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<p><u><strong>Short Name</strong></u><br>
Proportion of live births delivered by caesarean section<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Full Name</strong></u><br>
Percentage of live births in the three/five years preceding the survey delivered via caesarean section<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Domain</strong></u><br>
Sexual and reproductive health<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Sub-domain</strong></u><br>
Maternal and newborn health<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Tags</strong></u><br>
End preventable maternal deaths<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Definition</strong></u><br>
Percentage of live births in the three/five years preceding the survey delivered via caesarean section<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Method of Calculation</strong></u><br>
<br><em>Data source specific method of calculation:</em><br>
<br><strong>DHS:</strong><br> <br><em>Numerator:</em><br> Number of live births delivered by caesarean section.
<br><em>Denominator:</em><br> Number of live births in the last 5 (or 3) years.
<br><em>Calculation:</em><br> For percentages, numerators divided by the same denominator, multiplied by 100.<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Expected Frequency of Data Dissemination</strong></u><br>
Annual<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Geospatial Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
Country (geolev0), Sub-national level 1 (geolev1)<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Time Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Disaggregation Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
Antenatal care visits: <em>1-3, 4+, None</em><br>Birth order: <em>1, 2-3, 4-5, 6+</em><br>Education level: <em>Higher, No education, No education or primary education, Primary education, Secondary education, Secondary education or higher</em><br>Mother's age at birth: <em><20 years old, 20 to 34 years old, 35 to 49 years old</em><br>Place of delivery: <em>at health facility, at home</em><br>Place of residence: <em>Rural, Urban</em><br>Wealth index: <em>Middle, Poorer, Poorest, Richer, Richest</em><br></p>
<p><u><strong>Comments</strong></u><br>
The DHS indicator includes all women who had a live birth in the past 5 or 3 years, but the MICS indicator is restricted to women who had a live birth in the past 2 years.<br></p> |