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Table 3 Coverage of six reproductive and maternal interventions by wealth quintiles and magnitude of inequalities, Brazil, from 1986 to 2013

From: Coverage and equity in reproductive and maternal health interventions in Brazil: impressive progress following the implementation of the Unified Health System

Indicator

Year

Wealth quintiles

Inequality measures

Q1 (poorest)

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5 (20 % richest)

CIX

SII

%

IC95 %

%

IC95 %

%

IC95 %

%

IC95 %

%

IC95 %

%

IC95 %

%

IC95 %

Use of modern contraceptives

1986

28.5

23.3

33.8

47.3

41.6

53.0

63.2

59.1

67.4

69.0

64.7

73.3

76.2

72.9

79.5

17.1

54.0

59.1

55.6

50.1

63.1

1996

55.8

52.8

58.7

68.9

66.2

71.7

73.6

71.0

76.3

73.8

71.2

76.5

76.8

74.1

79.5

5.3

69.2

71.3

22.3

65.9

74.7

2006

73.2

72.9

73.6

78.4

78.0

78.8

73.9

73.3

74.4

77.8

77.2

78.4

76.6

75.9

77.3

1.0

74.8

77.1

3.2

70.5

81.4

2013

80.9

78.8

83.0

82.3

80.1

84.5

82.3

79.9

84.8

82.3

79.9

84.6

84.6

82.6

86.5

0.8

81.9

83.3

3.9

79.3

85.9

Antenatal care 1+ visits (any provider)

1986

41.7

35.9

47.5

67.2

62.3

72.1

87.6

84.4

90.8

93.1

90.3

96.0

97.0

95.5

98.5

13.5

76.9

80.5

64.4

72.5

84.9

1996

71.1

67.2

75.1

86.9

84.2

89.5

93.2

91.1

95.3

96.5

94.5

98.5

97.0

95.5

98.6

6.7

86.4

88.6

36.6

81.4

93.5

2006

91.1

89.6

92.7

96.2

96.0

96.5

95.1

93.6

96.5

97.9

97.7

98.1

97.7

97.5

98.0

1.5

94.0

96.4

8.2

87.4

100.0

2013

95.4

92.9

97.8

97.2

94.5

99.9

98.6

97.5

99.7

99.0

97.7

100.0

98.0

96.5

99.6

0.7

96.8

98.0

4.5

93.2

100.0

Antenatal care 4+ visits (any provider)

1986

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

1996

55.3

50.9

59.7

77.4

74.0

80.9

88.8

86.3

91.4

93.7

91.3

96.2

96.0

94.3

97.7

11.4

78.5

81.4

54.0

74.2

85.7

2006

83.8

81.8

85.9

93.1

92.5

93.8

91.5

89.8

93.2

97.5

97.3

97.7

96.9

96.5

97.3

3.1

90.1

93.2

17.0

82.5

100.0

2013

87.7

83.2

92.3

94.5

91.2

97.7

97.1

95.5

98.8

97.4

94.9

99.8

95.9

92.7

99.0

2.0

92.6

95.1

12.4

86.1

100.0

1st ANC visit during the 1st trimester

1986

21.4

16.2

26.6

41.0

35.4

46.7

61.9

57.9

65.9

75.2

70.2

80.2

88.9

85.8

92.1

23.2

57.0

61.2

74.1

54.3

63.9

1996

44.7

41.0

48.4

64.5

60.9

68.2

74.6

70.8

78.3

80.6

77.0

84.1

83.9

80.2

87.7

12.6

65.9

69.0

48.9

61.9

73.0

2006

76.0

74.4

77.7

76.5

73.6

79.4

82.7

80.6

84.9

82.8

80.5

85.1

76.9

72.6

81.1

1.7

76.6

81.2

6.3

67.9

90.0

2013

76.4

70.0

82.9

84.6

79.5

89.7

87.9

82.5

93.4

88.6

83.1

94.1

87.6

80.4

94.8

3.1

81.9

86.6

15.4

72.9

95.6

Institutional delivery

1986

48.8

41.1

56.4

77.4

73.1

81.6

91.2

88.1

94.2

97.0

95.2

98.8

98.8

97.7

99.8

12.6

79.0

83.5

64.2

72.6

89.9

1996

79.3

75.2

83.4

96.3

94.9

97.7

98.9

98.2

99.6

99.2

98.4

99.9

100.0

  

5.3

91.5

93.9

41.7

83.7

100.0

2006

95.6

95.4

95.7

98.7

98.6

98.7

99.1

99.1

99.2

99.5

99.4

99.5

99.7

99.7

99.7

1.0

97.7

98.6

5.6

95.3

100.0

2013

95.1

92.4

97.8

98.6

97.0

100.0

99.4

98.7

100.0

99.7

99.2

100.0

99.4

98.6

100.0

1.1

97.5

98.8

7.8

92.0

100.0

C-section

1986

7.1

4.3

10.0

14.3

10.9

17.6

31.3

26.9

35.8

40.0

34.1

45.9

60.4

55.9

64.8

36.3

25.7

32.6

61.2

23.5

34.8

1996

16.3

13.9

18.8

30.0

26.6

33.4

42.6

38.5

46.7

48.5

44.1

53.0

67.7

63.0

72.4

27.9

34.1

38.8

57.2

31.7

41.2

2006

32.5

30.5

34.4

30.1

28.8

31.3

48.4

46.4

50.5

54.3

51.5

57.1

76.9

74.3

79.4

18.8

39.8

47.9

45.2

34.4

53.2

2013

37.5

31.3

43.7

42.2

34.6

49.9

58.7

50.2

67.3

63.3

52.7

73.9

82.6

76.3

89.0

17.2

51.1

58.3

53.5

44.6

64.8

  1. Source: Brazil DHS 1986, DHS 1996, PNDS 2006, PNS 2013. NA not available, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval