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Peace Without Poison

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Congo’s total fertility graph shows that fertility is decreasing since the beginning of the 21 stcentury. The decrease from 7.2 to 6.2 children per woman is however too low to be attributed tocovert methods of depopulation and is most likely the result of family planning services andbetter accessibility to contraceptives in urban areas. The contraceptive prevalence rate is at 18%.The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the second stage of the demographic transition.176 | P a g e

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