Background characteristic | Doctor | Nurse/midwife/auxiliary midwife | Trained traditional birth attendant | Untrained traditional birth attendant | Relative/Friend | No one | Other | Missing | Total | Percent delivered by a skilled provider | Percent delivered by CS | Number of births |
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Birth outcome | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Live birth | 8.9 | 46.1 | 20.3 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.3 | 100 | 55 | 6.3 | 4847 |
 Stillbirth | 28.6 | 40.8 | 11.5 | 1.6 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 2 | 100 | 69.3 | 18.9 | 81 |
Age of mother at birth | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 <20 | 8.6 | 46.5 | 22.2 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 55.1 | 6.5 | 534 |
 20–34 | 9.3 | 47.4 | 19.6 | 9.4 | 11 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 100 | 56.7 | 6.6 | 3391 |
 35–49 | 9.2 | 41.1 | 21 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 100 | 50.2 | 6.3 | 1003 |
Birth order | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 1 | 12.4 | 54.6 | 16.8 | 7.6 | 7 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.5 | 100 | 67 | 9.4 | 1051 |
 2–3 | 9.2 | 49.2 | 19.5 | 8.6 | 11.3 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 100 | 58.4 | 6.4 | 1769 |
 4–5 | 8.1 | 43.8 | 21.1 | 9.8 | 12.6 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 100 | 51.9 | 5.9 | 1161 |
 6+ | 6.9 | 33.3 | 23.8 | 12.1 | 13.8 | 9 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 100 | 40.3 | 4.2 | 948 |
Residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Rural | 5.4 | 33.8 | 27.4 | 13 | 15.1 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 100 | 39.2 | 4 | 3781 |
 Urban | 16.5 | 69.5 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 100 | 86 | 11.3 | 1683 |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 None | 4 | 28.3 | 25.8 | 16.6 | 18.5 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 100 | 32.4 | 3.4 | 1678 |
 Primary | 8.6 | 43.6 | 21.8 | 9.3 | 11.8 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 100 | 52.2 | 6.4 | 1102 |
 Middle/JSS | 11.8 | 60 | 16.3 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 100 | 71.7 | 7.9 | 1797 |
 Secondary+ | 22.6 | 66.6 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 89.2 | 14.6 | 350 |
Region | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Ashanti | 13.8 | 54.8 | 13.2 | 6.2 | 9 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 100 | 68.7 | 8.6 | 922 |
 Brong Ahafo | 6.3 | 50.6 | 18.2 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.3 | 100 | 56.9 | 5.1 | 564 |
 Central | 6.1 | 57.8 | 25 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.2 | 100 | 63.8 | 6.3 | 479 |
 Eastern | 8.8 | 48.9 | 22.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.1 | 100 | 57.7 | 8.4 | 567 |
 Greater Accra | 24.2 | 55.1 | 10.2 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.4 | 100 | 79.3 | 13.1 | 470 |
 Northern | 4.8 | 22.5 | 21 | 24.5 | 21 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 100 | 27.3 | 3.1 | 699 |
 Volta | 2.7 | 38.7 | 22.4 | 5.5 | 26.9 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 100 | 41.3 | 3.5 | 451 |
 Upper East | 2.2 | 45 | 31.6 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.8 | 100 | 47.1 | 2.4 | 225 |
 Upper West | 3.2 | 39 | 33.3 | 5.7 | 13.8 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.4 | 100 | 42.2 | 3.7 | 152 |
 Western | 10.5 | 43.1 | 26.3 | 12.8 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 100 | 53.7 | 6.1 | 400 |
Wealth quintile | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Lowest | 3.2 | 25.2 | 26 | 17.6 | 21.5 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.2 | 100 | 28.4 | 2.7 | 1074 |
 Second | 4.6 | 32.3 | 28.8 | 13.3 | 15.3 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 100 | 36.9 | 3.1 | 1061 |
 Middle | 6.4 | 46.5 | 24.8 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.2 | 100 | 52.9 | 4.7 | 975 |
 Fourth | 12.5 | 63 | 13.7 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.6 | 100 | 75.5 | 8.7 | 983 |
 Highest | 22.1 | 69.6 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 100 | 91.8 | 15.4 | 835 |
Total | 9.2 | 46 | 20.1 | 9.4 | 11.2 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 100 | 55.2 | 6.5 | 4928 |