Table.

Single live births by caesarean section in sub-Saharan African countries in the three years before health survey, by place of mother's residence

Country	Year of survey	% (No) of births by caesarean section*
		Total	Rural areas	Urban areas
Burkina Faso	1992	1.1 (3612)	0.5 (3095)	4.7 (517)
	1999	1.1 (3534)	1.0 (3164)	2.5 (370)
Cameroon	1991	2.3 (2036)	1.7 (1238)	3.3 (798)
	1998	2.6 (2275)	2.3 (1665)	3.3 (610)
Ghana	1993	4.4 (2029)	2.9 (1468)	8.4 (561)
	1998	4.1 (1865)	2.8 (1400)	8.0 (465)
Kenya	1993	5.4 (3537)	4.1 (3086)	13.9 (451)
	1998	6.7 (3257)	5.7 (2653)	11.1 (604)
Madagascar	1992	0.9 (3467)	0.8 (3026)	1.5 (441)
	1997	0.7 (3727)	0.3 (3002)	2.3 (725)
Niger	1992	0.8 (4143)	0.6 (3490)	2.1 (653)
	1998	0.6 (4722)	0.3 (3977)	2.1 (745)
Tanzania	1992	2.6 (4935)	2.1 (3881)	4.6 (1055)
	1996	2.2 (4035)	1.5 (3304)	5.0 (731)
Zambia	1992	2.6 (3851)	1.4 (2043)	4.0 (1808)
	1996	1.6 (4331)	0.8 (2661)	3.0 (1670)

^*Sample sizes are weighted.