TABLE 2.
Neonatal and maternal mortality rates by country and type of facility in C-sections, 2008–2015
| Facility by country | Neonatal mortality n (%) | Maternal mortality n (%) | Type of facility | Access Other CEmONC facility* | Mean deliveries per year n | Mean C-sections per year n | Average C-section rate† % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan I | 74 (4.5) | 1 (0.1) | General | Yes | 11564 | 1622 | 2.8 |
| Afghanistan II | 214 (15.2) | 0 | Maternity | Yes | 14939 | 1400 | 2.3 |
| Afghanistan III | 234 (31.1) | 6 (0.8) | General | No | 2172 | 1062 | 48.9 |
| Burundi | 277 (6.2) | 3 (0.1) | Maternity | No | 1912 | 1581 | 41.4 |
| Central African Republic I | 34 (13.3) | 0 | General | No | 1658 | 253 | 7.6 |
| Central African Republic II | 97 (9.34) | 2 (0.2) | Maternity | No | 7424 | 813 | 11.0 |
| Ivory Coast | 56 (13.1) | 5 (1.2) | General | Yes | |||
| Democratic Republic of Congo I | 100 (10.4) | 1 (0.1) | General | No | 4101 | 1241 | 30.3 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo II | 490 (6.7) | 11 (0.2) | General | No | 4125 | 4650 | 28.2 |
| Haiti | 98 (8.2) | 0 | General | Yes | 1645 | ||
| Mauritania | 19 (6.7) | 0 | General | No | 1843 | 1306 | 23.6 |
| Niger | 289 (21.4) | 2 (0.2) | General | No | 2774 | 535 | 9.6 |
| Pakistan I | 45 (7.4) | 0 | General | No | |||
| Pakistan II | 773 (17.6) | 7 (0.2) | General | No | 6159 | 3426 | 13.9 |
| Sierra Leone | 753 (18.8) | 5 (0.1) | Maternity | No | 1670 | ||
| Syria | 6 (4.0) | 0 | General | No | 0 | ||
| Somalia | 70 (11.1) | 3 (0.5) | General | No | 2213 | 484 | 10.9 |
* Facilities were classified as ‘Yes’ if there were other facilities in the town providing free of charge CEmONC and ‘No’ if MSF was the only facility to provide this service.
† Percentage of C-sections performed out of the total deliveries for the years in which the facility was active; data were available between 2011 and 2015.
C-section = Caesarean section; CEmONC = comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care centres.