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Côte dIvoire

• DHS Survey in 1994

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Neonatal Mortality Results for Côte dIvoire 1994

• Risk of neonatal mortality compared with 36-47
  month birth interval
• Births less than 24 months 274
• Births 24-35 months 136
• Births 36-47 months 100
• Births 48 months 102
• First births 391
• Lowest neonatal mortality at 42-47 month birth
  intervals

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Infant Mortality Results for Côte dIvoire 1994

• Risk of infant mortality compared with 36-47
  month birth interval
• Births less than 24 months 407
• Births 24-35 months 195
• Births 36-47 months 100
• Births 48 months 181
• First births 433
• Lowest infant mortality at 42-47 month birth
  intervals

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Under Five Mortality Results for Côte dIvoire
1994

• Risk of under five mortality compared with 36-47
  month birth interval
• Births less than 24 months 237
• Births 24-35 months 148
• Births 36-47 months 100
• Births 48 months 87
• First births 190
• Lowest under five mortality at 48-59 month birth
  intervals

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Birth Interval Preferences in Côte dIvoire 1994

• Ivoirienne women have shorter the birth intervals
  than they prefer. On average, they prefer to
  have their births spaced by 38 months. Actual
  median birth interval is 32 months, 6 months
  shorter.
• Women in the South region prefer to have birth
  intervals of almost 10 months longer on average
  than they have.

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Median Duration of Actual and Preferred Birth
Interval by Geographic Regions, Côte dIvoire 1994
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Ivoirienne Preferences for Short Birth Intervals,
1994

• In Côte dIvoire few women prefer very short
  birth intervals, only 12 want births with less
  than 2 years spacing but 44 prefer an interval
  of less than 3 years
• For Côte dIvoire as a whole, 21 percent of women
  have intervals shorter than 24 months, 9 percent
  more than preferred.
• 61 percent of Ivoirienne women have intervals
  shorter than 36 months, 17 percent more than
  those who prefer such intervals.

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Percent of Birth Intervals Less than 24 Months,
Actual and Preferred, Côte dIvoire 1994
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Percent of Birth Intervals Less than 36 Months,
Actual and Preferred, Côte dIvoire 1994
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Côte dIvoire

• DHS Survey in 1998-99

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Neonatal Mortality Results for Côte dIvoire
1998-9

• Risk of neonatal mortality compared with 36-47
  month birth interval
• Births less than 24 months 295
• Births 24-35 months 154
• Births 36-47 months 100
• Births 48 months 101
• First births 204
• Lowest neonatal mortality at 42-47 and 54-59
  month birth intervals

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Infant Mortality Results for Côte dIvoire 1998-9

• Risk of infant mortality compared with 36-47
  month birth interval
• Births less than 24 months 312
• Births 24-35 months 193
• Births 36-47 months 100
• Births 48 months 103
• First births 249
• Lowest infant mortality at 54-59 month birth
  intervals

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Under Five Mortality Results for Côte dIvoire
1998-9

• Risk of under five mortality compared with 36-47
  month birth interval
• Births less than 24 months 238
• Births 24-35 months 175
• Births 36-47 months 100
• Births 48 months 66
• First births 161
• Lowest under five mortality at 48-53 month birth
  intervals

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Birth Interval Preferences in Côte dIvoire
1998-9

• Ivoirienne women have shorter the birth intervals
  than they prefer. On average, they prefer to
  have their births spaced by 38 months. Actual
  median birth interval is 33 months, 5 months
  shorter.
• Women in the Abidjan and other cities prefer to
  have birth intervals of 8 to 10 months longer on
  average than they have.

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Median Duration of Actual and Preferred Birth
Interval by Geographic Regions, Côte dIvoire
1998-9
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Ivoirienne Preferences for Short Birth Intervals,
1998-9

• In Côte dIvoire few women prefer very short
  birth intervals, only 15 want births with less
  than 2 years spacing but 41 prefer an interval
  of less than 3 years
• For Côte dIvoire as a whole, 17 percent of women
  have intervals shorter than 24 months, only 2
  percent more than preferred.
• However, 54 percent of Ivoirienne women have
  intervals shorter than 36 months, 13 percent more
  than those who prefer such intervals.

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Percent of Birth Intervals Less than 24 Months,
Actual and Preferred, Côte dIvoire 1998-9
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Percent of Birth Intervals Less than 36 Months,
Actual and Preferred, Côte dIvoire 1998-9
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• In Côte dIvoire, if no births occurred before 36
  months of a preceding birth
• Infant Mortality Rate would drop 20
• Under Five Mortality Rate would drop 31
• Deaths to children under five years of age would
  fall by 33,200 annually