Africa Western and Central | Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19. Statistical concept and methodology: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Adolescent fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.
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The World Bank
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Africa Western and Central
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63
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Africa Western and Central | Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
1960 167.05424997
1961 170.74841905
1962 174.21228637
1963 175.66565017
1964 175.84760245
1965 175.46702134
1966 173.17649321
1967 170.98463321
1968 168.65190698
1969 170.32707186
1970 171.3871902
1971 171.82665811
1972 172.98525191
1973 174.76896512
1974 177.7896742
1975 177.15396887
1976 175.07156743
1977 172.72478957
1978 169.94159571
1979 169.30659541
1980 167.95592173
1981 164.70260719
1982 161.5687657
1983 161.96935944
1984 159.83359022
1985 158.43576169
1986 154.47003985
1987 153.71516458
1988 150.16638135
1989 149.41759127
1990 146.75571439
1991 145.05023133
1992 144.10570021
1993 143.78350409
1994 142.23209151
1995 139.8260304
1996 137.0838968
1997 134.97458101
1998 134.42607671
1999 135.73247552
2000 135.38475785
2001 134.41343566
2002 134.27354475
2003 134.54836751
2004 132.17733786
2005 131.7261927
2006 128.99552242
2007 127.07889534
2008 126.31908798
2009 125.30230074
2010 125.47444773
2011 125.87104216
2012 125.61039004
2013 125.08447804
2014 122.3955317
2015 117.72838528
2016 113.41175791
2017 110.86332802
2018 109.93097097
2019 108.77853572
2020 107.58016895
2021 106.54806777
2022
Africa Western and Central | Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19. Statistical concept and methodology: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Adolescent fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Western and Central
Records
63
Source