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Table 2 Percent of Births According to Antenatal and Delivery Care (in the Five Years Before a Recent DHS Survey)

From: Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (4 of 7): delivery of interventions

 

Number of Antenatal Visits to a Medically Trained Person

Delivery care

Region

1 +

3+

Medically-Trained Person

Doctor

Health Facility

East Asia/ Pacific

75.9

62.6

60.7

21 .6

42.3

Eastern Europe/ Central Asia

91.5

75.7

94.9

72.7

91 .6

Latin America/ Caribbean

80.9

79.4

67.2

46.5

66.2

Middle East/ North Africa

64.0

50.7

60.5

37.3

54.7

South Asia

47.4

29.7

21.8

14.5

17.5

Sub-Saharan Africa

77.2

62.0

46.6

6.7

46.2

All regions

76.1

63.2

55.3

24.3

52.6

  1. Source: DHS in 56 countries, Gwatkin DR et al.[22]