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Making Pregnancy Safer indicators

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Indicator Rate  Year
Pregnant women attended by trained personnel   95% PAPFAM, 2004
No. of facilities with functioning essential obstetric care
per 500 000 persons*
19 MOPH, 2011
Deliveries attended by trained personnel  98% PAPFAM, 2004
Deliveries undertaken in health facilities**  96% MICS3, 2009
Proportion of caesarean sections of all deliveries***   46% MNMNS, 2013
Married women (15-49) using contraceptives  54% MICS3, 2009
Pregnant women with anaemia
Total fertility rate  1.9 PAPFAM, 2004
Maternal mortality ratio (maternal deaths per 100 000 live
births) 
17 MNMNS, 2013
Perinatal mortality rate  
16.3 MNMNS, 2013
Neonatal mortality rate (number per 1000 live births) 
4.6 MNMNS, 2013
Percentage of low birth weight 
7.7% MNMNS, 2013

Notes:

*Calculated as number of hospitals with required equipments (n=150, population=4 036 450)

**Taking percentage of babies weighed upon birth as quasi indicator

***Maternal neonatal mortality notification system, MOPH

# Calculated as (IUFD + stillbirths + deaths in the first week of life), per 1000 births