Malawi 2015-16

Table A-9.5 Place of delivery: Districts
Percent distribution of live births in the 5 years before the survey by place of delivery and percentage delivered in a health facility,
according to district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Health facility
District Public sector Private sector Home Other Total
Percentage
delivered in a
health facility
Number of
births
Northern
Chitipa 84.9 10.1 3.8 1.1 100.0 95.1 177
Karonga 85.0 3.7 9.5 1.8 100.0 88.7 340
Likoma 32.3 64.6 2.9 0.2 100.0 96.9 11
Mzimba 76.2 15.6 5.7 2.5 100.0 91.7 999
Nkhata Bay 87.9 5.7 4.6 1.8 100.0 93.6 236
Rumphi 80.7 13.5 4.6 1.2 100.0 94.3 209
Total 80.1 11.9 5.9 2.0 100.0 92.0 1,972
Central
Dedza 71.9 20.0 5.2 2.9 100.0 91.9 739
Dowa 84.7 11.0 3.6 0.7 100.0 95.7 700
Kasungu 83.5 7.1 8.3 1.1 100.0 90.6 759
Lilongwe 76.3 12.9 10.1 0.7 100.0 89.2 2,573
Mchinji 72.2 22.0 4.4 1.4 100.0 94.2 599
Nkhotakota 73.0 10.7 14.3 2.0 100.0 83.7 397
Ntcheu 85.9 8.2 4.9 1.0 100.0 94.1 686
Ntchisi 92.1 1.3 5.2 1.5 100.0 93.4 360
Salima 78.1 11.0 9.5 1.4 100.0 89.1 591
Total 78.7 12.3 7.8 1.2 100.0 91.0 7,403
Southern
Balaka 83.6 10.2 5.2 1.1 100.0 93.7 431
Blantyre 84.9 7.5 5.6 1.9 100.0 92.4 1,187
Chikhwawa 79.8 13.1 5.4 1.7 100.0 92.9 537
Chiradzulu 86.8 8.6 3.1 1.4 100.0 95.4 334
Machinga 67.8 23.9 7.7 0.5 100.0 91.8 800
Mangochi 82.1 8.5 8.2 1.2 100.0 90.6 1,271
Mulanje 75.4 12.7 9.7 2.2 100.0 88.1 724
Mwanza 95.6 0.6 3.1 0.7 100.0 96.2 117
Neno 80.4 15.7 3.1 0.7 100.0 96.1 193
Nsanje 66.2 18.9 13.1 1.8 100.0 85.0 303
Phalombe 83.7 5.4 9.1 1.8 100.0 89.1 517
Thyolo 83.0 10.2 4.6 2.1 100.0 93.3 649
Zomba 66.2 26.6 4.9 2.3 100.0 92.8 957
Total 78.4 13.2 6.7 1.6 100.0 91.7 8,021
Total 78.7 12.7 7.1 1.5 100.0 91.4 17,395
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Includes only the most recent birth in the 5 years before the survey
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