Table 1 Percent distribution of women by their length of stay (LoS) and average LoS after childbirth in public and private health facilities according to type of delivery, India, 2015-16
Duration of Stay (in days) | Total*** | Vaginal*** | C-section*** | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public | Private | All | Public | Private | All | Public | Private | All | |
0 | 21.2 | 12.8 | 18.2 | 23.4 | 19.2 | 22.3 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
1 | 20.3 | 15.5 | 18.6 | 22.6 | 24.6 | 23.1 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
2 | 16.9 | 12.8 | 15.4 | 18.8 | 20.3 | 19.2 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
3 | 22.6 | 15.6 | 20.1 | 25.1 | 20.8 | 24.0 | 6.3 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
4 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 8.4 | 7.0 |
5 | 3.6 | 10.7 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 10.0 | 18.3 | 15.3 |
6 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 8.6 |
7 | 6.5 | 15.2 | 9.6 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 36.3 | 31.6 | 33.3 |
Above 7 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 18.5 | 13.3 | 15.2 |
Average | 2.9 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
Number of women | 1,05,615 | 42,570 | 1,48,185 | 92,969 | 25,478 | 1,18,447 | 12,646 | 17,092 | 29,738 |