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Algeria |
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Angola |
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Benin |
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Botswana |
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Burkina Faso |
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Burundi |
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Cameroon |
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Cape Verde |
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Central African Republic |
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Chad |
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Comoros |
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Congo |
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Côte d’Ivoire |
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Djibouti |
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DRC |
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Egypt |
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Equatorial Guinea |
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Eritrea |
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Eswatini |
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Ethiopia |
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Gabon |
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Gambia |
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Ghana |
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Guinea |
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Guinea-Bissau |
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Kenya |
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Lesotho |
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Liberia |
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Libya |
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Madagascar |
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Malawi |
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Mali |
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Mauritania |
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Mauritius |
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Morocco |
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Mozambique |
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Namibia |
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Niger |
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Nigeria |
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Rwanda |
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SADR |
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São Tomé and Príncipe |
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Senegal |
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Seychelles |
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Sierra Leone |
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Somalia |
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South Africa |
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South Sudan |
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Sudan |
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Tanzania |
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Togo |
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Tunisia |
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Uganda |
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Zambia |
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Zimbabwe |
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Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health |
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Life expectancy at birth |
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Maternal mortality ratio |
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Stillbirth rate |
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Neonatal mortality rate |
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Infant mortality rate |
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Under 5 mortality rate |
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Antenatal care coverage: 4+ visits |
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Antenatal care coverage: 8+ visits |
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Births attended by skilled health personnel |
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Postpartum care coverage for mothers |
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Postnatal care coverage for newborns |
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Exclusive breastfeeding for infants under 6 months |
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Coverage of first dose of measles vaccination |
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Stunting - short height for age under age 5 |
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Wasting – low weight for height under age 5 |
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Overweight - heavy for height under 5 |
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Sexual and Reproductive Health |
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Child marriage before age 15 |
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Child marriage before age 18 |
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Female genital mutilation |
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Sexual violence by age 18 - female |
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Sexual violence by age 18 - male |
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Very early child bearing under age 16 |
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Adolescent birth rate ages 15 to 19 |
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Contraceptive prevalance rate, modern methods, all women |
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Demand satisfied for modern contraception |
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Communicable Diseases |
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New HIV infections |
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Antiretroviral treatment coverage |
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Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV |
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Condom use |
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New TB infections |
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New malaria infections |
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Non-Communicable Diseases |
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Mortality from non-communicable diseases |
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Suicide mortality rate |
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Current tobacco use among females aged 15 and over |
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Current tobacco use among males aged 15 and over |
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Harmful alcohol use aged 15 and over |
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Health Financing |
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External health expenditure as % current health expenditure |
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Government health expenditure as % current health expenditure |
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Government health expenditure as % GDP |
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Government health expenditure as % general govt expenditure |
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Government health expenditure per capita |
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Out-of-pocket health expenditure as % of current health expenditure |
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Percentage of national health budget allocated for reproductive health |
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Health systems and policies |
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Density of health workers - physicians |
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Density of health workers - nurses and midwives |
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Density of health workers - pharmaceutical staff |
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Qualified obstetricians |
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Birth registration |
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At least basic drinking water |
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At least basic sanitation services |
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Open defecation |
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Implementation of AMRH Initiative |
| Full Name: | Adolescent birth rate (ages 15 to 19 years) per 1,000 women in that age group |
| Full Unit: | per 1,000 girls aged 15-19 years |
| Year-range of Data: | 2007 - 2017 |
| Source: | Global SDG Indicators Database |
| Link to Source: | https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/ |
| Date Source Published: | 20th June 2018 |
| Date Source Accessed: | 15th May 2019 |
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This indicator represents the number of babies born to girls and women ages 15 to 19 each year. This is the expected number of girls and women that will become pregnant between the ages of 15 to 19 each year out of every 1,000 women and girls in that age group. This indicator is also referred to as the age-specific fertility rate.
Reducing adolescent fertility is essential for improving sexual and reproductive health and the social and economic wellbeing of girls and women. Adolescent girls often experience difficulties in accessing sexual and reproductive health services. Women and girls who become pregnant and give birth at a young age may experience higher risks of complications or death during pregnancy and childbirth. Their children are also more vulnerable. It is important to prevent births in the early stages of a girl's or woman's reproductive life to reduce maternal and infant mortality, and for girls and women to reach their full potential through education and work.
The preferred source of data for calculating adolescent birth rates from ages 15 to 19 years is from nationally registered births and deaths that cover 90 per cent or more of all live births. Where a civil registration system is lacking or where the coverage of that system is lower than 90 per cent of all live births, other methods are used such as household surveys or population censuses. During survey interviews, adolescent women are asked how many children they have given birth to and when the births occurred.
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More about indicator and sources
Monitoring adolescent birth rate for ages 15 to 19 globally forms part of Sustainable Development Goal 3, Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages; Target 3.7, to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes. This is also an indicator specified in the monitoring framework for the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030) under Thrive: Ensure health and wellbeing.
More information on calculations
Using data only from girls aged 15 to 19, a fertility rate is calculated by adding the number of births within the year before the survey, and dividing by the number of girls in the survey in the same age range. The adolescent birth rate is computed as a ratio. The numerator is the number of live births to women aged 15 to 19 years, and the denominator an estimate of exposure to child bearing by women aged 15 to 19 years. The computation is the same for the age group 10 to14 years. The numerator and the denominator are calculated differently for civil registration, survey and census data.
For more information, visit: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-03-07-02.pdf
