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Table A-9.6 Assistance during delivery: Districts<br />

Percent distribution of live births in the 5 years before the survey by person providing assistance during delivery, percentage of births assisted by<br />

a skilled provider, according, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

District<br />

Skilled attendant<br />

providing assistance<br />

during delivery<br />

Doctor/<br />

clinical<br />

officer/<br />

medical<br />

assistant<br />

Nurse/<br />

midwife<br />

Patient<br />

attendant<br />

Unskilled attendant providing assistance during delivery<br />

Traditional<br />

birth<br />

attendant<br />

Relative/<br />

friend/ other No one Total<br />

Percentage<br />

delivered by<br />

a skilled<br />

provider 1<br />

Number of<br />

births<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 19.7 73.0 2.8 1.2 2.1 1.1 100.0 92.8 177<br />

Karonga 24.9 64.1 0.2 2.8 6.2 1.8 100.0 89.0 340<br />

Likoma 20.8 75.9 0.2 1.0 1.5 0.6 100.0 96.7 11<br />

Mzimba 26.9 63.0 1.6 1.9 4.4 2.1 100.0 89.9 999<br />

Nkhata Bay <strong>16</strong>.5 74.0 1.5 2.3 3.3 2.4 100.0 90.5 236<br />

Rumphi 19.1 75.1 0.7 0.9 3.7 0.4 100.0 94.2 209<br />

Total 23.8 66.8 1.4 1.9 4.3 1.8 100.0 90.6 1,972<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 28.0 61.6 2.1 3.3 3.7 1.3 100.0 89.6 739<br />

Dowa 12.2 82.1 1.6 2.1 1.5 0.4 100.0 94.3 700<br />

Kasungu 19.6 70.4 0.4 5.5 2.0 2.2 100.0 90.0 759<br />

Lilongwe 26.6 60.8 1.4 6.1 3.6 1.5 100.0 87.5 2,573<br />

Mchinji 30.2 61.7 1.4 1.9 1.6 3.2 100.0 91.9 599<br />

Nkhotakota 17.0 66.4 0.4 9.8 4.2 2.2 100.0 83.4 397<br />

Ntcheu 11.9 76.4 5.1 0.6 4.9 1.0 100.0 88.3 686<br />

Ntchisi 14.8 78.1 0.9 3.0 2.7 0.5 100.0 92.9 360<br />

Salima 13.4 74.9 0.9 6.0 2.8 1.8 100.0 88.4 591<br />

Total 21.5 67.7 1.6 4.6 3.1 1.5 100.0 89.1 7,403<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 20.9 71.4 0.9 2.0 3.8 0.9 100.0 92.3 431<br />

Blantyre 29.3 62.6 0.3 2.5 3.4 1.8 100.0 92.0 1,187<br />

Chikhwawa 26.4 64.5 2.2 3.3 2.9 0.9 100.0 90.9 537<br />

Chiradzulu 29.0 65.5 0.4 1.2 2.1 1.8 100.0 94.5 334<br />

Machinga 25.3 65.6 1.1 0.7 5.6 1.6 100.0 90.9 800<br />

Mangochi 8.8 77.8 3.8 3.5 4.4 1.8 100.0 86.6 1,271<br />

Mulanje 23.9 64.6 0.2 3.9 4.8 2.7 100.0 88.5 724<br />

Mwanza 31.0 65.4 0.4 0.8 1.5 0.9 100.0 96.3 117<br />

Neno 22.3 72.9 1.2 0.8 2.4 0.4 100.0 95.2 193<br />

Nsanje 19.8 66.1 0.5 5.3 6.4 1.8 100.0 85.9 303<br />

Phalombe <strong>16</strong>.1 72.7 0.3 3.2 5.7 2.0 100.0 88.8 517<br />

Thyolo 17.9 71.9 2.8 1.9 3.6 1.9 100.0 89.8 649<br />

Zomba 19.2 72.1 3.1 2.3 3.1 0.3 100.0 91.3 957<br />

Total 21.0 69.2 1.6 2.6 4.0 1.5 100.0 90.2 8,021<br />

Total 21.5 68.3 1.6 3.4 3.7 1.6 100.0 89.8 17,395<br />

Note: If the respondent mentioned more than one person attending during delivery, only the most qualified person is considered in this tabulation.<br />

1<br />

Skilled provider includes doctor, clinical officer, medical assistant, nurse and midwife<br />

2<br />

Includes only the most recent birth in the 5 years before the survey<br />

356 • Appendix A

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