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category (1.41) is 41 percent higher than for children who are not in any high-risk category. The riskratio for births in a single high-risk category is 1.41, which means that children in a single high-riskcategory are 41 percent more likely to die than children who are not in any high-risk category.Similarly, births in multiple high-risk categories are 42 percent more likely to die than births who arenot in any high-risk category.The last column in Table 10.4 looks to the future and addresses the question of how manycurrently married women have the potential for having a high-risk birth. A simulation procedure wascarried out on mothers who are in a risk category. The result is a distribution of currently marriedwomen by the risk category into which a birth conceived at the time of the survey would fall. Forexample, a woman who was 37 years old at the time of survey and had three previous births would beclassified in the multiple high-risk category for being too old (35 or older) and at risk of having ahigh-order birth (more than three previous births). About one in four (26 percent) currently marriedwomen would fall into this category. Overall, 45 percent of married women are in a multiple highriskcategory, and three in four married women (76 percent) have the potential to give birth to a childwith an elevated risk of dying.Table 10.4 High-risk fertility behaviourPercent distribution of children born in the five years preceding thesurvey by category of elevated risk of mortality and the risk ratio, andpercent distribution of currently married women by category of risk ifthey were to conceive a child at the time of the survey, Tanzania HMIS2007-08Risk categoryBirths in the 5 yearspreceding the surveyPercentage Riskof births ratioPercentageof currentlymarriedwomen 1Not in any high-risk category 27.4 1.00 18.9 aUnavoidable risk categoryFirst-order births between ages18 and 34 years 16.0 1.46 5.5Single high-risk categoryMother's age