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. 2016 May 18;16:116. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0896-x

Table 5.

Availability of EmOC against WHR 2005 benchmarks

Indicator source WHR 2005 benchmark District 1 District 2 District 3
Births per yearc 47760 32130 25894
Required CEmOC facilities At least 1 per 3600 births 13–14 8–9 7–8
Total CEmOC facilities 5 1 0
Programme CEmOC facilities 0 1 0
Staffing
Required midwives as per standard 20 midwives per 3600 births 265 178 144
Available midwives (equivalent) 207 118 188
Required doctors as per standard 3 doctors part-time per 3600 births 41 27 22
Total available doctors 183 35 88
Obstetricians/Gynaecologists 54 2 11
Doctors 99 31 69
Proportion of births needing CEmOC 17–18 %
Proportion of births in CEmOC facilities
Total 49 % 14 % 0 %
Programme 0 % 14 % ---
Non-programme 49 % 0 % ---
Births per midwife/equivalent per yeara 175
At CEmOC level 165 368 -
At less-than-CEmOC level 169 - 201
At less-than-BEmOC level 117 147 96
Complicated births per doctor (specialist) 200 b b b

Programme and non-programme facilities included

aAssuming all births delivered by this cadre. bNot determined. cOffice of The Registrar and Census Commissioner, Annual Health Survey Bulletin 2011–12. Madhya Pradesh 2012, Government of India, New Delhi, India