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Table 4 The distribution of maternal health service utilization across West African countries, 2013–2021

From: Predictors of maternal health services uptake in West African region: a multilevel multinomial regression analysis of demographic health survey reports

Country

Total weighted sample size (N = 89,504)

Utilization of each service

Overall health service utilization

ANC

SDS

PNC

Not utilized

Partially utilized

Adequately utilized

  

[n (%)]

[n (%)]

[n(%)]

[n (%)]

[n (%)]

[n(%)]

Benin

9,031(10.1)

7,814(86.5)

7,842(86.8)

1,728(19.1)

601(6.7)

6,990(77.4)

1,440(15.9)

Cote d'Ivoire

5,212(5.8)

4,788(91.9)

3,185(61.1)

3,659(70.2)

182(3.5)

2,768(53.1)

2,263(43.4)

Ghana

4,141(4.6)

4,013(96.9)

3,130(75.6)

2,996(72.3)

51(1.2)

1,802(43.5)

2,288(55.3)

Gambia

5,367(6.0)

5,306(98.8)

4,644(86.5)

2,913(54.3)

8(0.2)

3,041(56.7)

2,319(43.2)

Guinea

5,464(6.1)

4,548(83.2)

2,957(54.1)

1,923(35.2)

636(11.6)

3,754(68.7)

1,074(19.7)

Liberia

4,026(4.5)

3,884(96.5)

3,321(82.4)

991(24.6)

34(0.9)

3,386(84.1)

605(15.0)

Mali

6,605(7.4)

5,174(78.3)

4,647(70.4)

1,679(25.4)

746(11.3)

4,762(72.1)

1,096(16.6)

Mauritania

7,695(8.6)

6,330(82.3)

5,662(73.6)

1,427(18.6)

665(8.6)

6,155(80.0)

875(11.4)

Nigeria

21,801(21.3)

16,114(73.9)

9,327(42.8)

4,550(20.9)

4,642(67.8)

14,761(11.0)

2,398(11.2)

Niger

8,002(8.9)

6,817(85.2)

2,717(33.9)

4,889(61.9)

931(11.6)

4,995(62.4)

2,075(25.9)

Sierra Leone

7,312(8.2)

6,327(86.5)

6,194(84.7)

3,329(45.5)

45(0.6)

5,093(69.7)

2,174(29.7)

Togo

4,848(5.4)

4,482(92.5)

3,644(75.2)

3,487(71.9)

199(4.1)

1,899(39.2)

2,750(56.7)