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Table 3 Twelve-month probability of pregnancy after discontinuation by method type, age group, and region

From: Return to pregnancy after contraceptive discontinuation to become pregnant: a pooled analysis of West and East African populations

Region

All methods

Hormonal

Non-hormonal

 

Ages 15–24

Ages 25–34

Ages 35–49

Ages 15–24

Ages 25–34

Ages 35–49

Ages 15–24

Ages 25–34

Ages 35–49

Francophone West Africa

  Percent

72.9

74.6

67.2

70.8

71.7

66.5

77.7

82.3

69.2

  (CI)

(70.9–74.9)

(72.7–76.4)

(63.2–71.1)

(68.3–73.3)

(69.4–73.9)

(61.7–71.3)

(74.2–81.0)

(79.1–85.3)

(62.2–76.0)

  N

2029

2388

581

1404

1739

399

625

649

182

Anglophone West Africa

  Percent

77.8

80.6

73.1

72.7

76.2

69.4

84.7

85.4

77.4

  (CI)

(75.1–80.4)

(78.6–82.5)

(68.3–77.7)

(68.9–76.4)

(73.2–79.0)

(62.6–76.0)

(81.0–88.0)

(82.7–87.8)

(70.7–83.5)

  N

1046

1727

372

604

900

203

442

827

169

East Africa

  Percent

82.1

82.5

78.4

80.4

80.5

76.0

91.6

92.0

87.7

  (CI)

(80.6–83.5)

(81.0–84.0)

(74.6–82.0)

(78.7–81.9)

(78.9–82.2)

(71.6–80.1)

(88.7–94.0)

(89.2–94.2)

(80.5–93.2)

  N

3002

2825

526

2546

2335

416

456

490

110

  1. CI 95% confidence interval