Table 1 Caesarean delivery rates among richer and poorer women in urban and rural areas, southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, 2003-2011

Bangladesh

2.29

11.52

1.32

20.37

10.19 (7.73 to 12.65)

India

3.59

15.23

5.99

21.75

9.25 (7.44 to 11.05)

Nepal

1.51

7.03

4.40

17.24

2.63 (−1.97 to 7.23)

Pakistan

2.00

10.50

1.65

14.97

8.85 (6.53 to 11.18)

Benin

1.76

3.00

1.78

7.23

1.22 (0.26 to 2.19)

Burkina Faso

0.76

1.48

3.23

6.11

−1.75 (−3.35 to −0.16)

Cameroon

0.51

1.79

1.75

4.11

0.04 (−1.46 to 1.53)

Chad

0.18

0.33

0.00

1.53

0.33 (−0.19 to 0.84)

Cote d’Ivoire

1.39

7.17

4.04

7.30

3.13 (−9.19 to 15.44)

Ghana

3.22

9.50

4.49

10.80

5.01 (−0.27 to 10.30)

Guinea

0.38

1.77

0.71

4.76

1.06 (−0.71 to 2.83)

Mali

0.27

0.69

1.41

2.39

−0.72 (−2.23 to 0.79)

Niger

0.34

0.37

1.93

4.60

−1.57 (−5.66 to 2.53)

Nigeria

0.35

2.49

0.67

4.05

1.82 (0.99 to 2.66)

Senegal

1.37

2.89

2.62

9.77

0.28 (−2.15 to 2.70)

Ethiopia

0.39

0.63

1.17

8.38

−0.54 (−2.20 to 1.12)

Kenya

3.21

9.41

2.69

11.16

6.72 (3.02 to 10.43)

Lesotho

3.35

7.71

8.23

11.50

−0.52 (−12.36 to 11.32)

Madagascar

0.32

2.08

1.62

5.89

0.46 (−1.87 to 2.80)

Malawi

3.23

4.96

2.94

8.44

2.02 (−1.31 to 5.34)

Mozambique

0.32

1.14

0.94

5.99

0.20 (−1.10 to 1.51)

Rwanda

5.01

6.70

7.51

17.53

−0.81 (−5.72 to 4.09)

Uganda

2.76

5.91

7.55

13.96

−1.63 (−8.02 to 4.76)

United Republic of Tanzania

2.30

4.55

0.95

9.96

3.60 (1.70 to 5.51)

Zambia

1.22

3.25

0.00

5.90

3.25 (1.79 to 4.70)

Zimbabwe

2.88

3.68

2.67

8.19

1.01 (−2.72 to 4.74)