Achieving SDG related sexual and reproductive health targets in China: what are appropriate indicators and how we interpret them?

Table 1 Adolescent fertility rates in China and the three sample provinces during 1990–2016 (birth numbers per 1000 women)

Year	Age group	National	Jiangsu	Hubei	Yunnan
1990	10–14	0.08	0.05	0.08	0.14
	15–19	17.20	10.48	15.47	30.97
	Total	17.28	10.53	15.55	31.11
1995	10–14	0.06	0.04	0.05	0.09
	15–19	11.18	6.49	8.85	19.64
	Total	11.24	6.53	8.90	19.73
2000	10–14	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.07
	15–19	8.09	4.60	6.06	13.19
	Total	8.13	4.63	6.10	13.26
2005	10–14	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.05
	15–19	6.99	4.39	6.26	9.64
	Total	7.03	4.42	6.30	9.69
2010	10–14	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04
	15–19	5.99	3.94	6.21	7.38
	Total	6.02	3.97	6.25	7.42
2016	10–14	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.03
	15–19	4.76	3.10	4.95	5.31
	Total	4.79	3.12	4.98	5.34

Data sources: the sub-national estimates of Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) Study 2016 conducted by IHME.

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