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Table 2 Projected outcomes by 2025 for contraceptive use and fertility for the baseline model (constant unmet need) and two scenarios (all needs met by 2020 and all needs met by 2050) in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands

From: The case for investing in family planning in the Pacific: costs and benefits of reducing unmet need for contraception in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands

Contraceptive use and fertility

Vanuatu

Solomon Islands

Constant unmet need

All needs met by 2050

All needs met by 2020

Constant unmet need

All needs met by 2050

All needs met by 2020

Total contraceptive users (all methods)

21,425

34,599

38,164

34,353

42,949

45,275

Contraceptive prevalence rate (all methods) %

38.4

62.0

68.4

34.6

43.3

45.6

Contraceptive prevalence rate (modern methods) %

36.8

59.4

65.5

28.5

35.7

37.6

Contraceptive prevalence rate (long-acting or permanent) %

12.8

20.6

22.8

16.3

20.4

21.5

Total fertility rate

4.0

2.6

2.2

4.1

3.7

3.5

Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1000 females aged 15–19)

59.1

37.8

32.2

56.8

50.6

48.9