Fig. 1.

Caesarean delivery rates^a by country, survey year and wealth quintile, southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2011

^a As percentages of the deliveries that ended in live births.

Note: The wealth quintile to which each surveyed household belonged was categorized as 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. Quintile 1 comprised the poorest 20% of households and Quintile 5 comprised the richest 20%.