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Table 1 SBA coverage across socioeconomic and geographic subpopulations in Guinea: Evidence from Guinea DHSs (1999–2012) and MICS (2016)

From: Disparities in use of skilled birth attendants and neonatal mortality rate in Guinea over two decades

Dimension of Inequality

Subgroup

1999

2005

2012

2016

Estimate (95% UI)

Popn

Estimate (95% UI)

Popn

Estimate (95% UI)

Popn

Estimate (95% UI)

Popn

Economic status

Quintile 1 (poorest)

12.4 (9.3–16.4)

801

15.2 (10.6–21.3)

955

18.9 (14.6–24.2)

945

27.0 (22.5–32.1)

567

Quintile 2

16.0 (12.5–20.3)

727

20.0 (16.7–23.8)

857

28.4 (23.8–33.4)

907

49.0 (42.7–55.3)

620

Quintile 3

27.1 (22.9–31.8)

691

34.8 (29.1–41.1)

825

39.0 (33.0–45.4)

880

60.6 (54.3–66.6)

570

Quintile 4

55.3 (49.3–61.1)

658

57.5 (52.7–62.2)

725

67.7 (62.7–72.4)

824

87.3 (83.1–90.5)

564

Quintile 5 (richest)

84.1 (80.6–87.1)

547

86.8 (82.5–90.2)

598

91.9 (88.0–94.5)

679

95.6 (92.9–97.3)

456

Education

No education

30.1 (27.1–33.2)

2941

33.3 (29.9–36.9)

3421

38.1 (34.3–42.1)

3243

53.3 (49.7–56.9)

1949

Primary school

60.4 (53.3–67.2)

287

67.9 (61.8–73.5)

340

64.3 (58.9–69.4)

546

73.2 (67.5–78.2)

392

Secondary school+

85.4 (78.8–90.2)

198

85.3 (78.7–90.0)

199

83.4 (78.1–87.7)

447

92.5 (88.4–95.2)

438

Place of residence

Rural

21.9 (18.8–25.22)

2558

26.0 (22.5–29.9)

3048

32.0 (27.5–36.9)

3085

46.1 (42.1–50.2)

1823

Urban

77.1 (72.6–81.0)

867

81.8 (77.3–85.5)

913

84.5 (81.2–87.3)

1152

93.2 (90.4–95.1)

956

Subnational region

Lower Guinea

Boke

31.8 (25.2–39.1)

703

26.4 (20.5–33.4)

454

42.9 (33.2–53.2)

392

71.6 (62.9–78.8)

326

Central Guinea

Conakry

18.5 (15.0–22.6)

711

90.1 (85.1–93.6)

422

90.1 (85.4–93.4)

626

95.6 (92.3–97.5)

494

Upper Guinea

Faranah

20.7 (15.7–26.7)

663

33.5 (26.4–41.6)

339

29.8 (22.4–38.5)

436

46.5 (36.8–56.4)

239

Forest Guinea

Kankan

39.0 (32.4–46.0)

909

41.1 (32.7–50.2)

616

45.0 (34.8–55.6)

783

53.2 (45.9–60.4)

549

Conakry

Kindia

87.1 (83.0–90.3)

437

28.2 (22.0–35.3)

563

41.8 (31.9–52.4)

597

64.4 (57.3–70.8)

361

NA

Labe

NA

NA

18.8 (14.1–24.5)

391

32.2 (24.6–40.9)

385

45.6 (34.8–56.8)

219

NA

Mamou

NA

NA

18.9 (13.6–25.7)

263

19.6 (14.8–25.5)

275

30.3 (22.8–38.8)

218

NA

Nzerekore

NA

NA

42.8 (32.7–53.6)

911

43.0 (32.3–54.5)

741

60.2 (48.7–70.7)

370

National average

  

35.8%

 

38.9%

 

46.3%

 

62.3%