Afghanistan Mortality Survey 2010 - Measure DHS

4.2.4 Procedures Performed at DeliveryTable 4.10 shows the various clinical procedures performed during delivery in health facilities.Five percent of births that are delivered in a health facility are delivered by caesarean section. Thepercentage of deliveries by caesarean section is highest among births to highly educated mothers (10percent), births to mothers in the highest wealth quintile (6 percent), and first births (8 percent). Womenreceived blood transfusions during delivery for less than 5 percent of facility births. The most commonprocedure performed in an institutional delivery is the use of intravenous fluids (63 percent). Womengiving birth at less than 20 years of age and those having their first child are more likely to have anepisiotomy conducted during delivery.Table 4.10 Procedures performed at deliveryPercentage of women age 12-49 who had a live birth in the five years preceding the survey in a health facilityby type of procedures performed during delivery of the most recent birth, according to backgroundcharacteristics, Afghanistan 2010BackgroundcharacteristicUse offorcepsUse ofvacuumextractorProcedures performed during deliveryEpisiotomyCaesareansectionReceivedbloodtransfusionsReceivedintravenousfluidsNumber ofbirthsdeliveredin a healthfacilityMother’s age at birth