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<strong>10</strong>.6.2 Assistance during Delivery<br />

Obstetric care from a trained provider during delivery is critical for the reduction <strong>of</strong> maternal<br />

<strong>and</strong> neonatal mortality. Home deliveries are usually less likely to be assisted by a health pr<strong>of</strong>essional,<br />

whereas health facility deliveries are more likely to be assisted by a trained health pr<strong>of</strong>essional.<br />

Table <strong>10</strong>.7 shows the distribution <strong>of</strong> live births in the five years preceding the survey by the<br />

person assisting during delivery. Thirty percent <strong>of</strong> births are delivered by a skilled provider (doctor,<br />

nurse, assistant nurse, or midwife), with a nurse or midwife being the most common skilled provider.<br />

Three percent <strong>of</strong> deliveries are performed by a doctor, <strong>and</strong> less than 1 percent are performed by an<br />

assistant nurse. Nearly one-fifth <strong>of</strong> deliveries are carried out by traditional birth attendants (18<br />

percent). Women receive assistance from a relative or some other person for nearly one in two births<br />

(49 percent), while 3 percent <strong>of</strong> births take place without any type <strong>of</strong> assistance at all.<br />

Table <strong>10</strong>.7 Assistance during delivery<br />

Percent distribution <strong>of</strong> live births in the five years preceding the survey by person providing assistance during delivery, percentage <strong>of</strong> births assisted by a skilled birth<br />

attendant, <strong>and</strong> percentage delivered by caesarean-section, according to background characteristics, <strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Doctor<br />

Nurse/<br />

midwife<br />

Person providing assistance during delivery Percentage<br />

Assistant<br />

nurse<br />

Traditional<br />

birth<br />

attendant<br />

Relative/<br />

other No one<br />

Don’t<br />

know/<br />

missing Total<br />

delivered<br />

by a skilled<br />

birth<br />

attendant 1<br />

Percentage<br />

delivered<br />

by Csection<br />

Number <strong>of</strong><br />

births<br />

Mother’s age at birth<br />

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