Table 14. Maternal Health Indicators, 1990-2001

Percentage of Women Receiving Care
Region, Country & Year Skilled
Antenatal
Carea,b		 Tetanus
Toxoida,c		 Gave Birth
in Medical
Facilitya		 Skilled
Medical
Attendancea,b
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Benin 1996 80 71 64 64
Benin 2001 87 71 76 73
Burkina Faso 1993 59 62 43 41
Burkina Faso 1998-99 61 54 32 31
Cameroon 1991 79 69 62 64
Cameroon 1998 79 69 54 58
Cape Verde 1998 97 77 93 97
Central African Rep. 1994-95 67 70 50 46
Chad 1996-97 32 31 11 15
Comoros 1996 85 57 43 52
Côte d'Ivoire 1994 83 75 45 45
Côte d'Ivoire 1998-99 84 75 47 47
Eritrea 1995 49 33 17 21
Ethiopia 2000 27 26 5 6
Gabon 2000 95 80 85 87
Ghana 1993d 86 77 42 44
Ghana 1998 88 81 43 44
Guinea 1999 71 68 29 35
Kenya 1993 95 89 44 45
Kenya 1998 92 90 42 44
Madagascar 1992 78 58 45 57
Madagascar 1997 77 50 34 47
Malawi 1992 90 86 55 55
Malawi 2000 93 82 55 56
Mali 1995-96 47 47 30 39
Mali 2001 57 49 23 39
Mauritius 1991 91 NA 92 93
Mozambique 1997 71 34 44 44
Namibia 1992 87 61 67 68
Niger 1992 30 23 15 15
Niger 1998 39 34 18 18
Nigeria 1990 59 52 32 33
Rwanda 1992 94 89 26 26
Rwanda 2000 92 70 27 31
Senegal 1992-93 74 70 47 47
Senegal 1997 82 83 48 47
South Africa 1998 94 59 83 84
Tanzania 1991-92 92 89 53 53
Tanzania 1996 89 92 47 47
Tanzania 1999 93 83 44 44
Togo 1998 82 61 49 51
Uganda 1995 91 80 35 38
Uganda 2000-01 92 70 37 38
Zambia 1992 92 81 51 50
Zambia 1996 96 85 47 47
Zimbabwe 1994 93 82 69 69
Zimbabwe 1999 93 79 72 73
NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Egypt 1992 53 57 27 41
Egypt 1995e 39 70 33 46
Egypt 2000 56 72 48 61
Jordan 1990 80 43 79 87
Jordan 1997 96 40 93 97
Mauritania 2000-01 64 38 49 53
Morocco 1992 32 54 28 31
Turkey 1993 63 42 60 76
Turkey 1998 68 44 73 81
Yemen 1991-92 26 15 12 34
Yemen 1997 34 17 16 22
ASIA
Bangladesh 1993-94 26 66 4 10
Bangladesh 1996-97 26 75 4 8
Bangladesh 1999-2000 33 81 6 12
Cambodia 2000 38 45 10 32
India 1992-93 62 61 26 34
India 1998-99d 65 75 34 42
Indonesia 1991 NA 57 21 35
Indonesia 1994 82 57 21 35
Indonesia 1997 89 72 21 49
Nepal 1996 38 46 8 10
Nepal 2001 49 55 8 13
Pakistan 1990-91 26 30 13 19
Philippines 1993 83 64 28 53
Philippines 1998 86 69 34 56
Vietnam 1997 71 71 62 77
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Belize 1991 96 84 76 77
Belize 1999 96 80 85 84
Bolivia 1994 53 41 42 47
Bolivia 1998 65 46 53 57
Brazil 1996 86 59 92 88
Colombia 1990 82 55 76 81
Colombia 1995 83 80 77 85
Colombia 2000 91 83 88 86
Costa Rica 1993 95 NA 98 98
Dominican Rep. 1991 97 91 92 93
Dominican Rep. 1996 98 96 95 95
Ecuador 1994 75 64 64 64
Ecuador 1999 81 NA 69 69
El Salvador 1993 69 79 51 51
El Salvador 1998 76 90 58 58
Guatemala 1995 53 55 34 35
Guatemala 1998-99 60 56 40 41
Haiti 1994-95 68 66 16 46e
Haiti 2000 80 71 17 24e
Honduras 1996 84 79 54 55
Honduras 2001 85 94 55 55
Jamaica 1993 98 NA NA 93
Jamaica 1997 99 77 90 95
Nicaragua 1992-93 72 78 59 61
Nicaragua 2001 86 83 66 67
Paraguay 1990 84 84 53 66
Paraguay 1995-96 89 90 57 72
Paraguay 1998 88 89 56 61
Peru 1991-92 66 35 48 80e
Peru 1996 67 70 50 56e
Peru 2000 84 80 58 59e
Puerto Rico 1996 99 NA 99 NA
EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Armenia 2000 92 NA 91 97
Azerbaijan 2001 70 NA 74 89
Czech Republic 1993 99 NA NA NA
Georgia 1999 91 NA 92 93
Kazakhstan 1995 93 NA 98 100
Kazakhstan 1999 74 NA 98 99
Kyrgyz Republic 1997 97 NA 96 98
Moldova 1997 99 NA 99 NA
Romania 1993 94 NA NA NA
Romania 1999 89 NA 98 98
Turkmenistan 2000 98 NA 95 97
Ukraine 1999 90 NA 99 NA
Uzbekistan 1996 95 NA 94 98
a For pregnancies during the five years preceding the survey.
b Doctor, nurse, or midwife.
c One or more injections.
d Data for pregnancies during the three years preceding the survey.
e Definitions for skilled medical attendants at birth changed between surveys. Women who were considered skilled in the earlier surveys were not considered skilled in the later surveys. These definitional changes account for the large differences in women receiving skilled medical attendants at birth between surveys.
NA: not available

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