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Table 5 Sensitivity analysis: 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

Key alternative assumptions

Solomon Islands

All needs met by 2050

All needs met by 2020

Total number of unintended pregnancies averted 2010-2025

Cost per unintended pregnancy averted (US$)

Total number of maternal and infant deaths averted 2010-2025

Cost per death averted (US$)

Total family planning costs 2010–2025 (US$)

Total public sector savings 2010–2025 (US$)

Total number of unintended pregnancies averted 2010-2025

Cost per unintended pregnancy averted (US$)

Total number of maternal and infant deaths averted 2010-2025

Cost per death averted (US$)

Total family planning costs 2010–2025 (US$)

Total public sector savings 2010–2025 (US$)

Base case

22,479

$139

841

$3,708

$3,118,381

$18,661,773

33,201

$101

1,216

$2,762

$3,358,160

$30,129,839

Unmet need for contraception (11 – 12%)

20,446 – 24,506

$129 – $150

767 – 915

$3,464 – $3,999

$3,066,994 – $3,169,767

$16,921,477 – $20,411,314

30,191 – 36,203

$95 – $109

1,109 – 1,321

$2,598 – $2,962

$3,284,998 – $3,431,316

$27,425,861 – $32,947,475

Constant rate of reduction of unmet need

7,393

$373

285

$9,681

$2,759,065

$4,602,740

26,106

$123

960

$3,355

$3,221,007

$17,825,146

Constant contraceptive method mix

21,952

$133

840

$3,489

$2,930,505

$18,601,170

32,456

$97

1,213

$2,603

$3,157,995

$30,034,687

Constant age-specific fertility rate

22,521

$138

843

$3,699

$3,118,376

$18,672,780

33,257

$101

1,218

$2,757

$3,358,155

$30,144,376

Direct family planning costs +/−25%

22,479

$104 – $173

841

$2,781 – $4,635

$2,338,786 – $3,897,976

$18,520,429 – $18,803,118

33,201

$78 – $126

1,216

$2,071 – $3,452

$2,518,620 – $4,197,701

$29,928,549 – $30,331,128

Recurrent public sector expenditure +/−25%

22,479

$139

841

$3,708

$3,118,381

$13,854,987 – $23,468,562

33,201

$101

1,216

$2,762

$3,358,160

$22,396,091 – $37,863,588

Discounting (0 – 5%)

18,948 – 29,572

$134 – $142

711 – 1,104

$3,579 – $3,797

$2,699,916 – $3,950,801

$14,915,362 – $26,491,813

28,247 – 43,088

$98 – $103

1,036 – 1,573

$2,696 – $2,812

$2,913,710 – $4,241,273

$24,161,801 – $42,568,107