Table 5.

Percent of Births in Which a Cesarean Section was Performed (in the Five Years Before a Recent DHS Survey)

	Percent of C-sections According to Wealth Groups (Quintiles)
Region	Poorest	2nd	3rd	4th	Wealthiest	All Groups
Asia	1.5	2.2	3.6	6.9	15.6	5.3
Latin America/Caribbean	6.7	13.1	19.0	25.7	38.3	18.4
Sub-Saharan Africa	1.4	1.9	2.4	3.3	7.8	3.1
All countries	2.5	4.3	6.2	8.6	1 5.4	6.7

Source: DHSs in 42 LMICs, Ronsmans C et al. [50]