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Table 3 Geographic inequalities in maternal healthcare use between the rural and urban area and across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria: 2003–2018

From: Geographical and socioeconomic inequalities in the utilization of maternal healthcare services in Nigeria: 2003–2017

Year

Inequalities between urban and rural areas

Inequalities across geopolitical zones

RR

RD

T

BGV

ANC

FBD

SBA

ANC

FBD

SBA

ANC

FBD

SBA

ANC

FBD

SBA

1998

1.552

2.980

3.717

0.271

0.385

0.218

0.356

1.053

3.041

0.024

0.158

0.240

1999

1.449

2.521

2.439

0.209

0.307

0.324

0.475

1.274

1.116

0.016

0.114

0.106

2000

1.902

2.433

2.003

0.368

0.296

0.298

0.489

0.907

0.815

0.052

0.069

0.062

2001

1.872

2.174

2.267

0.339

0.294

0.323

0.500

0.938

0.884

0.051

0.079

0.088

2002

1.952

2.060

2.155

0.352

0.269

0.308

0.558

1.006

0.902

0.057

0.068

0.077

2003

1.444

2.093

2.278

0.254

0.358

0.103

0.253

0.626

4.001

0.017

0.071

0.090

2004

1.740

2.602

2.545

0.333

0.381

0.388

0.384

0.941

0.879

0.039

0.123

0.117

2005

2.149

2.572

2.495

0.439

0.363

0.381

0.472

0.996

0.877

0.077

0.120

0.112

2006

2.058

2.613

2.539

0.393

0.375

0.395

0.535

0.961

0.840

0.067

0.124

0.117

2007

2.078

2.746

2.536

0.399

0.393

0.398

0.529

0.986

0.846

0.069

0.139

0.116

2008

2.104

2.751

3.286

0.431

0.408

0.293

0.379

0.795

1.681

0.070

0.131

0.185

2009

2.100

3.098

3.176

0.422

0.406

0.445

0.410

1.012

0.908

0.070

0.169

0.176

2010

2.021

2.790

2.970

0.382

0.384

0.431

0.487

0.944

0.864

0.064

0.139

0.156

2011

1.888

2.779

2.915

0.374

0.411

0.458

0.408

0.825

0.745

0.052

0.136

0.149

2012

1.979

2.679

2.825

0.380

0.392

0.437

0.462

0.859

0.783

0.060

0.128

0.142

2013

1.375

2.125

2.951

0.218

0.369

0.079

0.203

0.493

6.430

0.011

0.067

0.145

2014

1.627

2.468

2.521

0.317

0.359

0.394

0.267

0.815

0.723

0.029

0.105

0.109

2015

1.652

2.552

2.569

0.309

0.375

0.405

0.326

0.813

0.725

0.032

0.113

0.115

2016

1.676

2.334

2.351

0.302

0.357

0.391

0.391

0.736

0.639

0.034

0.092

0.094

2017

1.635

2.371

2.478

0.296

0.377

0.421

0.361

0.692

0.620

0.031

0.095

0.105

Time trend coefficients (P-value)

−0.002 (0.852)

0.000 (0.967)

0.006 (0.719)

0.001 (0.853)

0.003 (0.024)

0.007 (0.109)

−0.007 (0.072)

−0.018 (0.004)

−0.019 (0.743)

0.000 (0.836)

0.000 (0.883)

0.000 (0.927)

  1. RR Rate Ratio, RD Rate Difference, T Theil Index, BGV Between Group Variance, ANC Antenatal care, FBD Facility based delivery, SBA Skilled birth attendance