Table 1.
Weigheda mean prevalence of place of birth and early initiation of breastfeeding for 73 countries with available household surveysb from 2010–2019.
| All countries | Low income | Lower-middle income | Upper-middle income | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | |
| Place of birth | ||||||||
| Home vaginal delivery | 24.5 | (23.0; 25.9) | 38.3 | (35.5; 41.2) | 25.4 | (24.2; 26.7) | 6.3 | (5.4; 7.5) |
| Institutional vaginal delivery | 55.2 | (53.5; 57.0) | 56.7 | (53.9; 59.5) | 54.5 | (53.2; 55.8) | 57.6 | (54.5; 60.6) |
| C-section public facilities | 9.4 | (8.5; 10.4) | 3.7 | (3.0; 4.6) | 7.2 | (6.6; 7.9) | 25.7 | (23.2; 28.2) |
| C-section private facilities | 10.9 | (10.1; 11.9) | 1.2 | (0.9; 1.8) | 12.9 | (12.1; 13.7) | 10.4 | (8.7; 12.5) |
| Early initiation of breastfeeding | ||||||||
| Home vaginal delivery | 45.8 | (40.8; 50.4) | 53.7 | (49.8; 57.6) | 42.4 | (39.9; 45.0) | 55.2 | (37.0; 70.5) |
| Institutional vaginal delivery | 52.5 | (50.3; 54.7) | 62.1 | (59.1; 65.0) | 48.7 | (46.9; 50.5) | 62.1 | (58.3; 65.7) |
| C-section public facilities | 31.8 | (27.3; 37.0) | 27.1 | (18.9; 37.7) | 31.5 | (27.8; 35.7) | 37.9 | (32.9; 43.2) |
| C-section private facilities | 28.2 | (21.6; 38.1) | 29.0 | (14.6; 50.9) | 27.4 | (23.2; 33.2) | 31.4 | (20.1; 50.5) |
| N of countries | 73 | 25 | 28 | 20 | ||||
aWeighed for national population of women of reproductive age (15–49 years); source: World Bank, 2020.
bMultiple Indicator Cluster Survey, Demographic Health Survey and National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ecuador).
C-section cesarean section; CI confidence interval.