Table 2 Description of live births in the five-years before the survey, according to location of birth and referral status, NDHS 2018
| Â | Location of births | Referrals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% of all births in health facilities | % of all births in government hospitals | % of all facility births which are in government hospitals | % of births in health facilities which came from referrals | % of births in government hospitals which came from referrals | % of all referrals which resulted in a birth in a government hospital | |||||||
n | 34,193 | Â | 34,193 | Â | 13,462 | Â | 13,462 | Â | 4490 | Â | 208 | Â |
| Â | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI |
Overall | 39.4% | 37.8–41.0 | 13.1% | 12.3–14.0 | 33.4% | 31.7–35.0 | 1.5% | 1.3–1.8 | 2.3% | 1.8–3.0 | 50.4% | 41.6–59.1 |
Region | ||||||||||||
 North Central | 49.2% | 45.9–52.5 | 21.2% | 19.2–23.3 | 43.0% | 40.0–46.2 | 0.9% | 0.6–1.5 | 1.3% | 0.7–2.5 | 59.4% | 44.1–73.1 |
 North East | 25.4% | 22.5–28.5 | 10.5% | 8.6–12.6 | 41.2% | 35.6–47.0 | 1.9% | 1.2–2.9 | 3.9% | 2.3–6.4 | 85.0% | 64.7–94.6 |
 North West | 15.6% | 13.6–17.7 | 9.6% | 8.2–11.2 | 61.5% | 56.8–66.0 | 2.2% | 1.5–3.2 | 2.0% | 1.2–3.4 | 57.3% | 35.1–77.0 |
 South East | 81.8% | 78.5–84.7 | 10.2% | 8.5–12.1 | 12.5% | 10.5–14.8 | 1.2% | 0.8–1.7 | 1.0% | 0.4–2.8 | 10.8% | 3.6–28.1 |
 South South | 50.2% | 46.2–54.2 | 15.7% | 13.3–18.5 | 31.3% | 26.8–36.2 | 1.8% | 1.0–3.2 | 2.5% | 1.3–5.1 | 44.5% | 19.8–72.3 |
 South West | 76.3% | 73.2–79.2 | 19.2% | 17.2–21.4 | 25.1% | 22.8–27.6 | 1.7% | 1.2–2.3 | 3.2% | 2.0–5.1 | 49.1% | 21.3–67.0 |
Residence | ||||||||||||
 Urban | 61.1% | 58.4–63.6 | 20.7% | 19.1–22.3 | 33.8% | 31.7–36.1 | 1.6% | 1.3–2.0 | 2.0% | 1.5–2.8 | 43.4% | 32.3–55.2 |
 Rural | 25.8% | 24.2–27.5 | 8.4% | 7.6–9.3 | 32.7% | 30.2–35.3 | 1.5% | 1.1–1.9 | 2.8% | 2.0–3.9 | 61.5% | 48.5–73.1 |
Maternal education | ||||||||||||
 No education | 13.8% | 12.7–15.1 | 5.8% | 5.1–6.5 | 41.6% | 38.4–44.9 | 2.0% | 1.3–2.9 | 2.9% | 1.7–4.7 | 60.6% | 40.7–77.6 |
 Primary | 40.5% | 38.3–42.8 | 13.6% | 12.0–15.3 | 33.5% | 30.0–37.2 | 1.3% | 0.9–2.0 | 2.0% | 1.1–3.7 | 51.3% | 30.9–71.4 |
 Secondary | 64.6% | 62.7–66.5 | 18.6% | 17.3–20.1 | 28.2% | 26.8–30.9 | 1.4% | 1.1–1.7 | 2.3% | 1.6–3.3 | 48.7% | 36.0–61.5 |
 Higher | 87.7% | 85.6–89.5 | 33.5% | 31.0–36.2 | 38.2% | 35.3–41.2 | 1.9% | 1.3–2.8 | 2.1% | 1.3–3.4 | 43.6% | 25.5–63.5 |
Household wealth quintile | ||||||||||||
 Poorest | 11.6% | 10.2–13.1 | 3.7% | 3.0–4.4 | 31.6% | 27.5–36.0 | 1.7% | 0.8–3.6 | 2.5% | 0.6–10.3 | 46.2% | 13.3–82.8 |
 Poor | 21.1% | 19.1–23.2 | 6.7% | 5.7–7.9 | 31.9% | 28.1–35.9 | 1.8% | 1.2–2.7 | 4.1% | 2.5–6.7 | 74.2% | 53.1–87.9 |
 Middle | 40.3% | 37.6–43.0 | 14.0% | 12.7–15.5 | 34.8% | 31.7–38.1 | 1.6% | 1.1–2.1 | 2.4% | 1.5–3.8 | 53.5% | 37.1–69.2 |
 Richer | 59.2% | 56.7–61.6 | 20.0% | 18.3–21.8 | 33.8% | 30.9–36.8 | 1.7% | 1.2–2.3 | 1.9% | 1.2–2.9 | 38.9% | 24.1–56.1 |
 Richest | 79.5% | 77.0–81.8 | 26.2% | 24.2–28.4 | 33.0% | 30.4–35.6 | 1.3% | 1.0–1.8 | 2.0% | 1.3–3.1 | 49.2% | 33.3–65.3 |