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Table 8.7: Assistance during delivery
Percent distribution of women age 15-49 who had a live birth in the two years preceding the survey by person assisting at delivery and percentage of births delivered by C-section,
Afghanistan, 2010-2011
Region
Doctor
Nurse/
Midwife
Auxiliary
midwife
Person assisting at delivery
Traditional
birth
attendant
Community
health
worker Relative/Friend Other/Missing
No
attendant
Total
Delivery
assisted
by any
skilled
attendant 1
Percent
delivered
by C-
section 2
Central 51.3 15.9 0.4 9.4 0.9 19.6 1.4 1.0 100.0 67.6 7.6 824
Central Highlands 14.4 11.6 1.2 46.8 0.9 22.2 1.3 1.6 100.0 27.2 2.0 196
East 30.9 6.1 0.7 16.1 2.0 32.7 11.3 0.2 100.0 37.7 1.6 491
North 7.2 16.1 1.9 27.2 1.1 44.1 2.0 0.6 100.0 25.1 2.6 743
North East 14.1 23.6 5.3 37.6 1.1 17.4 0.8 0.2 100.0 42.9 2.9 869
South 14.8 4.7 1.7 66.9 0.0 10.1 1.3 0.5 100.0 21.2 0.7 353
South East 12.4 22.2 3.2 15.5 3.1 30.8 7.3 5.4 100.0 37.8 4.9 726
West 9.0 15.0 2.4 50.9 1.2 18.4 2.4 0.6 100.0 26.5 2.6 662
Residence
Urban 48.2 21.8 4.4 13.1 0.2 10.2 1.3 0.8 100.0 74.3 8.7 903
Rural 13.8 14.9 1.9 33.9 1.7 28.6 3.8 1.4 100.0 30.5 2.4 3,962
Mother's age at
birth
Less than 20 22.0 15.3 2.0 34.1 1.5 22.0 2.8 0.4 100.0 39.2 2.9 747
20-34 20.3 16.2 2.4 29.1 1.3 25.8 3.4 1.5 100.0 38.9 3.6 3,463
Number
of
women
who had
a live
birth in
preceding
two
years
35-49 17.4 17.1 2.5 30.6 1.8 25.5 3.7 1.4 100.0 37.0 4.3 652
Place of delivery
Public sector health
facility 52.3 39.5 4.9 0.7 0.6 1.8 0.1 0.0 100.0 96.7 11.0 1,363
Private sector
health facility 64.7 28.8 3.1 0.6 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 100.0 96.6 10.1 237
Home 3.4 5.6 1.2 46.1 1.8 37.8 2.0 2.0 100.0 10.3 0.0 3,149
Other 26.4 11.6 11.9 0.0 24.2 25.9 0.0 0.0 100.0 (*) (*) 12
Education
None 16.6 15.3 2.3 32.3 1.5 26.8 3.7 1.5 100.0 34.2 3.0 4,311
Primary 35.5 24.8 3.6 17.2 0.4 17.1 1.3 0.1 100.0 63.9 6.8 286
Secondary + 60.7 20.5 1.8 7.8 0.2 8.4 0.3 0.2 100.0 83.0 8.8 268
Wealth index
97