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Table 1 Maternal and infant health and health care indicators for the study county and national rural areas in 2006

From: The quality of childbirth care in China: women’s voices: a qualitative study

Indicators

Study county

National

Maternal mortality ratio (per 100000)

41a (Anhui province)

45d

Infant mortality rate (per 1000)

13b

19d

% of facility based deliveries

99 %c

88 %d

% of Caesarean Section

46 %c

46 %e

  1. aMMR in study county is not available; Anhui province data: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Health Bureau of Anhui Province China: Multi-sectoral determinants of maternal mortality in Anhui Province China. UNESCAP. Accessed on June 16, 2011. Available: http://www.unescap.org/esid/psis/meetings/MMR/China.pdf
  2. bCounty Health Bureau. County Health Statistics. Anhui, China: Ministry of Health County Health Bureau; 2007
  3. cHuang K, Tao F, Faragher B, Raven J, Tolhurst R, Tang S, Broek Nvd: A mixed-method study of factors associated with differences in caesarean section rates at community level: The case of rural China. Midwifery 2013, 29(8):911–920
  4. dMinistry of Health, China. Chinese Statistical Health Yearbook 2009. Ministry of Health China. Beijing: Ministry of Health, 2009. Accessed June 1, 2011. Available: http://tongji.cnki.net/overseas/Dig/Dig.aspx#
  5. eLumbiganon P, Laopaiboon M, Gülmezoglu AM, Souza JP, Taneepanichskul S, Ruyan P, Attygalle DE, Shrestha N, Mori R, Nguyen DH et al.: Method of delivery and pregnancy outcomes in Asia: the WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health 2007–08. Lancet 2010, 375(9713):490–499