Table 2.
Extents and trends of socioeconomic, urban-rural and regional disparities in caesarean section birth in Tanzania from 1996 to 2015
| Dimension | Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1999 | 2004 | 2010 | 2015 | ||
| Measure | %(95%CI) | %(95%CI) | %(95%CI) | %(95%CI) | %(95%CI) | |
| Wealth | D | 4.21 (2.64, 5.79) | 6.49 (3.20, 9.79) | 7.70 (5.21, 10.20) | 10.24 (7.38, 13.10) | 13.39 (10.46, 16.32) |
| R | 5.11 (1.66, 8.55) | 9.32 (−0.47, 19.11) | 8.90 (3.78, 14.02) | 6.81 (3.50, 10.12) | 6.55 (4.18, 8.93) | |
| RII | 7.37 (2.77, 11.97) | 16.21 (2.80, 29.61) | 10.96 (5.87, 16.05) | 12.52 (7.38, 17.66) | 15.55 (10.44, 20.66) | |
| SII | 4.21 (2.74, 5.68) | 8.17 (5.34, 11.01) | 7.66 (5.97, 9.34) | 11.13 (9.09, 13.16) | 15.80 (13.70, 17.91) | |
| Education | D | 4.79 (1.81, 7.76) | 3.30 (−0.06, 6.66) | 11.49 (4.85, 18.14) | 12.51 (7.94, 17.09) | 13.25 (9.83, 16.67) |
| R | 5.07 (1.63, 8.51) | 4.60 (−0.68, 9.89) | 11.72 (3.74, 19.70) | 6.72 (3.27, 10.17) | 7.24 (4.19, 10.29) | |
| RII | 5.77 (1.24, 10.30) | 8.84 (−0.17, 17.86) | 20.74 (8.05, 33.42) | 10.75 (5.49, 16.02) | 13.71 (9.04, 18.38) | |
| SII | 3.87 (1.91, 5.84) | 6.77 (3.00, 10.54) | 10.92 (8.04, 13.81) | 11.20 (8.46, 13.95) | 16.04 (13.58, 18.49) | |
| Residence | D | 2.37 (1.07, 3.67) | 4.78 (0.14, 9.43) | 5.69 (3.42, 7.95) | 6.42 (4.01, 8.82) | 8.10 (5.68, 10.52) |
| R | 2.40 (1.47, 3.32) | 3.33 (0.63, 6.03) | 3.68 (2.40, 4.97) | 3.03 (2.10, 3.96) | 3.18 (2.36, 3.99) | |
| Region | D | 4.14 (2.35, 5.92) | 9.71 (0.78, 18.64) | 8.46 (0.38, 16.54) | 12.83 (7.21, 18.45) | 16.25(10.02, 22.48) |
| R | 8.31 (−2.49, 19.11) | NA | 19.07 (−12.74, 50.89) | 23.96 (−9.76, 57.69) | 22.19 (−3.99, 48.37) | |
D Difference, R Ratio, RII Relative Index of Inequality, SII Slope Index of Inequality, NA Not applicable