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	Table  35A (Pop., Change)
	New Contraceptive Acceptors (Age Group) 　（2001-2003）
	Pop 35ae
Year	2001						2002						2003＊＊＊
Acceptor         Age Group	New Acceptors	Percentage   (%)	Estimates of Married Women＊	Contraceptive Acceptors Rate ＊＊	Vasectomy***	L.R.T***	New Acceptors	Percentage   (%)	Estimates of Married Women＊	Contraceptive Acceptors Rate ＊＊	Vasectomy***	L.R.T***	New Acceptors	Percentage   (%)	Estimates of Married Women＊	Contraceptive Acceptors Rate ＊＊	Vasectomy***	L.R.T***
15-19	19,221	8.2	100.3	191.6	…	5	20,088	8.0	101.7	197.6	…	3	17,903	8.0	107.9	165.9	…	4
20-24	67,100	28.8	378.5	177.3	3	298	72,196	28.7	383.7	188.2	…	300	65,210	29.2	407.2	160.1	1	198
25-29	68,951	29.5	560.1	123.1	21	4,664	73,308	29.2	567.7	129.0	20	4,045	65,385	29.2	602.6	108.5	13	2,653
30-34	50,099	21.5	584.8	85.7	40	5,979	54,134	21.6	592.9	91.3	39	6,047	47,279	21.1	629.2	75.1	35	4,542
35-39	21,039	9.0	465.3	45.2	55	3,319	23,215	9.2	471.7	49.2	32	3,553	20,356	9.1	500.7	40.7	41	2,781
40-44	4,702	2.0	395.6	11.9	21	698	5,512	2.2	401.1	13.7	24	849	5,097	2.3	425.7	12.0	14	680
45-49	433	0.2	325.1	1.3	5	36	495	0.2	329.6	1.5	4	60	468	0.2	349.8	1.3	11	33
Unspecified	1,777	0.8	-	-	9	64	2,156	0.9	-	-	1	92	1,980	0.9	…	…	1	49
Total	233,322	100.0	2,809.7	80.4	154	15,063	251,104	100.0	2,848.4	88.2	120	14,949	223,678	100.0	3023.1	74.0	116	10,940
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Statistical Abstract 2004, Department of Census & Statistics
＊＊＊ : Evaluation Unit, Family Health Bureau
Key:
＊：　    Estimates per 1,000 married  women
＊＊： Acceptors per 1,000 women
Revised:  200８(y)/07(m)/31(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka