MDG Report 2012 - United Nations in Bangladesh

%Figure 6.3: Trend of MMR of Bangladesh, 1991-2011MMR following Sample Census60050040030020010001991 2004 2011National 472 340 218Rural 484 380 244Urban 402 180 105Source: Various Sample Censuses, BBSIndicator 5.2: Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnelAccording to Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2011 (NIPORT 2013),31.7 percent of births in Bangladesh are attended by medically trained personnel, e.g., aqualified doctor, nurse, midwife, family welfare visitor (FWV), or community skilled birthattendant (CSBA). Additionally, trained birth attendants assist in 11 percent of deliveries.However, more than half of births (53 per cent) in Bangladesh are assisted by dais oruntrained birth attendants, and 4 percent of deliveries are assisted by relatives and friends.Medically-assisted deliveries are much more common among young mothers and first births.The births in urban areas and in Khulna are much more likely to be assisted by medicallytrained personnel than births in other areas. Delivery by medically trained personnel is morelikely for births to mothers with secondary or higher education as well as births to mothers inthe highest wealth quintile. The proportion of deliveries by medically trained providers hasdoubled from about 16 percent in 2004 to about 32 percent in 2011, mostly due toimprovement in institutional delivery mechanism.Figure 6.4: Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel, 1991-2011Births attended by Skilled Health Personnel353025201510Births attended by SkilledHealth Personnel5019911993-942004 2007 2009 2010 20115 9.5 15.6 20.9 24.4 26.5 31.7Source: BDHS1993-94, 2004, 2007, 2011; MICS 2009; UESDS 201064