Inequities in accessibility to and utilisation of maternal health services in Ghana after user-fee exemption: a descriptive study

Table 6 Per cent distribution of most recent live or stillbirths in the five years preceding the survey by place of delivery

Background characteristic	Public health facility	Private health facility	Home	Other	Missing	Total	Percent delivered in a health facility	Number of births
Birth outcome
Live birth	42.9	11.1	45.4	0.4	0.1	100	54.1	4847
Stillbirth	61.5	6.3	26.1	4	2	100	67.9	81
Age of mother at birth
<20	43.9	10.3	45.7	0.1	0	100	54.2	534
20–34	44.5	11.2	43.8	0.4	0.1	100	55.7	3391
35–49	38.8	10.8	49.3	0.7	0.4	100	49.6	1003
Birth order
1	53.3	13.7	32.4	0.3	0.2	100	67.1	1051
2–3	46.3	10.6	42.8	0.1	0.1	100	56.9	1769
4–5	40.2	11.2	47.7	0.8	0.2	100	51.4	1161
6+	30.1	8.6	60.3	0.8	0.2	100	38.7	948
Residence
Rural	31.6	6.6	61.2	0.5	0	100	38.2	3245
Urban	65.8	19.5	14.1	0.2	0.4	100	85.3	1683
Education
None	25.7	5.5	68	0.6	0.2	100	31.2	1678
Primary	41.6	10.2	47.4	0.3	0.4	100	51.8	1102
Middle/JSS	56.6	14.2	28.7	0.4	0	100	70.8	1797
Secondary+	64	23.8	12.1	0	0	100	87.9	350
Region
Ashanti	54.5	13.2	31.3	0.8	0.2	100	67.7	922
Brong Ahafo	43.1	13.6	42.8	0.4	0.1	100	56.7	564
Central	42.6	15.9	41.2	0.3	0	100	58.5	479
Eastern	47.9	10.4	41.4	0.1	0.1	100	58.3	567
Greater Accra	55	24	20.1	0.5	0.4	100	79	470
Northern	21.9	4.4	72.9	0.7	0.2	100	26.3	699
Volta	35.3	5.8	58.7	0	0.1	100	41.2	451
Upper East	45.8	0.9	53.4	0	0	100	46.6	225
Upper West	40.2	1	58.8	0	0	100	41.2	152
Western	43.8	9.4	45.8	0.5	0.5	100	53.2	400
Wealth quintile
Lowest	24.3	2.7	72.7	0.2	0	100	27	1074
Second	30.2	5.6	62.8	1.2	0.1	100	35.8	1061
Middle	41.4	10.5	47.9	0.2	0	100	51.9	975
Fourth	58.3	16.3	24.6	0.4	0.4	100	74.6	983
Highest	68.6	23	8	0	0.4	100	91.6	835
Total	43.3	11	45.1	0.4	0.2	100	54.3	4928

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