Use of active management of the third stage of labour in seven developing countries
Cynthia Stanton, Deborah Armbruster, Rod Knight, Iwan Ariawan, Sourou Gbangbade, Ashebir Getachew, Jose Angel Portillo, Douglas Jarquin, Flor Marin, Sayoka Mfinanga, Jesus Vallecillo, Hope Johnson & David Sintasath
Volume 87, Number 3, March 2009, 207-215
Table 1. Pregnancy-related mortality ratios, institutional delivery rates and health expenditure in seven developing countries
| Setting | Deaths (per 100 000 live births) | Deliveries in public health facilitiesa (%) | Deliveries in private health facilitiesa (%) | 2005 per capita expenditure on health (US$) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | ||||||||
| Benin | 397 | 64.5 | 13.6 | 28 | ||||
| Ethiopia | 637 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 6 | ||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 578 | 37.8 | 9.3 | 17 | ||||
| Asia | ||||||||
| Indonesia | 307 | 9.2 | 30.5 | 26 | ||||
| Central America | ||||||||
| El Salvador | 71 | 54 | 15 | NA | ||||
| Honduras | 147 | 61.3 | 5.2 | 91 | ||||
| Nicaragua | 81b | 59.8 | 6.5 | 75 | ||||
NA, not available; US$, United States dollars.
a Indicators are restricted to live births.
b Maternal mortality ratio.Data sources: references 12 to 19.