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Table 1 Cesarean section rate among non-pregnant women aged 15 to 49 years disaggregated by education, economic status, place of residence and region, the EDHS between 2000 and 2016

From: Observed trends in the magnitude of socioeconomic and area-based inequalities in use of caesarean section in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Inequality dimensions

Category

Survey Years

2000

2005

2011

2016

Estimate

LB

UB

Estimate

LB

UB

Estimate

LB

UB

Estimate

LB

UB

Economic status

Poorest

0

0

0

0

0

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.9

0.3

2.4

Poor

0

0

0

0.4

0.1

1.2

0.3

0.1

1.1

1.1

0.4

3.3

Middle

0.1

0

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.7

0.5

0.2

1.3

1.6

0.8

3.3

Rich

0.2

0

1.1

0.2

0.1

0.7

0.7

0.3

1.7

1.5

0.7

3.09

Richest

3.4

2.4

4.9

6.1

4.6

7.9

8.3

6.3

11

9.5

7.5

11.9

No-education

0.1

0

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.75

0.9

0.5

1.51

Education

Primary

0.6

0.2

1.5

0.9

0.4

2

2.3

1.5

3.64

3.3

2.3

4.88

Secondary or higher

8.7

5.9

12.6

14

11

19

16

11

23.5

12

8.6

15.7

Residence

Rural

0.1

0

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.68

1.2

0.8

1.77

Urban

5.2

3.5

7.7

11

7.7

14

9.6

7.3

12.5

13

10

16

Region

Tigray

0.3

0.1

1.31

0.7

0.2

2

3.4

2.2

5.26

2.1

1.2

3.8

Affar

1.5

0.6

4

1

0.2

4

2.4

0.7

7.66

0.6

0.2

1.84

Amhara

0.1

0

0.51

1

0.5

1.9

1.3

0.5

3.11

3.2

2

5.01

Oromiya

0.5

0.3

0.91

0.7

0.4

1.2

0.5

0.2

1.08

1.4

0.8

2.26

Somali

1.6

0.7

3.7

1

0.3

3.9

0.3

0.1

1.26

0.4

0.1

2.12

Ben-gumz

2.9

1.4

5.8

0.3

0

1.8

2

0.9

4.51

1.3

0.5

3.11

SNNPR

0.5

0.1

1.99

0.8

0.6

1.2

1.7

0.9

3.47

2.9

1.6

5.17

Gambela

2.6

1.1

5.72

1.6

0.6

4.6

8.4

4.3

15.8

2.3

1

5.19

Harari

2.7

1.5

4.6

3.9

2.6

5.8

8.6

5.9

12.2

8.8

6

12.7

Addis Ababa

11

8

15.4

18

11

28

22

17

28.6

20

16

25.8

Dire dawa

2.9

1.1

7.6

5.2

2.8

9.4

6

3.5

10.1

7

4.3

11.3

National rate of delivery by caesarean section (Ethiopia)a

0.7

1.0

1.5

1.9

  1. a STATcompiler. The DHS Program. [Internet]. [cited 2020 Jul 13]. Available from: https://www.statcompiler.com/en/