Monitoring socioeconomic inequity in maternal health indicators in Egypt: 1995-2005

Table 7 Disparities in delivery and postnatal care, Egypt (1995-2005)

	Years
Indicator	1995	2000	2005
Skilled birth attendant ***	41.7	55.8	70.5
CI by Education	0.41 (0.396 0.424)	0.38 (0.370 0.390)	0.37 (0.362 0.378)
CI by Wealth index	0.55 (0.536 0.564)	0.42 (0.408 0.432)	0.47 (0.462 0.478)
Delivery at home***	64.5	49.1	33.6
CI by Education	-0.42 (-0.430 -0.410)	-0.37 (-0.382 -0.358)	-0.35 (-0.364 -0.336)
CI by Wealth index	-0.53 (-0.540 -0.520)	-0.41(-0.422 -0.398)	-0.47 (-0.484 -0.456)
Who had C-section delivery ***	7.6	11.4	21.6
CI by Education	0.31(0.271 0.349)	0.27(0.237 0.303)	0.26 (0.227 0.293)
CI by Wealth index	0.40 (0.361 0.439)	0.29 (0.253 0.327)	0.34 (0.144 0.536)
Checked by a physician after delivery***¹		58.6	72.7
CI by Education		0.39 (0.380 0.400)	0.36 (0.354 0.366)
CI by Wealth index		0.41 (0.400 0.420)	0.48 (0.472 0.488)
Received vitamin A supplement after delivery ***	-	12.1	48.8
CI by Education	-	0.20 (0.169 0.231)	0.07 (0.058 0.081)
CI by Wealth index	-	0.18 (0.145 0.215)	0.04 (0.028 0.052)

CI refers to the concentration index
1 This proportion includes both women who were assisted by a doctor during delivery or were checked by a doctor after delivery
*** significant at p < 0.001
95% Confidence intervals for concentration index are presented between parentheses

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