Region | Number of surveys | Number of women* | Reason for not being at risk | |||||
Pregnant | No sex in past 3 months | Infecund | Birth in previous 2 months | LAM de facto | Want a birth in more than 12 months but less than 24 months | |||
All seven regions | 46 | 49 781 | 29.5 | 44.4 | 15.9 | 7.2 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
West Africa | 13 | 14 037 | 24.6 | 58.7 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 |
Central Africa | 6 | 7706 | 37.2 | 42.1 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 0.7 |
East Africa | 9 | 10 437 | 39.7 | 36.5 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
Southern Africa | 3 | 2465 | 44.5 | 33.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
Asia | 8 | 8819 | 10.2 | 49.1 | 35.3 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
Latin America- Caribbean | 5 | 5781 | 37.9 | 24.9 | 28.0 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
Europe | 2 | 536 | 8.2 | 40.7 | 45.1 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
*Number of women corresponds to women categorised as having standard unmet need but no CS unmet need.
CS, current status; LAM, lactation amenorrhoea method.