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Table 2 Birth registration, childhood Immunization, and maternal health service indicators in low-income countries (N = 34)

From: A missed opportunity: birth registration coverage is lagging behind Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) immunization coverage and maternal health services utilization in low- and lower middle-income countries

Low-income countries N = 34

Survey data source

World Bank region

Birth registration under 1 year

BCG 12 months

|BCG-BRR|**

≥ ANC1

|ANC > =1-BRR|+

Facility delivery*

|Facility delivery-BRR|++

BCG wealth inequality q5–q1

Birth registration wealth inequality

q5–q1

Afghanistan

MICS 2010–2011

South Asia

38.8

61.3

22.5

73.4

34.6

32.9

5.9

24.9

26.7

Benin

MICS 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa

81.7

89.4

7.7

92.2

10.5

87

5.3

23.3

26.8

Burkina Faso

DHS 2010/MICS

Sub-Saharan Africa

73

96.2

23.2

95.7

22.7

71.6

1.4

15.5

22.4

Burundi

DHS 2010

Sub-Saharan Africa

65

98.8

33.8

98.9

33.9

64.5

.5

25.8

33.2

Central African Republic

MICS 2010

Sub-Saharan Africa

50.6

72.4

21.8

72.8

22.2

52.5

1.9

36.2

38.4

Chad

MICS 2010

Sub-Saharan Africa

12.7

55.2

42.5

25

12.3

23.6

10.9

21.5

51

Comoros

MICS 2000

Sub-Saharan Africa

88

84.6

3.4

  

77.5

10.5

35.1

8.8

DRC

MICS 2010

Sub-Saharan Africa

23

84

61

89.5

66.5

80.4

57.4

25.5

2

Eritrea

2002 DHS

Sub-Saharan Africa

96.3

89.3

7

72.1

 

28.3

68

20.1

 

Ethiopia

DHS 2005

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

65.2

 

33.7

 

11

 

1.7

15

Gambia

MICS 2010

Sub-Saharan Africa

35

98.6

63.6

98.1

63.1

63.3

28.3

 

6.3

Guinea

MICS 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa

45

81.6

36.6

74.6

29.6

57.2

12.2

5.2

35

Guinea-Bissau

MICS 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa

69.6

90.5

20.9

90.9

21.3

44

25.6

9.2

18

Haiti

DHS 2012

Latin America and the Caribbean

57

80.6

23.6

89.6

32.6

38.1

18.9

6.4

20.5

Korea DPR

MICS 2009

East Asia and Pacific

100

  

98.7

1.3

94.7

5.3

  

Liberia

DHS 2007

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

93.3

 

96.2

 

59.4

 

27.1

14.9

Madagascar

MICS 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa

54.3

63.5

9.2

77.1

22.8

25.3

29

28.8

31.5

Malawi

MICS 2013–2014

Sub-Saharan Africa

54.3

96.3

42

96.8

42.5

88.9

34.6

1.1

− 2.8

Mali

MICS 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa

84.6

71.9

12.7

75.5

9.1

64.5

20.1

34.3

25.7

Mozambique

DHS 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa

29

90.3

61.3

90

61.0

57.2

28.2

21.9

17.9

Nepal

MICS 2014

South Asia

28.6

85.7

57.1

85.6

57.0

55.2

26.6

1.1

16.5

Niger

MICS/DHS 2006

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

82.6

 

66

 

33

 

31.8

39.4

Rwanda

DHS 2010

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

98.9

 

98.1

 

90.7

 

2.1

20.9

Senegal

MICS/DHS 2010–2011

Sub-Saharan Africa

94.5

93.7

.8

91.9

 

77.9

16.6

1.4

44

Sierra Leone

MICS 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa

72

93.9

21.9

33

39.0

55

17

1.1

14

Somalia

MICS 2006

Sub-Saharan Africa

72.8

26.8

46

41.3

31.5

30.6

42.2

14.2

6

South Sudan

MICS 2010

Sub-Saharan Africa

3

31.4

28.4

41.4

38.4

11.5

8.5

38.1

35.3

Syria

MICS 2006

Middle East and North Africa

87.2

89.6

2.4

85.3

1.9

70.4

16.8

10.4

34

Tajikistan

DHS 2012

Europe and Central Asia

80

98.3

18.3

79.9

0.1

78

2

2.6

4

Tanzania

DHS 2010

Sub-Saharan Africa

15

94.9

79.9

97.7

82.7

50.2

35.2

.5

51.4

Togo

MICS 2010

Sub-Saharan Africa

72

95.1

23.1

86.7

14.7

74.9

2.9

 

38

Uganda

DHS 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa

25

92.1

67.1

94.3

69.3

59.1

34.1

13.1

17

Yemen

DHS 2013

Middle East and North Africa

 

66.9

 

60.9

 

31

 

48.3

39

Zimbabwe

2010–2011 DHS

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

86.6

 

87.6

 

64.1

 

20.6

39.5

  1. *Delivery within the last 3 years
  2. **Mali, Senegal—the difference is negative
  3. +Eritrea, Korea DPR, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan—the difference is negative
  4. ++Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Korea DPR, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan—the difference is negative