Table 1 Caesarean section (CS) rates and their 95% confidence intervals, Sudan MICS 2014

Total

5509^* (100.0)

8.9 (7.7, 10.0)

910^** (100.0)

12.9 (9.4, 15.2)

 Rural

4049 (73.5)

6.7 [5.6,8.2]

691 (75.9)

10.6 [7.7,14.4]

 Urban

1460 (26.5)

14.4 [11.9,17.3]

219 (24.1)

16.4 [11.2,23.4]

 Khartoum

667 (12.1)

20.4 [15.2,26.9]

101 (11.1)

25.3 [12.6,44.3]

 Northern

242 (4.4)

25.1 [20.7,30.2]

59 (6.5)

37.8 [30.4,45.8]

 Eastern

585 (10.6)

6.0 [4.3,8.4]

98 (10.7)

5.4 [2.5,11.2]

 Central

1597 (29)

10.7 [8.4,13.4]

321 (35.3)

12.7 [8.4,18.7]

 Kordofan

865 (15.7)

4.7 [3.2,6.9]

118 (13)

7.1 [2.4,19.1]

 Darfur

1553 (28.2)

2.6 [1.7,3.9]

213 (23.4)

3.2 [1.5,6.8]

 Richer

1899 (34.5)

17.7 [15.3,20.4]

343 (42.1)

21.2 [16.0,27.7]

 Middle

1166 (21.2)

6.6 [4.7,9.2]

216 (23.8)

10.2 [6.3,16.3]

 Poorer

2443 (44.4)

2.9 [2.2,3.9]

350 (38.5)

4.0 [1.9,8.2]

 15–24

1502 (27.3)

7.3 [5.6,9.5]

643 (70.6)

8.7 [6.0,12.5]

 25–34

2730 (49.5)

8.4 [7.1,10.0]

241 (26.4)

19 [14.0,25.2]

 35+

1277 (23.2)

11.2 [8.9,14.0]

27 (2.9)

28 [13.0,50.1]

 None

2207 (40.1)

2.7 [2.0,3.7]

227 (25)

4 [2.1,7.6]

 Primary

1980 (35.9)

7.0 [5.9,8.4]

318 (35)

9.4 [6.2,14.0]

 Secondary+

1322 (24)

21.5 [18.5,24.8]

364 (40)

19.3 [14.7,24.8]

 0

1068 (19.7)

1.6 [0.8,3.0]

92 (10.3)

1.2 [0.2,7.9]

 1–3

1566 (28.9)

4.5 [3.5,5.8]

256 (28.5)

5.6 [3.1,9.9]

 4+

2782 (51.4)

14.1 [12.3,16.2]

550 (61.2)

16.9 [13.0,21.7]

 Male

2822 (51.2)

9.2 [7.8,10.8]

471 (51.8)

12.2 [8.9,16.6]

 Female

2686 (48.8)

8.3 [6.9,10.0]

438 (48.2)

11.8 [8.6,15.9]

 1

910 (16.5)

12.0 [9.4,15.2]

 2–3

1642 (29.8)

11.6 [9.6,14.1]

 4–6

1951 (35.4)

6.4 [5.2,8.0]

 7+

1006 (18.3)

5.8 [3.9,8.3]

 Larger than average

722 (13.3)

9.3 [6.8,12.5]

107 (11.7)

18.4 [10.6,30.0]

 Average

2835 (52.4)

9.8 [8.3,11.7]

489 (53.7)

10.5 [7.6,14.2]

 Smaller than average

1856 (34.3)

7.1 [5.7,8.7]

304 (33.4)

12.6 [8.2,18.9]