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Table 3 Wealth distribution of deliveries and caesareans, excluding bamako

From: User fee exemptions and equity in access to caesarean sections: an analysis of patient survey data in Mali

Wealth groups

Column A: 2006 DHS survey (sample of deliveries)

Column B: 2010 patient survey (sample of caesareans)

Ratio of column B to column A [95% CI]**

Richest 40%

27.5%

48.3%

1.76 [1.45-2.07]

Middle 20%

22.4%

18.3%

0.82 [0.66-0.98]

Poorest 40%

50.1%

33.3%

0.66 [0.56-0.76]

  1. * 95-percent confidence intervals (CI) in brackets.