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Table 1 Percentage of women who used ANC4+ in 2011 and 2015 by socioeconomic and geographic characteristics

From: Sub-regional disparities in the use of antenatal care service in Mauritania: findings from nationally representative demographic and health surveys (2011–2015)

Dimension of Inequality

Subgroup

2011

2015

Estimate (95% UI)

women

Estimate (95% UI)

women

Economic status

Quintile 1 (poorest)

34.68 (30.39, 39.24)

748

47.22 (41.87, 52.65)

874

Quintile 2

39.93 (36.11, 43.87)

728

53.32 (48.50, 58.08)

870

Quintile 3

51.95 (47.58, 56.29)

694

63.22 (59.00, 67.25)

824

Quintile 4

53.57 (49.41, 57.69)

754

71.79 (68.04, 75.25)

833

Quintile 5 (richest)

63.91 (58.93, 68.61)

644

82.43 (77.85, 86.24)

746

Education

No education

38.47 (34.55, 42.54)

882

57.33 (52.46, 62.07)

1131

Primary school

49.49 (45.87, 53.12)

1256

54.29 (49.32, 59.18)

815

Secondary school +

62.20 (57.82, 66.38)

618

63.65 (60.49, 66.70)

1463

Place of residence

Rural

43.17 (40.26, 46.13)

2101

54.40 (50.86, 57.89)

2282

Urban

55.83 (52.27, 59.34)

1468

73.41 (70.47, 76.15)

1867

Subnational region

01 Hodh charghy

44.02 (37.57, 50.67)

401

52.98 (44.21, 61.58)

499

02 Hodh Gharby

26.93 (20.01, 35.19)

274

49.79 (42.79, 56.81)

409

03 Assaba

52.16 (44.67, 59.55)

379

57.10 (51.20, 62.81)

476

04 Gorgol

41.19 (34.88, 47.80)

335

58.25 (50.59, 65.53)

505

05 Brakna

49.71 (41.24, 58.20)

322

68.59 (62.07, 74.45)

425

06 Trarza

63.44 (57.77, 68.76)

350

72.38 (65.47, 78.36)

297

07 Adrar

29.51 (23.11, 36.83)

79

48.34 (34.17, 62.78)

19

08 Dakhlett Nouadibou

64.38 (57.68, 70.57)

107

73.59 (65.71, 80.21)

135

09 Tagant

27.14 (20.23, 35.36)

98

49.27 (41.39, 57.20)

22

10 Guidimagha

33.50 (26.68, 41.08)

254

38.68 (30.26, 47.82)

326

11 Tirs-ezemour

49.97 (42.32, 57.63)

70

58.07 (45.85, 69.38)

19

12 Nouakchott [12 Inchiria]

57.83 (52.45, 63.03)

895

70.49 (54.57, 82.61)

5

[13 Nouakchotta]

NA

NA

80.34 (76.14, 83.95)

1005

  1. a Rearranged regions for 2015 surveys. NA Not applicable for the 2011 survey. UI Uncertainty Interval