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Table 3 Projected health outcomes for women and infants, average per year between 2010 and 2025, 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

Projected average per year (2010–2025)

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

Number

% reduction in outcome

Number

% reduction in outcome

Number

% reduction in outcome

Number

% reduction in outcome

Total pregnancies

10,102

7,137

29

5,751

43

20,286

18,281

10

17,340

15

Unintended pregnancies

4,517

2,417

47

1,397

69

4,147

2,742

34

2,072

50

Induced abortions

1,491

798

47

461

68

1,368

905

34

684

50

Total births

7,298

5,411

26

4,542

38

16,280

15,000

8

14,402

12

Unintended births and miscarriages

3,026

1,620

47

936

69

2,778

1,840

34

1,390

50

Birth with any avoidable risk‡

4,049

2,530

38

1,940

52

8,922

7,720

13

7,185

20

Maternal deaths

7

5

26

4

39

26

24

8

23

12

Infant deaths

192

117

39

89

54

375

324

13

302

20

  1. ‡ Births to women aged <18 or >35 years; births spaced < 18 months apart; birth order 4 or more.