liberia 2013
All	78.3	82.8	92.7	50	14	3.12	1.77
Married	79.8	83.2	92.4
Not married/Active	63.1	73.3*	86.2*
Madagascar 2008–2009
All	68.3	62.1	79.4	63	13	0.7	0.5
Married	60.1	55.9	74.1
Not married/Active	56.9	66.7*	87.3*
Malawi 2010
All	64.6	55.9	62.8	82	33	2.1	1.5
Married	53.9	49.6	56.6
Mali 2012–2013
All	90.0	88.9	94.0	84	44	0.72	0.40
Married	89.7	88.6	94.0
Mozambique 2011
All	87.7	91.0	94.0	84	36	0.46	0.85
Married	88.4	90.0	93.1
Not married/Active	69.7	86.7	85.4
Namibia 2013
All	49.8	45.1	53.9	42	10	0.50	0.46
Married	43.9	42.5	47.4
Not married/Active	22.2	22.0	25.9
Niger 2012
All	87.5	91.0	96.4	100	49	1.24	0.65
Married	86.1	90.3	96.1
Nigeria 2013
All	84.0	78.8	87.6	78	29	1.10	0.59
Married	84.9	78.3	86.8
Not married/Active	31.9	41.4	53.6*
Rwanda 2014–2015
All	69.1	55.9	72.2	65	12	0.59	0.00
Married	46.8	43.1	58.4
Sao Tome and Principe 2008–2009
All	69.3	66.7	82.6	87	8	0.70	0.29
Married	61.6	62.3	78.7
Senegal 2015
All	83.1	73.2	82.2	83	16
Married	76.7	71.4	81.4
Sierra Leone 2013
All	77.9	81.5	87.9	64	32	1.13	0.72
Married	83.4	81.8	87.2
Not married/Active	40.8	63.0	66.0*
Swaziland 2006–2007
All	62.1	61.8	73.2	30	4	1.42	0.00
Married	49.4	57.7	65.6
Tanzania 2010
All	71.2	63.3	76.3	72	22	0.1	0.0
Married	65.6	60.3	72.7
Togo 2013–2014
All	80.7	78.9	88.1	68	29	0.80	0.13
Married	80.1	76.9	86.7
Uganda 2011
All	76.4	68.0	82.5	74	26	1.06	1.11
Married	70.0	62.5	79.5
Zambai 2013–2014
All	64.9	55.8	74.0	71	14	0.92	1.18
Married	51.0	48.0	67.1
Zimbabwe 2010–2011
All	58.7	53.7	67.0	35	12	1.1	0.8
Married	41.5	40.5	55.8

*Figures are based on small numbers (25-49 unweighted cases)