Table 1 Trends in prevalence of 4 + ANC visits among pregnant women, disaggregated across four inequality dimensions, 1998–2014
Inequality dimension | 1998 (63.7%) | 2003 (69.3%) | 2008 (78.1%) | 2014 (87.2%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Estimate [95% UI] | n | Estimate [95% UI] | n | Estimate [95% UI] | n | Estimate [95% UI] | |
Economic status | ||||||||
Quintile 1 (poorest) | 591 | 45.7% [41.16, 50.29] | 648 | 55.6 [50.28, 60.74] | 479 | 62.9 [57.61, 67.83] | 869 | 76.40 [69.51, 82.14] |
Quintile 2 | 493 | 60.5 [55.73, 65.10] | 556 | 62.6 [57.76, 67.16] | 461 | 73.2 [68.34, 77.64] | 839 | 82.1 [78.99, 84.78] |
Quintile 3 | 462 | 63.2 [58.27, 67.84] | 533 | 66.2 [61.53, 70.50] | 400 | 77.6 [72.75, 81.83] | 827 | 86.8 [83.59, 89.48] |
Quintile 4 | 417 | 73.9 [68.81, 78.43] | 473 | 80.0 [74.38, 84.71] | 436 | 89.1 [84.00, 92.70] | 814 | 94.1 [91.67, 95.89] |
Quintile 5 (richest) | 344 | 87.6 [83.94, 90.52] | 432 | 90.9 [87.59, 93.51] | 321 | 93.8 [89.61, 96.37] | 791 | 98.1 [95.75, 99.13] |
Level of education | ||||||||
No education | 844 | 50.7 [47.08, 54.39] | 1024 | 58.5 [54.62, 62.33] | 646 | 68.4 [63.89, 72.59] | 1078 | 79.2 [73.46, 84.02] |
Primary school | 468 | 58.8 [53.60, 63.76] | 588 | 68.3 [63.40, 72.78] | 511 | 72.0 [67.53, 76.07] | 812 | 82.3 [78.72, 85.33] |
Secondary/higher | 997 | 77.0 [73.98, 79.80] | 1031 | 80.7 [77.69, 83.44] | 941 | 88.2 [85.37, 90.53] | 2251 | 92.9 [91.41, 94.14] |
Place of residence | ||||||||
Rural | 1708 | 58.5 [55.43, 61.48] | 1698 | 61.0 [57.96, 63.99] | 1255 | 71.5 [68.03, 74.72] | 2228 | 82.9 [79.52, 85.89] |
Urban | 602 | 78.6 [74.62, 82.01] | 945 | 84.3 [81.25, 86.99] | 843 | 88.1 [84.72, 90.74] | 1913 | 92.3 [90.43, 93.78] |
Sub-national Regions | ||||||||
Western region | 289 | 64.4 [58.09, 70.29] | 246 | 61.5 [52.95, 69.38] | 189 | 78.0 [69.49, 84.62] | 427 | 92.1 [87.35, 95.16] |
Central region | 258 | 66.9 [61.38, 72.13] | 211 | 67.5 [58.22, 75.55] | 199 | 76.6 [66.68, 83.89] | 455 | 91.1 [87.53, 93.71] |
Greater Accra region | 254 | 74.7 [65.66, 82.03] | 302 | 80.7 [73.87, 86.22] | 262 | 89.5 [82.84, 93.81] | 674 | 91.4 [87.85, 94.02] |
Volta region | 257 | 54.4 [47.59, 61.06] | 220 | 65.3 [56.55, 73.16] | 181 | 74.5 [64.94, 82.15] | 315 | 77.3 [69.20, 83.74] |
Eastern region | 316 | 59.7 [50.98, 67.86] | 265 | 63.9 [56.10, 71.13] | 185 | 73.2 [65.81, 79.41] | 388 | 77.4 [71.84, 82.08] |
Ashanti region | 372 | 66.4 [59.58, 72.67] | 506 | 79.2 [74.67, 83.01] | 395 | 84.3 [78.75, 88.63] | 738 | 93.5 [89.54, 96.01] |
Brong Ahafo region | 189 | 68.4 [60.06, 75.73] | 296 | 75.9 [69.91, 81.08] | 217 | 80.2 [69.57, 87.81] | 374 | 90.3 [85.36, 93.68] |
Northern region | 150 | 42.0 [32.55, 52.09] | 346 | 54.1 [47.55, 60.53] | 291 | 68.3 [61.65, 74.26] | 479 | 72.9 [60.33, 82.72] |
Upper West region | 68 | 56.7 [46.77, 66.05] | 83 | 64.5 [54.71, 73.20] | 118 | 66.9 [55.31, 76.74] | 177 | 93.0 [89.91, 95.20] |
Upper East region | 153 | 74.6 [67.63, 80.50] | 165 | 69.1 [56.41, 79.47] | 57 | 83.6 [77.71, 88.20] | 110 | 91.3 [86.00, 94.74] |