Trends in utilisation and inequality in the use of reproductive health services in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abekah-Nkrumah, Gordon

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7865-z

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Use of Reproductive Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa by Wealth/Asset Quintiles

From: Trends in utilisation and inequality in the use of reproductive health services in Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries	Health Facility Delivery		Skilled Delivery Assistance		4+ Antenatal Visits		Use of Modern Contraception
Countries	Quintile 1 & 2	Quintile 4 & 5	Quintile 1 & 2	Quintile 4 & 5	Quintile 1 & 2	Quintile 4 & 5	Quintile 1 & 2	Quintile 4 & 5
Angola	23.89	44.85	27.03	42.28	35.21	36.87	8.56	70.42
Benin	38.71	39.69	36.78	41.55	33.11	45.1	26.89	52.36
Burkina-Faso	30.89	47.59	20.75	64.18	30.62	47.9	17.78	69.8
Burundi	33.88	48.79	33.85	48.94	39.55	43.36	26.12	57.71
Cameroon	24.93	50.89	25.29	50.19	30.82	47.52	14.47	67.1
Chad	25.28	62.69	24.06	64.88	30.94	51.74	23.21	63.78
CID	30.83	47.43	30.9	47.19	30.13	48.72	23.4	57.66
Comoros	38.06	40.02	38.61	39.89	39.25	39.94	30.18	49.71
Congo	65.89	20.69	66.22	20.51	64.3	22.34	47.16	36.62
DRC	40.88	38.22	42.29	37.11	40.65	40.06	21.36	64.95
Ethiopia	25.83	62.13	26.37	62.46	29.95	56.75	23.7	60.88
Gabon	61.31	22.3	61.14	22.46	58.09	25.36	50.21	32.31
Gambia	39.86	42.76	40.57	42.04	47.62	31.71	27.93	58.41
Ghana	41.25	38.24	41.37	38.08	48.52	32.37	44.69	33.12
Guinea	22.66	59.55	17.52	66.33	31.65	48.47	12.94	76.16
Kenya	33.41	46.82	33.93	46.34	42.30	39.46	33.49	43.61
Lesotho	36.41	41.39	37.11	40.97	40.96	38.74	32.41	47.4
Liberia	50.35	26.19	49.75	26.71	54.19	22.67	43.66	32.46
Malawi	41.26	39.71	41.21	39.74	39.83	41.35	35.73	44.97
Mali	22.87	61.19	17.27	71.50	23.36	60.9	13.84	76.68
Namibia	36.94	40.3	59.14	49.96	38.50	39.78	30.21	48.28
Niger	15.57	72.68	14.82	73.61	26.23	57.59	10.88	79.94
Nigeria	15.37	64.05	14.26	65.23	24.13	53.19	8.95	72.18
Rwanda	42.51	38.56	42.53	38.53	42.49	37.96	38.36	42.32
Senegal	46.09	29.17	43.57	32.09	46.77	30.13	41.53	33.12
Sierra Leone	35.69	46.53	30.39	53.3	39.85	40.44	22.03	65.06
Tanzania	29.16	52.2	28.4	53.17	32.42	49.49	27.72	52.44
Togo	35.45	43.63	16.18	67.49	39.35	43.06	36.86	46.6
Zambia	36.13	41.2	34.28	42.99	42.62	34.6	30.88	45.45
Zimbabwe	30.41	54.27	30.59	54.07	34.34	49.54	29.9	55
West Africa	33.37	46.14	29.98	50.71	36.46	42.73	25.96	56.15
East and Central Afr.	38.11	42.56	38.6	42.15	41.03	40.09	30.74	49.76
Southern Africa	37.71	42.14	37.43	42.48	39.47	40.66	32.6	47.57
Sub-Saharan Africa	35.99	44.02	35.04	45.5	38.61	41.43	29.96	50.9

Source: Constructed by Author Based on DHS data. Note that quintile 1 & 2 are the 2 lowest quintiles in the household asset distribution and quintile 4 & 5 are the 2 topmost quintiles

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