Table 2.
Coverage of six reproductive and maternal interventions by geographic region, Brazil, from 1986 to 2013
| Indicator | Year | Region of the country | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center-West | North | Northeast | Southeast | South | ||||||||||||
| % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | |||||||
| Use of modern contraceptives | 1986 | 55.9 | 48.8 | 63.1 | 59.8 | 50.3 | 69.2 | 43.3 | 37.9 | 48.7 | 68.1 | 64.3 | 71.8 | 65.5 | 60.4 | 70.6 |
| 1996 | 81.0 | 78.3 | 83.7 | 68.1 | 62.9 | 73.3 | 62.3 | 60.2 | 64.4 | 72.4 | 70.0 | 74.7 | 72.7 | 69.5 | 75.9 | |
| 2006 | 81.5 | 81.3 | 81.7 | 74.4 | 73.9 | 74.9 | 75.9 | 75.5 | 76.2 | 74.7 | 74.3 | 75.1 | 77.3 | 77.0 | 77.7 | |
| 2013 | 85.5 | 83.8 | 87.3 | 77.7 | 75.0 | 80.4 | 80.7 | 78.7 | 82.7 | 83.2 | 81.5 | 85.0 | 85.6 | 83.4 | 87.7 | |
| Antenatal care 1+ visits (any provider) | 1986 | 83.1 | 74.9 | 91.2 | 76.3 | 68.9 | 83.7 | 60.5 | 54.4 | 66.6 | 92.1 | 89.4 | 94.8 | 86.1 | 80.5 | 91.7 |
| 1996 | 93.2 | 90.9 | 95.5 | 84.3 | 78.6 | 90.0 | 77.2 | 73.6 | 80.7 | 93.1 | 91.2 | 95.0 | 92.0 | 89.2 | 94.8 | |
| 2006 | 96.8 | 96.4 | 97.2 | 94.3 | 93.8 | 94.8 | 91.8 | 90.2 | 93.4 | 97.3 | 97.0 | 97.7 | 94.4 | 94.0 | 94.8 | |
| 2013 | 97.3 | 95.0 | 99.7 | 95.4 | 92.3 | 98.5 | 98.2 | 96.8 | 99.7 | 97.8 | 96.4 | 99.2 | 96.3 | 92.7 | 99.9 | |
| Antenatal care 4+ visits (any provider) | 1986 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1996 | 86.3 | 82.3 | 90.2 | 69.7 | 61.8 | 77.6 | 65.5 | 61.5 | 69.6 | 88.2 | 85.4 | 91.0 | 87.8 | 84.1 | 91.4 | |
| 2006 | 93.8 | 93.2 | 94.4 | 82.8 | 81.4 | 84.2 | 87.2 | 85.2 | 89.1 | 95.8 | 95.4 | 96.3 | 91.3 | 90.0 | 92.5 | |
| 2013 | 94.0 | 90.8 | 97.3 | 90.0 | 85.7 | 94.4 | 94.8 | 92.0 | 97.5 | 94.7 | 92.0 | 97.4 | 92.5 | 87.4 | 97.5 | |
| 1st ANC visit during the 1st trimester | 1986 | 59.1 | 51.0 | 67.2 | 58.5 | 50.4 | 66.7 | 40.3 | 34.5 | 46.1 | 76.3 | 72.2 | 80.3 | 64.5 | 56.6 | 72.4 |
| 1996 | 71.6 | 66.6 | 76.6 | 58.9 | 52.5 | 65.4 | 54.9 | 51.2 | 58.6 | 72.7 | 69.7 | 75.6 | 79.6 | 75.4 | 83.8 | |
| 2006 | 75.2 | 73.6 | 76.7 | 70.8 | 69.0 | 72.5 | 79.5 | 77.2 | 81.8 | 81.1 | 78.9 | 83.3 | 77.5 | 75.5 | 79.5 | |
| 2013 | 89.8 | 85.3 | 94.2 | 77.5 | 70.6 | 84.4 | 84.3 | 79.0 | 89.5 | 86.1 | 81.2 | 91.0 | 80.9 | 72.2 | 89.7 | |
| Institutional delivery | 1986 | 86.0 | 76.5 | 95.4 | 77.7 | 69.6 | 85.9 | 67.4 | 60.6 | 74.1 | 95.0 | 91.5 | 98.4 | 87.7 | 81.9 | 93.6 |
| 1996 | 98.3 | 97.2 | 99.4 | 83.8 | 76.7 | 90.9 | 84.3 | 80.7 | 88.0 | 98.1 | 96.8 | 99.3 | 98.8 | 97.7 | 99.9 | |
| 2006 | 98.8 | 98.8 | 98.8 | 92.5 | 91.9 | 93.0 | 97.7 | 97.6 | 97.8 | 99.5 | 99.5 | 99.5 | 99.0 | 98.9 | 99.0 | |
| 2013 | 98.1 | 95.7 | 100.0 | 96.7 | 94.5 | 98.8 | 96.8 | 94.5 | 99.2 | 98.9 | 97.9 | 99.8 | 99.9 | 99.7 | 100.0 | |
| C-sections | 1986 | 33.0 | 24.4 | 41.5 | 31.3 | 23.6 | 39.0 | 15.7 | 12.1 | 19.3 | 45.4 | 39.8 | 51.0 | 29.2 | 23.8 | 34.7 |
| 1996 | 49.1 | 43.1 | 55.0 | 25.5 | 20.3 | 30.8 | 20.4 | 18.0 | 22.7 | 46.9 | 42.9 | 50.9 | 44.6 | 38.9 | 50.2 | |
| 2006 | 49.2 | 47.9 | 50.5 | 30.7 | 29.6 | 31.8 | 32.2 | 30.4 | 34.0 | 51.7 | 49.9 | 53.4 | 51.7 | 50.4 | 53.0 | |
| 2013 | 57.6 | 49.5 | 65.7 | 40.2 | 33.1 | 47.4 | 45.0 | 38.6 | 51.3 | 62.6 | 55.2 | 70.0 | 61.7 | 51.4 | 71.9 | |
Source: Brazil DHS 1986, DHS 1996, PNDS 2006, PNS 2013. NA not available, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval