data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT?order=wbapi_data_value_2013+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=asc
the striking figure is the ADOLESCENT fertility rate - of women between 15 and 19 - in which the DR is nestled between Sierre Leon and Gabon, -- at 98 per 1000, has more than twice the rate of Puerto Rico 47
cuba 60
el salvador 75
costa rico 60
belize 70
jamaice 69
Then- from another study - from the health department - 29% of the births were to adolescents - 1.6% to mothers under 15. (almost 28% of the Cesarians were on adolescent mothers as well - remember that this will also reduce the fertility rate since more than two births via Cesarian section is dangerous - physicians are likely to recommend and perform sterilization after the second) - one report by the UNFPA - shows that Cesarians are perfomed at Los Minas and La Altagracia almost 40% of the time - which is an extremely high rate - so this rate - along with the sterilizations which might accompany them after the second birth -would perhaps account in part for the much lower birth rate over time.
reports indicate that 47% of Dominican women have been sterilized as their method of contraception
the striking figure is the ADOLESCENT fertility rate - of women between 15 and 19 - in which the DR is nestled between Sierre Leon and Gabon, -- at 98 per 1000, has more than twice the rate of Puerto Rico 47
cuba 60
el salvador 75
costa rico 60
belize 70
jamaice 69
Then- from another study - from the health department - 29% of the births were to adolescents - 1.6% to mothers under 15. (almost 28% of the Cesarians were on adolescent mothers as well - remember that this will also reduce the fertility rate since more than two births via Cesarian section is dangerous - physicians are likely to recommend and perform sterilization after the second) - one report by the UNFPA - shows that Cesarians are perfomed at Los Minas and La Altagracia almost 40% of the time - which is an extremely high rate - so this rate - along with the sterilizations which might accompany them after the second birth -would perhaps account in part for the much lower birth rate over time.
reports indicate that 47% of Dominican women have been sterilized as their method of contraception
