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. 2011 May 31;10:23. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-23

Table 5.

Access to health care facilities and health personnel in Egypt and Morocco [20,21]

Socioeconomic categories Women who did not receive antenatal care Women who had no postnatal visit Women who gave birth at home Women who delivered with assistance of a traditional midwife
Morocco Egypt Morocco Egypt Morocco Egypt Morocco Egypt
2003/04 2008 2003/04 2008 2003/04 2008 2003/04 2008
Urban 15.1% 15.0% 83.7% 18.6% 16.4% 14.5% 7.7% 9.1%
Rural 52.1% 33.1% 96.4% 41.5% 61.1% 36.3% 33.8% 25.9%
Ratio R/U 3.5 2.2 1.2 2.2 3.7 2.5 4.4 2.8

Poorest quintile 60.3% 46.5% 97.1% 47.5% 70.5% 54.6% 39.9% 41.4%
Middle quintile 29.4% 26.3% 89.9% 32.8% 31.8% 25.9% 14.1% 16.5%
Richest quintile 6.9% 7.6% 73.6% 9.4% 6.0% 5.4% 3.1% 2.7%
Poorest/Richest 8.7 6.1 1.3 5 11.75 10 12.9 15