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Table 8.6: Content of antenatal care
Percentage of women age 15-49 years who had their blood pressure measured, urine sample taken, and blood sample taken as
part of antenatal care, Afghanistan, 2010-2011
Region
Blood pressure
measured
Percentage of pregnant women who had:
Urine sample
taken
Blood
sample
taken
Blood pressure
measured, urine
and blood sample
taken 1
Number of women
who had a live birth
in the preceding two
years
Central 46.6 47.5 36.5 26.7 824
Central Highlands 30.3 14.8 12.8 7.0 196
East 36.9 27.2 26.1 19.1 491
North 27.5 14.7 10.5 5.4 743
North East 44.3 19.5 17.4 10.5 869
South 31.5 18.0 13.6 9.9 353
South East 28.9 21.6 19.4 7.5 726
West 23.5 14.6 11.5 6.5 662
Residence
Urban 53.6 43.6 34.7 25.0 903
Rural 30.5 19.1 16.0 9.2 3,962
Mother's age at birth
Less than 20 36.4 24.3 19.0 12.2 747
20-34 34.7 23.9 19.7 11.9 3,463
35-49 33.5 21.6 19.2 13.2 652
Education
None 31.6 20.3 16.6 9.7 4,311
Primary 50.5 39.8 28.0 18.4 286
Secondary + 69.4 60.9 56.7 43.9 268
Wealth index quintile
Poorest 22.9 11.0 10.0 5.9 933
Second 27.4 14.3 13.2 5.9 1,029
Middle 31.1 20.5 18.1 11.1 993
Fourth 39.2 28.3 19.2 12.7 967
Richest 53.7 44.9 37.6 25.5 944
Total 34.7 23.6 19.5 12.1 4,865
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MICS indicator 5.6
The types of services pregnant women received are shown in Table 8.6. Among those women who had
given birth to a child during the two years preceding the survey, 20% reported that a blood sample was
taken during antenatal care visits, 35% reported that their blood pressure was checked, and 24%
reported that a urine specimen was taken. Overall, only 12% of pregnant women had antenatal care
visits where their blood pressure was measured, and urine and blood tested. Pregnant women living in
urban areas are more likely to receive the standard recommended antenatal care (25%) than those living
in rural areas (9%). In the Central region, one in four pregnant women is likely to receive standard
antenatal care, while women living in the Northern region receive the standard recommended antenatal
care the least (5%). The percentage who received standard care is lowest among pregnant women in
the poorest wealth quintile (6%) and among those without education (10%).
Assistance at Delivery
Three quarters of all maternal deaths occur during delivery and the immediate post-partum period. The
single most critical intervention for safe motherhood is to ensure a competent health worker with
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