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Health > Reproductive health Stats: compare key data on South Africa & Zimbabwe

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  • Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total: Births attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to care for newborns."
  • Lifetime risk of maternal death > 1 in > Rate varies by country: Life time risk of maternal death is the probability that a 15-year-old female will die eventually from a maternal cause assuming that current levels of fertility and mortality (including maternal mortality) do not change in the future, taking into account competing causes of death. "
  • Maternal mortality ratio > Modeled estimate > Per 100,000 live births: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth, per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on fertility, birth attendants, and HIV prevalence."
  • Pregnant women receiving prenatal care: Pregnant women receiving prenatal care are the percentage of women attended at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel for reasons related to pregnancy.
  • Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49: Unmet need for contraception is the percentage of fertile, married women of reproductive age who do not want to become pregnant and are not using contraception."
  • Use of birth control > Women over 15: Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception. It is usually measured for married women ages 15-49 only."
  • Wanted fertility rate > Births per woman: Wanted fertility rate is an estimate of what the total fertility rate would be if all unwanted births were avoided.
STAT South Africa Zimbabwe HISTORY
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total 91.2%
Ranked 39th. 51% more than Zimbabwe
60.2%
Ranked 7th.

Lifetime risk of maternal death > 1 in > Rate varies by country 100
Ranked 118th. 2 times more than Zimbabwe
42
Ranked 138th.
Maternal mortality ratio > Modeled estimate > Per 100,000 live births 410
Ranked 33th.
790
Ranked 12th. 93% more than South Africa

Pregnant women receiving prenatal care 91.9%
Ranked 10th.
93.4%
Ranked 12th. 2% more than South Africa

Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49 15%
Ranked 2nd. 17% more than Zimbabwe
12.8%
Ranked 5th.
Use of birth control > Women over 15 59.9
Ranked 5th.
64.9
Ranked 3rd. 8% more than South Africa

Wanted fertility rate > Births per woman 2.3
Ranked 2nd.
3.3
Ranked 2nd. 43% more than South Africa

SOURCES: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International.; Maternal Mortality: Estimates Developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank; Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990-2008. Estimates Developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank.; Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys by UNICEF.; Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International.

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