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Table 2 Age-standardized primary and secondary infertility prevalence estimates, women aged 20-49 years as calculated using selected Demographic and Health Surveys

From: Measuring infertility in populations: constructing a standard definition for use with demographic and reproductive health surveys

Country

Year

Primary

Secondary

Survey size

Prevalence (%)

Sample size

Prevalence (%)

Sample size

Armenia

2000

1.4 (1.0, 2.0)

3584

29.2 (24.8, 34.0)

745

5262

Armenia

2005

1.3 (0.9, 1.9)

3424

32.6 (27.8, 37.8)

647

5430

Bangladesh

1993

1.7 (1.4, 2.1)

7030

18.5 (16.4, 20.8)

3758

8225

Bangladesh

1996

1.5 (1.2, 1.9)

6497

21.8 (19.8, 24.0)

3240

7709

Bangladesh

1999

1.8 (1.5, 2.1)

7406

18.3 (16.3, 20.5)

3377

8922

Bangladesh

2004

1.7 (1.4, 2.0)

8114

20.5 (18.4, 22.8)

3610

9737

Bolivia

1994

1.0 (0.7, 1.4)

4099

9.5 (8.1, 11.2)

2525

6780

Brazil

1991

1.5 (1.1, 2.1)

2516

12.4 (9.4, 16.1)

1122

4805

Brazil

1996

1.6 (1.3, 2.1)

5668

16.7 (14.3, 19.4)

1825

10075

Colombia

1990

1.6 (1.1, 2.4)

3234

12.9 (9.0, 18.0)

1273

6835

Colombia

1995

1.4 (1.0, 1.9)

4326

13.2 (11.0, 15.8)

1655

8969

Colombia

2000

1.5 (1.1, 2.1)

4295

15.9 (13.2, 19.0)

1433

9319

Colombia

2005

1.5 (1.2, 1.8)

14159

15.9 (14.1, 17.9)

4591

31047

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2002

1.7 (1.4, 2.1)

10189

23.1 (20.6, 25.7)

3670

18576

Dominican Republic

1991

2.2 (1.6, 3.1)

2806

16.2 (12.1, 21.3)

1183

5596

Dominican Republic

1996

2.4 (1.8, 3.1)

3539

19.2 (15.9, 23.0)

1413

6584

Dominican Republic

1999

1.0 (0.4, 2.4)

532

23.7 (15.3, 34.8)

190

1018

Egypt

1995

2.8 (2.4, 3.2)

10817

13.2 (11.8, 14.8)

5666

14075

Egypt

2000

2.7 (2.3, 3.1)

11148

13.1 (11.7, 14.8)

5281

14978

Egypt

2005

2.6 (2.3, 3.0)

13719

15.0 (13.6, 16.6)

6255

18616

Egypt

2008

3.1 (2.7, 3.5)

11495

14.7 (13.2, 16.4)

4851

15891

Ethiopia

2005

1.3 (0.9, 1.7)

6617

11.7 (10.3, 13.1)

4883

10818

Guatemala

1995

1.0 (0.7, 1.4)

6384

16.6 (14.9, 18.4)

4379

9454

India

2005

2.7 (2.5, 2.9)

71095

24.6 (23.3, 26.0)

22740

100430

Indonesia

1991

2.6 (2.2, 3.1)

16961

18.0 (16.6, 19.6)

8289

21910

Indonesia

1994

2.1 (1.8, 2.5)

21059

21.2 (19.3, 23.3)

10080

27085

Indonesia

1997

2.6 (2.2, 3.0)

21295

20.4 (18.6, 22.3)

9509

27707

Indonesia

2002

2.6 (2.2, 3.0)

22087

18.8 (16.9, 20.8)

8847

28559

Indonesia

2007

2.1 (1.8, 2.5)

24616

17.7 (16.2, 19.3)

10479

31981

Jordan

1997

2.5 (2.0, 3.1)

4087

9.8 (8.1, 11.7)

2591

5342

Kazakhstan

1999

1.1 (0.7, 1.7)

2410

25.9 (20.5, 32.2)

609

4022

Kenya

1998

1.0 (0.7, 1.4)

3584

15.6 (13.3, 18.2)

2242

6029

Kenya

2003

1.0 (0.7, 1.5)

3508

11.6 (9.7, 13.8)

2241

6375

Malawi

2004

1.0 (0.7, 1.3)

5624

10.1 (8.8, 11.7)

4090

9291

Morocco

1992

3.4 (2.7, 4.1)

4059

10.8 (9.3, 12.5)

2568

7111

Nicaragua

1997

1.1 (0.9, 1.5)

6005

12.5 (10.7, 14.6)

3085

10277

Paraguay

1990

1.5 (1.2, 2.0)

2722

15.8 (13.8, 18.1)

1699

4533

Peru

1992

0.6 (0.4, 0.8)

7052

10.8 (9.5, 12.3)

3756

12398

Peru

1996

0.8 (0.6, 1.0)

13715

10.0 (8.9, 11.4)

7272

22897

Peru

2000

1.0 (0.8, 1.3)

12938

10.5 (9.3, 11.9)

5913

22095

Philippines

1993

2.1 (1.7, 2.5)

7190

15.1 (13.7, 16.7)

4102

11890

Philippines

1998

1.8 (1.5, 2.3)

6709

17.0 (15.3, 18.8)

3650

11034

Philippines

2003

2.7 (2.1, 3.3)

6778

17.7 (16.0, 19.5)

3302

10987

Moldova

2005

3.2 (2.4, 4.3)

3894

29.5 (25.0, 34.4)

708

6037

Turkey

1993

2.3 (1.8, 2.8)

4916

18.0 (15.4, 21.0)

1688

6189

Turkey

1998

2.6 (2.1, 3.2)

4644

20.1 (17.5, 22.9)

1661

6813

Turkey

2003

2.3 (1.7, 3.1)

3322

15.9 (12.4, 20.1)

1084

7835

Tanzania

2004

1.8 (1.4, 2.3)

4714

16.5 (14.8, 18.3)

3511

8032

Viet Nam

1997

1.0 (0.7, 1.4)

4300

12.2 (9.5, 15.4)

1478

5551

Viet Nam

2002

0.8 (0.6, 1.2)

4504

13.8 (10.0, 18.7)

1059

5598

Zimbabwe

1994

1.1 (0.8, 1.7)

2650

14.6 (12.5, 17.1)

1813

4642

Zimbabwe

1999

1.6 (1.1, 2.2)

2385

13.9 (11.5, 16.8)

1472

4439

Zimbabwe

2005

1.2 (0.8, 1.6)

3567

8.7 (7.0, 10.7)

2050

6777

  1. 95% confidence intervals are shown in parentheses. Sample size refers to the proportion of women who were included in the calculations of primary or secondary infertility (i.e., the denominator in the prevalence calculation), and the survey size refers to the total number of women surveyed.