Latin America | South Asia | sub-Saharan Africa | |||||
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Argentina | Chimaltenango, Guatemala | India, Belgaum | India, Nagpur | Thatta, Pakistan | Kafue, Zambia | W. Provence, Kenya | |
Clusters, N | 6 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 16 |
Total deliveries, N | 2,292 | 3,960 | 16,630 | 7,597 | 8,202 | 5,739 | 7,103 |
Birth location | |||||||
Hospital | 2,275 (99.3) | 1,753 (44.3) | 12,374 (74.4) | 5,828 (76.7) | 3,261 (39.8) | 864 (15.1) | 990 (13.9) |
Clinic | 3 (0.1) | 45 (1.1) | 3,374 (20.3) | 1,648 (21.7) | 1,758 (21.4) | 2,833 (49.4) | 2,014 (28.4) |
Home | 13 (0.6) | 2,162 (54.6) | 882 (5.3) | 119 (1.6) | 3,182 (38.8) | 2,042 (35.6) | 4,099 (57.7) |
Birth attendant | |||||||
Physician | 1,847 (80.7) | 1,784 (45.1) | 11,123 (66.9) | 5,956 (78.4) | 2,226 (27.1) | 146 (2.5) | 151 (2.1) |
Nurse/Midwife | 430 (18.8) | 19 (0.5) | 4,733 (28.5) | 1,537 (20.2) | 2,269 (27.7) | 3,462 (60.3) | 2,916 (41.1) |
TBA | 0 (0.0) | 2,133 (53.9) | 175 (1.1) | 48 (0.6) | 3,565 (43.5) | 1,322 (23.0) | 3,191 (44.9) |
Family/Self Delivery | 12 (0.5) | 24 (0.6) | 599 (3.6) | 56 (0.7) | 141 (1.7) | 809 (14.1) | 845 (11.9) |
Antenatal care (≥1) | 2,162 (94.6) | 3,924 (99.2) | 16,459 (99.9) | 7,585 (99.9) | 7,231 (89.7) | 5,711 (99.6) | 6,999 (98.7) |
Methods to estimate delivery date | |||||||
LMP only or LMP with clinical exam | 518 (22.8) | 2,994 (75.6) | 14,444 (86.9) | 7,306 (96.2) | 5,504 (67.1) | 5,619 (98.0) | 6,333 (89.4) |
Clinical exam only | 28 (1.2) | 87 (2.2) | 203 (1.2) | 28 (0.4) | 133 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 22 (0.3) |
USG only or USG with other | 789 (34.7) | 636 (16.1) | 364 (2.2) | 16 (0.2) | 616 (7.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Not applicable (after delivery) | 854 (37.5) | 165 (4.2) | 1,610 (9.7) | 235 (3.1) | 316 (3.9) | 71 (1.2) | 366 (5.2) |
Date unknown | 87 (3.8) | 77 (1.9) | 9 (0.1) | 7 (0.1) | 1,629 (19.9) | 45 (0.8) | 365 (5.2) |
Preterm births | 184 (9.4) | 308 (7.8) | 1,743 (10.4) | 714 (9.3) | 1,098 (14.8) | 667 (11.6) | 615 (8.9) |
<2500 g birth weight | 163 (7.1) | 514 (12.9) | 3,216 (19.2) | 1,143 (14.9) | 1,684 (20.3) | 301 (5.2) | 252 (3.5) |
<5th percentile for birth weight babies | 149 (6.4) | 192 (4.8) | 874 (5.2) | 377 (4.9) | 890 (10.7) | 263 (4.5) | 252 (3.5) |