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Delivery rate in facility

DefinitionThe percentage of deliveries taking place in health facilities under supervision of trained personnel. (The number of children under one year, factorised by 1.04 due to infant mortality, is used as an estimated proxy denominator for expected deliveries.)
ReferenceDistrict Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
DetailsMinimum data set
Keywords
Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Reproductive Health -> Maternal health

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Delivery rate in facility [Definition]
2001 57.578.6-84.380.071.8-66.175.1[1] 74.3
2002 64.178.9-78.979.266.0-67.968.0[2] 72.8
2003 59.380.1-78.073.357.6-65.072.7[3] 70.3
2003 DHIS69.378.679.773.871.864.397.466.283.2[4] 74.3
2004 75.081.642.584.487.051.996.570.778.0[5] 74.2
2004 DHIS89.172.484.783.586.270.7101.776.981.7[6] 82.6
2005 DHIS93.385.683.885.397.570.287.972.764.7[7] 83.1
2006 DHIS65.080.079.377.984.681.991.672.692.4[8] 78.4
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2004.
  2. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2004.
  3. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2004.
  4. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2006
  5. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted May 2005.
  6. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2006
  7. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2006
  8. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted July 2007.
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