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Table 3 Birth registration, childhood immunization, and maternal health service indicators in lower middle-income countries (N = 38)

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

Lower middle-income countries N = 38

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

Bangladesh

MICS 2012–2013

South Asia

9

97.8

88.8

47.7

38.7

16

7

3.3

17

Bhutan

2010 MICS

East Asia and Pacific

100

  

97.4

2.6

63.1

36.9

 

0

Bolivia

DHS 2008

Latin America and the Caribbean

47

98.4

51.4

90.1

43.1

69.3

22.3

20.7

22.4

Cambodia

DHS 2010

East Asia and Pacific

50

95.9

45.9

90.5

40.5

87

37

.8

30

Cameroon

MICS 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa

56

91.2

35.2

82.4

26.4

61.3

5.3

18.2

60.8

Cote d'Ivoire

MICS 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa

59

78.3

19.3

93.3

34.3

69.8

10.8

31.7

46

Djibouti

MICS 2006

Middle East and North Africa

23

87.5

64.5

  

87.4

64.4

  

Egypt

MICS 2013–2014

Middle East and North Africa

96

91.1

5.0

90.7

5.3

82.1

13.9

 

1

El Salvador

MICS 2014

Latin America and the Caribbean

98.1

97.7

.4

96.5

1.6

97.5

.6

.2

 

Eswatini

2014 MICS

Sub-Saharan Africa

41

97

56

94.9

53.9

75.1

34.1

 

34

Ghana

MICS 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa

45

96.6

51.6

96.7

51.7

75.3

30.3

5.2

35

Honduras

DHS 2011–2012

Latin America and the Caribbean

77

98.4

21.4

96.6

19.6

84.7

7.7

23.4

3.6

India

NFHS 2005–2006

South Asia

39

75.6

36.6

76.3

37.3

40.8

1.8

31.4

48.5

Indonesia

DHS 2012

East Asia and Pacific

59

88.6

29.6

96.3

37.3

66.8

7.8

18.9

47.4

Kenya

2014 DHS

Sub-Saharan Africa

64

95.9

31.9

95.7

31.7

61.2

2.9

5.6

36.6

Kosovo

MICS 2013–2014

Europe and Central Asia

84.1

98.7

14.6

97.8

13.7

99

14.9

1.6

12.1

Kyrgyz Republic

2014 MICS

Europe and Central Asia

 

99.6

 

98.4

 

98.3

 

1.2

− .1

Lao PDR

MICS 2017

East Asia and Pacific

60.1

81.5

21.4

54.2

5.9

64.5

4.4

20.9

26.9

Lesotho

2009 DHS

Sub-Saharan Africa

59.6

97.6

38

89.3

29.7

79

19.4

35.5

28.6

Mauritania

MICS 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa

84.6

83.2

1.4

80.6

4.0

69.3

15.3

13.9

51

Moldova

MICS 2012

Europe and Central Asia

45

97.8

52.8

98.8

53.8

98.9

53.9

− 4.9

1

Mongolia

MICS 2013

East Asia and Pacific

98

97.9

.1

98.7

0.7

98.5

.5

1.2

.6

Morocco

DHS 2003–2004

Middle East and North Africa

 

97.8

 

38.3

 

63.1

 

24.6

 

Myanmar

MICS 2009–2010

East Asia and Pacific

70.2

97.2

27

93.1

22.9

36.2

34

.3

45.5

Nicaragua

DHS 2001

Latin America and the Caribbean

 

94.8

 

85.3

 

69.3

 

23.8

 

Nigeria

MICS 2016–2017

Sub-Saharan Africa

37

52.8

15.8

65.8

28.8

37.5

.5

63.9

64

Pakistan

DHS 2006–2007

South Asia

 

83.2

 

65.2

 

52.7

 

.8

66.4

Philippines

2010 Census

East Asia and Pacific

88

94.8

6.8

95.9

7.9

66.2

21.8

1.3

 

R-Congo

DHS 2011–2012

Sub-Saharan Africa

88

93.3

5.3

92.2

4.2

91.8

3.9

10.7

19

Sao Tome and Principe

2014 MICS

Sub-Saharan Africa

51

95.2

44.2

97.5

46.5

91

40

− 2.2

11.1

Sudan

MICS 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa

62

78.5

16.5

74.3

12.3

27.7

34.3

26.6

60.9

Timor-Leste

DHS 2009–2010

East Asia and Pacific

30

76.6

46.6

86.7

56.7

23.8

6.2

 

51.4

Tunisia

MICS 2011–2012

Middle East and North Africa

98.1

98.1

0

97

1.1

98.5

.4

.6

38

Ukraine

MICS 2012

Europe and Central Asia

98.8

94.5

4.3

98.6

0.2

99.6

.8

4.0

17

Uzbekistan

2006 MICS

Europe and Central Asia

99.9

99.2

.7

99

0.9

97.3

2.6

0

− .9

Vanuatu

MICS 2007–2008

East Asia and Pacific

22.8

79.1

56.3

98.1

75.3

79.8

57

− 12.8

.1

Vietnam

2014 MICS

East Asia and Pacific

88.1

98

9.9

87.1

1.0

78.5

9.6

10.4

27.6

Zambia

DHS 2013–2014

Sub-Saharan Africa

2.5

94.1

91.6

98.2

95.7

67.4

64.9

5.1

9.3

  1. *Delivery within the last 3 years
  2. **Egypt, El Salvador, Mongolia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan—the difference is negative
  3. +Bhutan, Egypt, El Salvador, Lao PDR, Mauritania, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam—the difference is negative
  4. ++Bhutan, Egypt, El Salvador, Kenya, Mauritania, Myanmar, Philippines, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Uzbekistan, Vietnam—the difference is negative