Table 5.11  Percent distribution of sterilized women by age at the time of sterilization, and median age at sterilization,
            according to the number of years since the operation, Philippines 2003
            (Timing of sterilization)

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                                   Age at time of sterilization
Years since          -------------------------------------------------            Number 	Median
operation             <25    25-29    30-34    35-39    40-44    45-49	 Total  of women      age1
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<2                    1.2     26.5     34.8     28.3      9.2      0.0   100.0       119      32.8
2-3                   6.9     14.7     38.4     24.6     13.4      1.9   100.0       111      32.7
4-5                   2.6     31.5     38.9     19.4      7.6      0.0   100.0        92      31.3
6-7                  17.1     16.3     39.7     18.8      8.2      0.0   100.0        87      31.2
8-9                  13.7     29.8     31.4     22.3      2.7      0.0   100.0        68      31.2
10+                  19.1     44.1     31.9      4.9      0.0      0.0   100.0       471        a

Total                13.3     33.6     34.4     14.1      4.4      0.2   100.0       947      30.1

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Note:    a = Not calculated due to censoring
         1  Median ages are calculated only for women sterilized at less than 40 years of age to avoid problems of censoring.

Source:  2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
         National Statistics Office & Department of Health

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