Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Infant and under-five mortality in Afghanistan: current estimates and limitations

Kavitha Viswanathan, Stan Becker, Peter M Hansen, Dhirendra Kumar, Binay Kumar, Haseebullah Niayesh, David H Peters & Gilbert Burnham

Volume 88, Number 8, August 2010, 576-583

Table 2. Number of women, number of women ever married, number of children ever born to them and percentage of children still living, by maternal age group, Afghanistan, 2004

Age (years) No. % married No. of children ever born % of children surviving
15–19 3695 21 844 87.9
20–24 2238 64 3415 84.9
25–29 2060 91 7609 85.4
30–34 1357 97 7236 85.7
35–39 1547 99 9856 85.5
40–44 940 99 6387 83.9
45–49 709 100 4405 83.4