Background
Target | Indicator |
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5A: reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio | 5.1: maternal mortality ratio |
5.2: proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel | |
5B: achieve by 2015, universal access to reproductive health | 5.3: contraceptive prevalence rate |
Indicator | |
5.4: adolescent birth rate | |
5.5: antenatal care coverage (at least 1 visit and at least 4 visits) | |
5.6: unmet need for family planning |
Country profile: highlights
Methods
Data sources
Variables and definitions
Service | Definition/measurement |
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Antenatal care coverage | Percentage of women age 15–49 who had a live birth in the five years preceding the survey that received 4 or more antenatal visits |
Components of antenatal care | Includes blood pressure, urine sample, blood sample, body weight, ultrasonography, iron tablets or syrup |
Place of delivery | Percentage of live births in the five years preceding the survey delivered in a health facility (private or public) and percentage who delivered at home |
Delivery by skilled health personnel | Percentage of births attended by doctors, nurses or midwives [25] |
Delivery by untrained TBA | Percentage of births attended by dais (untrained traditional birth attendants) |
Delivery by caesarean section | Percentage of live births during the five years preceding the survey delivered by caesarean section |
Use of modern contraceptive | Percentage of currently married women age 15–49 using modern contraceptives |
Measurement of inequities
Results
Descriptive statistics
Service | Mean (%) | Decile ratio (D10/D1) |
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Antenatal care – 1 visit | 60.3 | 1.2 |
Antenatal care at least 4 visit | 20.6 | 8.2 |
Antenatal care by a doctor | 35.5 | 6.2 |
Antenatal care by a nurse | 11.1 | 1.3 |
Antenatal care – no one | 39.6 | 0.13 |
Ultrasonography | 34.6 | 7.7 |
Weight taken | 80.3 | 1.4 |
Blood pressure | 86.4 | 1.1 |
Urine test | 54.2 | 2.6 |
Iron | 54.8 | 2.2 |
Delivery by skilled birth attendants | 11.1 | 16.0 |
Delivery by a doctor | 12.7 | 14.4 |
Delivery by a nurse/midwife | 15.9 | 13.8 |
Delivery by untrained TBA | 63.4 | 0.3 |
Delivery in a health facility | 12.3 | 15.1 |
Delivery at home | 85.1 | 0.43 |
Caesarean delivery | 7.5 | 18.1 |
Use of modern contraception | 44.9 | 1.2 |
FP message from radio | 10.2 | 2.7 |
Inequities in reproductive and maternal health services
95% CI | 95% CI | |||||
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Service | SII | Lower | Upper | RII | Lower | Upper |
Antenatal care at least 4 visit | 52.5 | 31.1 | 73.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
Antenatal care by a doctor | 74.6 | 57.5 | 91.6 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.6 |
Antenatal care by a nurse | 5.9 | 2.1 | 9.7 | 0.53 | 0.18 | 0.87 |
Antenatal care – no one | −59.3 | −66.7 | −52.0 | −1.5 | −1.7 | −1.3 |
Ultrasonography | 81.5 | 64.8 | 98.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
Weight taken | 23.4 | 13.4 | 33.3 | 0.30 | 0.17 | 0.41 |
Blood pressure | 14.7 | 7.8 | 21.6 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.25 |
Urine test | 57.5 | 44.1 | 70.9 | 1.1 | 0.81 | 1.31 |
Iron | 46.9 | 40.3 | 53.4 | 0.85 | 0.73 | 0.97 |
Delivery by skilled birth attendants | 40.9 | 17.0 | 64.9 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 5.9 |
Delivery by a doctor | 45.4 | 21.1 | 69.7 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 5.5 |
Delivery by a nurse/midwife | 52.2 | 26.9 | 77.5 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 4.9 |
Delivery by untrained TBA | −44.8 | −70.5 | −19.1 | −0.71 | −1.1 | −0.3 |
Delivery in a health facility | 48.9 | 23.7 | 74.1 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 5.0 |
Delivery at home | −49.4 | −74.3 | −24.4 | −0.58 | −0.87 | −0.29 |
Caesarean delivery | 30.4 | 11.0 | 49.8 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 6.6 |
Use of modern contraception | 5.0 | −2.0 | 11.9 | 0.11 | −0.04 | 0.27 |
FP message from radio | 8.8 | 1.6 | 16.0 | 0.86 | 0.16 | 1.56 |