Postnatal Health Check for Mothers

Maternal Health Care • 151 Table 9.8 Assistance during delivery Percent distribution of live births in the 5 years preceding the survey by person providing assistance during delivery, percentage of births assisted by a skilled provider, and percentage delivered by cesarean section, according to background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Person providing assistance during delivery Per- centage delivered by a skilled provider 1 Per- centage delivered by C- section Number of births Background characteristic Doctor Nurse midwife Auxiliary nurse midwife Other health worker Tra- ditional birth atten- dant Relative other No one Dont know missing Total Mothers age at birth 20 17.1 27.2 5.8 0.2 35.4 13.2 0.4 0.7 100.0 50.1 1.9 4,521 20-34 17.1 27.6 6.2 0.4 32.6 14.7 1.0 0.4 100.0 50.9 2.7 23,246 35-49 17.2 26.7 4.7 0.5 33.9 15.8 1.0 0.3 100.0 48.6 3.8 4,035 Birth order 1 20.7 33.7 6.9 0.2 25.7 11.6 0.6 0.6 100.0 61.3 3.9 6,119 2-3 17.5 27.8 6.0 0.3 32.4 14.7 1.0 0.4 100.0 51.3 2.6 10,348 4-5 16.4 25.1 5.6 0.5 35.6 15.5 0.9 0.4 100.0 47.1 2.5 7,357 6+ 14.4 24.3 5.3 0.6 37.6 16.2 1.2 0.3 100.0 44.1 2.1 7,978 Antenatal care visits 2 None 9.2 17.0 5.6 0.4 45.8 20.5 1.3 0.3 100.0 31.7 1.7 7,492 1-3 18.6 35.2 7.3 0.2 26.9 10.8 1.0 0.0 100.0 61.1 2.8 8,260 4+ 33.6 43.3 4.9 0.1 11.5 6.3 0.2 0.0 100.0 81.8 8.5 3,494 Dont knowmissing 31.6 19.1 13.3 0.0 30.2 5.0 0.5 0.3 100.0 64.0 3.8 386 Place of delivery Health facility 34.0 54.6 10.9 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 100.0 99.5 5.6 13,702 Elsewhere 4.2 7.0 2.2 0.7 58.4 25.8 1.6 0.1 100.0 13.4 0.6 17,966 Missing 8.3 2.8 0.0 0.0 8.1 3.2 0.0 77.7 100.0 11.1 0.0 133 Residence Urban 34.4 39.8 4.8 0.0 12.6 7.4 0.6 0.5 100.0 78.9 6.7 7,246 Rural 12.0 23.8 6.3 0.5 39.2 16.8 1.0 0.4 100.0 42.1 1.5 24,555 Province 3 Kabul 44.5 36.1 3.9 0.1 6.4 7.8 0.5 0.7 100.0 84.5 9.1 3,769 Kapisa 0.6 48.1 1.1 0.0 1.7 46.8 0.1 1.6 100.0 49.8 1.5 219 Parwan 10.4 33.4 8.7 0.0 13.4 31.7 0.9 1.4 100.0 52.5 3.2 728 Wardak 4.5 35.3 20.9 0.3 18.1 19.4 0.8 0.6 100.0 60.7 3.0 345 Logar 33.0 36.5 0.1 0.9 13.8 15.3 0.0 0.4 100.0 69.6 4.9 439 Nangarhar 55.7 10.3 0.3 0.0 4.3 29.1 0.2 0.1 100.0 66.3 1.9 1,028 Laghman 28.8 23.3 10.0 0.0 15.4 21.6 0.9 0.0 100.0 62.2 2.2 809 Panjsher 43.2 21.3 0.3 0.0 9.4 24.2 1.2 0.4 100.0 64.8 3.1 40 Baghlan 2.5 25.7 3.1 0.2 23.3 44.2 0.0 1.0 100.0 31.3 3.9 751 Bamyan 3.3 42.2 1.4 0.0 16.9 35.7 0.2 0.3 100.0 46.9 3.1 328 Ghazni 10.2 48.8 13.3 0.8 12.3 12.6 0.4 1.5 100.0 72.3 6.5 834 Paktika 3.3 7.0 25.7 8.7 22.0 30.3 2.3 1.0 100.0 35.9 0.8 874 Paktya 3.4 2.0 55.4 0.0 2.8 21.0 13.2 2.1 100.0 60.9 1.1 601 Khost 27.1 22.6 14.8 0.1 15.7 19.6 0.0 0.2 100.0 64.5 1.2 1,024 Kunarha 14.9 3.3 23.7 0.1 19.8 38.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 41.8 1.0 725 Nooristan 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.1 14.3 84.3 0.0 0.2 100.0 1.1 0.0 355 Badakhshan 15.7 8.2 1.4 0.1 30.6 43.6 0.1 0.2 100.0 25.4 1.2 939 Takhar 13.8 35.8 0.0 0.0 10.5 39.8 0.0 0.0 100.0 49.7 2.0 1,254 Kunduz 15.5 43.7 0.4 0.0 20.6 9.5 10.1 0.1 100.0 59.7 1.6 1,222 Samangan 1.1 30.2 1.6 0.0 51.6 14.8 0.7 0.0 100.0 32.8 1.1 359 Balkh 22.5 25.2 2.9 0.0 45.7 2.9 0.4 0.4 100.0 50.6 3.4 1,943 Sar-E-Pul 1.7 53.1 1.2 2.8 39.6 1.3 0.0 0.3 100.0 56.0 0.5 625 Ghor 0.6 9.7 6.1 0.7 82.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 16.4 0.2 913 Daykundi 0.4 21.3 0.9 0.0 68.4 5.8 3.1 0.0 100.0 22.6 1.3 315 Urozgan 2.0 3.8 7.0 0.0 85.3 0.2 1.1 0.6 100.0 12.8 0.2 407 Kandahar 3.7 25.6 7.1 0.0 55.4 8.0 0.1 0.1 100.0 36.4 1.0 2,989 Jawzjan 15.4 56.8 3.2 0.2 18.4 5.2 0.1 0.7 100.0 75.3 1.2 599 Faryab 21.6 37.9 0.4 0.2 38.6 1.4 0.0 0.0 100.0 59.9 0.6 2,398 Helmand 7.8 13.1 5.7 0.0 73.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 100.0 26.6 0.5 898 Badghis 0.3 5.8 0.1 0.0 92.8 0.0 0.0 0.9 100.0 6.3 0.6 775 Herat 15.5 24.3 0.4 0.3 53.8 5.6 0.0 0.2 100.0 40.2 4.0 2,149 Farah 4.7 37.2 2.0 0.1 48.4 7.6 0.0 0.0 100.0 43.9 0.5 825 Nimroz 0.4 65.9 0.0 0.0 22.4 10.9 0.2 0.3 100.0 66.2 3.1 295 Mothers education No education 13.7 24.9 6.4 0.5 36.9 16.1 1.1 0.4 100.0 45.0 2.1 26,567 Primary 32.4 37.3 3.6 0.3 16.7 9.3 0.1 0.5 100.0 73.2 5.1 2,504 Secondary 32.8 42.8 3.6 0.0 13.7 6.2 0.0 0.9 100.0 79.1 5.6 2,242 More than secondary 51.7 43.5 2.1 0.0 1.8 0.9 0.0 0.0 100.0 97.3 11.0 489 Continued… 152 • Maternal Health Care Table 9.8—Continued Person providing assistance during delivery Per- centage delivered by a skilled provider 1 Per- centage delivered by C- section Number of births Background characteristic Doctor Nurse midwife Auxiliary nurse midwife Other health worker Tra- ditional birth atten- dant Relative other No one Dont know missing Total Wealth quintile Lowest 4.6 16.7 2.8 0.6 55.7 18.7 0.7 0.3 100.0 24.0 0.9 6,127 Second 8.8 22.9 5.2 1.0 41.9 18.4 1.4 0.4 100.0 36.9 1.7 6,506 Middle 12.7 22.6 8.4 0.3 36.8 17.4 1.4 0.4 100.0 43.6 1.3 6,779 Fourth 20.9 36.2 7.8 0.1 19.6 14.2 0.7 0.4 100.0 64.9 3.3 6,605 Highest 40.3 39.8 5.1 0.0 10.7 3.4 0.3 0.4 100.0 85.2 6.8 5,786 Total 17.1 27.5 5.9 0.4 33.2 14.6 0.9 0.4 100.0 50.5 2.7 31,802 Note: If the respondent mentioned more than one person attending during delivery, only the most qualified person is considered in this tabulation. 1 Skilled provider includes doctor, nurse, midwife, and auxiliary nursemidwife. 2 Includes only the most recent birth in the 5 years preceding the survey 3 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates.