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Table A-9.7 Caesarean section: Districts<br />

Percentage of live births in the 5 years before the survey delivered by caesarean section<br />

(C-section), percentage delivered by C-section that was planned before the onset of<br />

labour pains, and percentage delivered by C-section that was decided after the onset of<br />

labour pains, according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

District<br />

Percentage<br />

delivered by<br />

C-section<br />

Timing of decision to conduct<br />

C-section<br />

Decided Decided after<br />

before onset of onset of labour<br />

labour pains pains<br />

Number of<br />

births<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 4.6 1.9 2.8 177<br />

Karonga 8.5 2.3 6.1 340<br />

Likoma 11.0 1.3 9.8 11<br />

Mzimba 10.2 2.3 7.9 999<br />

Nkhata Bay 8.6 2.7 5.8 236<br />

Rumphi 10.0 2.0 8.1 209<br />

Total 9.2 2.3 6.9 1,972<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 4.2 1.0 3.2 739<br />

Dowa 7.0 2.2 4.8 700<br />

Kasungu 5.0 2.4 2.6 759<br />

Lilongwe 7.4 1.4 6.0 2,573<br />

Mchinji 4.5 0.7 3.8 599<br />

Nkhotakota 7.9 2.6 5.3 397<br />

Ntcheu 6.9 0.8 6.1 686<br />

Ntchisi 5.6 1.9 3.7 360<br />

Salima 3.7 0.1 3.6 591<br />

Total 6.2 1.4 4.8 7,403<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 4.7 0.4 4.2 431<br />

Blantyre 8.6 2.6 6.0 1,187<br />

Chikhwawa 2.4 0.2 2.3 537<br />

Chiradzulu 5.1 0.4 4.7 334<br />

Machinga 4.4 0.9 3.5 800<br />

Mangochi 4.0 1.0 3.0 1,271<br />

Mulanje 6.7 0.4 6.3 724<br />

Mwanza 4.0 0.5 3.5 117<br />

Neno 4.6 1.4 3.3 193<br />

Nsanje 5.7 0.5 5.2 303<br />

Phalombe 4.6 0.8 3.8 517<br />

Thyolo 5.7 0.7 4.9 649<br />

Zomba 4.2 0.6 3.7 957<br />

Total 5.2 1.0 4.3 8,021<br />

Total 6.1 1.3 4.8 17,395<br />

Note: The question on C-section is asked only of women who delivered in a health facility.<br />

In this table, it is assumed that women who did not give birth in health facility did not<br />

undergo a C-section.<br />

1<br />

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

Appendix A • 357

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