title: Maternal, delivery, and postnatal care
unit_of_measure: Percent of births
linearized_input: Maternal, delivery, and postnatal care | Percent of births | (Received professional antenatal care, 93) (Received 1 or 2 tetanus toxoid injections, 83) (Delivered in a health facility, 44) (Received professional delivery assistance, 36) (Received postnatal care within 2 days of birth, 52)
table_text: Forty-four percent of the newborns in Tanzania are delivered in a health facility, a steady decline since 1991-1992 (53 percent) and 1996 (47 percent). There are also important differences based on the mother's residence and the level of education. A majority (83 percent) of women from urban areas deliver in a health facility, as opposed to only 35 percent of rural women. Women with no education (24 percent) are much less likely to deliver in a health facility than women who completed their primary schooling (51 percent) or women who have secondary or higher education (79 percent). The place of delivery influences the type of assistance a woman gets during delivery. For instance, three out of four urban women receive assistance during delivery from a doctor, a nurse or a midwife, compared to only one out of four rural women. Overall, relatives and friends (29 percent) provide the most assistance during delivery, followed by nurses or midwives (28 percent) and trained birth attendants (11 percent). The proportion of births assisted by trained medical personnel has been declining since 1991-1992 (from 44 percent to 36 percent in 1999).
target: Forty-four percent of the newborns in Tanzania are delivered in a health facility, a steady decline since 1991-1992 (53 percent) and 1996 (47 percent).