Regional inequity in complete antenatal services and public emergency obstetric care is associated with greater burden of maternal deaths: analysis from consecutive district level facility survey of Karnataka, India

Table 3 Change in within-state (inter-district) inequity of service coverage and EmOC density between 2006-07 and 2012-13

Sl No.	Indicator	Theil T		% Change^a
		2012-13	2006-07
Maternal health service indicators
1.	% Births attended by skilled birth attendants.	16.91	99.88	- 83.18
2.	Complete antenatal care coverage	194.65	278.95	- 30.22
3.	Antenatal coverage	37.29	51.17	- 27.12
Maternal health facility indicators
4.	Density of CEmoC services	94.12	279.72	- 66.34
5.	Density of PHC with BEmOC services	105.23	208.36	- 49.49
6.	Density of all BEmOC facilities^a	170.14	158.23	7.52
7.	% of FRUs with CEmoC services	574.40	486.84	17.98
Proxy indicators of CEmoC facilities
8.	C-Section rate in private settings	169.56	395.64	- 57.90
9.	C-Section rate in public settings	121.46	163.98	- 25.93
Outcome indicator
10.	Maternal Mortality ratio due to Direct Obstetric Complications	129.91	-	-

Indicators listed in descending order of change in inequity. ^a Includes PHCs and FRUs providing BEmoC services. ^b - Difference in Theil T between 2006–07 and 2012–13. PHC - Primary Health Centre; BEmOC – Basic Emergency Obstetric Care; CEmOC – Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care; FRU – First Referral Unit; C-Section – Caesarean Section

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