Table 9 Per cent distribution of postnatal care provider among women with a live or stillbirth in the five years preceding the survey
Background characteristic | Received PNC | Received PNC from medically trained provider | Doctor | Nurse/midwife/auxiliary midwife | Trained traditional birth attendant | Untrained traditional birth attendant | Relative/Friend | Other | No one | Missing provider information | Missing PNC information | Total | Number of births |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Birth outcome | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Live Birth | 75.9 | 54.8 | 12.9 | 41.8 | 11 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 23.9 | 0 | 0.2 | 100 | 4847 |
 Stillbirth | 73.3 | 61.9 | 35.8 | 26.1 | 5.9 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 24.8 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 81 |
Place of delivery | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Health facility | 87 | 86.5 | 23.6 | 63 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 0 | 0.2 | 100 | 2675 |
 Elsewhere | 62.7 | 17.3 | 1.1 | 16.3 | 23.5 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 0.3 | 37.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 100 | 2244 |
Had problems before, during or after delivery | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 74.9 | 52.5 | 11.1 | 41.4 | 11.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 100 | 3908 |
 Yes | 80 | 64.3 | 21.8 | 42.5 | 8.5 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 19.9 | 0 | 0.1 | 100 | 1011 |
Residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Rural | 72.2 | 43.4 | 7.9 | 35.6 | 14.9 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 0.2 | 27.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 100 | 3245 |
 Urban | 82.7 | 76.9 | 23.7 | 53.2 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0 | 16.6 | 0 | 0.6 | 100 | 1683 |
Region | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Ashanti | 79.9 | 71 | 17.3 | 53.8 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 20 | 0 | 0.2 | 100 | 922 |
 Brong Ahafo | 90.9 | 63.4 | 8.2 | 55.1 | 14.8 | 4.5 | 8.2 | 0 | 8.7 | 0 | 0.3 | 100 | 564 |
 Central | 92.8 | 64.2 | 9.5 | 54.7 | 22.7 | 3.9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.2 | 100 | 479 |
 Eastern | 66.1 | 57.4 | 14.6 | 42.8 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 33.4 | 0 | 0.4 | 100 | 567 |
 Greater Accra | 64.2 | 56.3 | 25.7 | 30.6 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0 | 35.2 | 0 | 0.5 | 100 | 470 |
 Northern | 79.6 | 26.1 | 6.6 | 19.5 | 15.5 | 18.2 | 19.2 | 0.3 | 20.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 100 | 699 |
 Volta | 56 | 38.5 | 12 | 26.5 | 9.2 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 0 | 43.7 | 0 | 0.3 | 100 | 451 |
 Upper East | 77.1 | 66.8 | 4.7 | 62.1 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.9 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 225 |
 Upper West | 61.2 | 56.4 | 2 | 54.4 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.8 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 152 |
 Western | 72.7 | 50.6 | 21.6 | 29 | 14.9 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 0 | 26.8 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 100 | 400 |
Wealth quintile | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Lowest | 65.8 | 35 | 5.4 | 29.7 | 12.3 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 0.2 | 34.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 100 | 1074 |
 Second | 73.8 | 41 | 6.4 | 34.6 | 17 | 6.8 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 100 | 1061 |
 Middle | 77.3 | 54.1 | 8.6 | 45.4 | 15.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 0 | 22.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 100 | 975 |
 Fourth | 80.2 | 69.8 | 20.2 | 49.6 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 19.2 | 0 | 0.6 | 100 | 983 |
 Highest | 84.3 | 81.5 | 29.6 | 51.9 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 15.1 | 0 | 0.5 | 100 | 835 |
Total | 75.8 | 54.9 | 13.3 | 41.6 | 11 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 23.9 | 0 | 0.3 | 100 | 4928 |