Table 2

Total deliveries and C-sections reported in the Ethiopian HMIS compared with those reported in facility registers in 2425 facilities, by region, in 2015

	Deliveries			C-sections
	HMIS	Registers	% difference	HMIS	Registers	% difference
Addis Ababa	89 962	94 562	−4.9%	23 133	25 076	−7.8%
Afar	5098	3795	34.3%	130	129	0.8%
Amhara	167 610	151 628	10.5%	9754	10 318	−5.5%
Benishangul-Gumuz	5842	5764	1.4%	714	700	2.0%
Dire Dawa	8988	8184	9.8%	1336	1299	2.9%
Gambella	2620	2435	7.6%	120	135	−11.1%
Harari	5662	5301	6.8%	930	908	2.4%
Oromia	841 731	796 264	5.7%	19 212	18 917	1.6%
SNNPR	311 603	284 023	9.7%	10 976	10 835	1.3%
Somali	23 726	16 138	47.0%	621	488	27.3%
Tigray	53 526	55 629	−3.8%	4616	5256	−12.2%
National	1 516 368	1 423 723	6.5%	71 542	74 061	−3.4%

C-section, caesarean section; HMIS, health management information systems; SNNPR, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region.