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Table 1 % women aged 2024 reporting first birth before aged 20 years, disaggregated by age (95% confidence intervals in parentheses)

From: Adolescent first births in East Africa: disaggregating characteristics, trends and determinants

 

<16 years

16/17 years

18/19 years

Total<20 years

Uganda 2011

12.3, (10.7-13.9)

20.7, (18.8-22.7)

24.2, (22.1-26.3)

57.3, (54.9-59.7)

Number of cases

200

338

395

933

Kenya 2008/ 9

8.4, (7.1-9.7)

17.6, (15.8-19.4)

20.9, (19.0-22.8)

46.9, (44.5-49.2)

Number of cases

145

302

358

805

Tanzania 2010

7.2, (6.0-8.4)

21.1, (19.3-22.9)

27.5, (25.4-29.5)

55.8, (53.5-58.1)

Number of cases

137

402

525

1064