Demographic and Health Surveys: caesarean section rates in sub-Saharan Africa

Participants, methods, and results We analysed Demographic and Health Surveys performed at two different times in eight sub-Saharan African countries-Burkina Faso (1992 and 1999), Cameroon (1991 and 1998), Ghana (1993 and 1998), Kenya (1993 and 1998), Madagascar (1992 and 1997), Niger (1992 and 1998...

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Published inBMJ Vol. 326; no. 7381; p. 136
Main Authors Buekens, Pierre, Curtis, Siân, Alayón, Silvia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 18.01.2003
British Medical Association
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
BMJ Publishing Group
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
EditionInternational edition
Subjects
Africa South of the Sahara
Age Distribution
Biological and medical sciences
Cesarean section
Cesarean Section - statistics & numerical data
Demography
Female
Health care delivery
Health care facilities
Health Care Surveys
Health Services Accessibility - standards
Health surveys
Humans
Logistic regression
Maternal Health Services - standards
Medical sciences
Odds Ratio
Parity
Polls & surveys
Pregnancy
Regression Analysis
Residence Characteristics
Rural Health - statistics & numerical data
Statistics
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the genital tract and mammary gland
Urban Health - statistics & numerical data
Vivipary
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Availability
Human
Demography
Questionnaire
Indication
Surgery
Trend
Female
Decision criterion
Cesarean section
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Summary:Participants, methods, and results We analysed Demographic and Health Surveys performed at two different times in eight sub-Saharan African countries-Burkina Faso (1992 and 1999), Cameroon (1991 and 1998), Ghana (1993 and 1998), Kenya (1993 and 1998), Madagascar (1992 and 1997), Niger (1992 and 1998), Tanzania (1992 and 1996), and Zambia (1992 and 1996).'
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Correspondence to: P Buekens
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Contributors: PB and SC contributed to the conception and design of the study. PB, SC, and SA participated in the analysis and the interpretation of the data. PB took the lead role in writing the paper. SC and SA contributed to writing and revising the paper. PB and SC are guarantors.
Correspondence to: P Buekens Pierre_Buekens@unc.edu
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
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DOI:10.1136/bmj.326.7381.136