Table 2

Descriptive analysis of 23 countries with a DHS or MICS since 2015

Among all live births*Among all facility-based live births*
CountrySurvey typeYearPercentage SBA coverage from DHS/MICS report†Percentage in health facilitiesPercentage reporting >1 delivery attendantPercentage deliveries with doctor/ nurse/ midwifePercentage deliveries with other personnelPercentage deliveries with relative or no one
AfghanistanDHS201550.548.123.688.611.30.1
AngolaDHS201549.645.610.197.91.50.6
ArmeniaDHS201699.899.352.299.90.00.1
BurundiDHS201685.183.99.999.50.40.0
ColombiaDHS201595.983.377.799.30.40.3
EthiopiaDHS201627.726.220.392.76.90.4
GuatemalaDHS201565.565.051.899.90.10.1
IndiaDHS201581.478.944.697.22.50.3
KazakhstanMICS201599.499.365.4100.00.00.0
MalawiDHS201689.891.47.297.42.00.7
MaliMICS201543.764.68.565.334.50.3
MexicoMICS201597.796.956.499.90.10.0
MyanmarDHS201560.237.136.499.20.80.0
NepalDHS201658.057.457.496.32.41.2
NigeriaMICS201643.037.525.191.38.20.5
ParaguayMICS201695.593.266.892.47.50.1
RwandaDHS201490.790.718.999.90.10.1
SenegalDHS201553.274.527.770.429.50.1
TanzaniaDHS201563.762.620.594.25.60.2
Timor LesteDHS201556.748.516.297.62.10.3
TurkmenistanMICS2015100.099.491.4100.00.00.0
UgandaDHS201674.273.410.297.42.40.3
ZimbabweDHS201578.177.016.599.50.30.2
  • see online online supplementary appendix 2 for methods.

  • *Denominator used was all live births in the past 5 years for DHS and most recent live birth in past 2 years for MICS.

  • †SBA coverage extracted from each country’s DHS/MICS report.

  • DHS, Demographic and Health Surveys; MICS, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys; SBA, skilled birth attendant.