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Table 4 Variation in indicators of maternal and newborn health by country

From: Health and wealth in Mesoamerica: findings from Salud Mesomérica 2015

Country

Antenatal care

Antenatal care

Skilled birth

Exclusive

(one visit, %)a

(four visits %)a

attendance (%)a

breastfeeding (%)b

Overall

Range across mun.

Range across segments

Overall

Range across mun.

Range across segments

Overall

Range across mun.

Range across segments

Overall

Range across mun.

Range across segments

El Salvador

96.8

93.5 - 100

80.0 - 100

90.0

84.2 - 100

40.0 - 100

85.5

67.5 - 100

20.0 - 100

60.5

0 - 78.0

0 - 100

Guatemala

30.4

7.1 - 71.4

0 - 92.3

25.3

3.8 - 83.3

0 - 90.0

24.7

2.1 - 71.4

0 - 100

79.5

27.5 - 100

0 - 100

Honduras

83.6

48.8 - 100

20.0 - 100

69.6

32.5 - 100

15.4 - 100

81.1

51.3 - 100

16.7 - 100

47.3

0 - 100

0 - 100

Mexico

74.1

27.0 - 100

0 - 100

57.9

10.5 - 90.0

0 - 100

46.3

0 -100

0 - 100

55.3

0 - 100

0 - 100

Nicaragua

95.3

88.7 - 100

57.1 - 100

80.4

73.3 - 91.8

40.8 - 100

89.8

46.5 - 100

37.5 - 100

55.6

0 - 100

0 - 100

Panamac

78.0

71.6 - 80.0

0 - 100

38.1

34.8 - 49.0

0 - 87.0

70.2

49.4 - 76.6

0 - 100

45.3

43.1 - 46.0

0 - 100

  1. Mun. municipalities
  2. aMost recent pregnancy in last two years
  3. bChildren 0–5 months old
  4. cIn Panama, these are provinces, not municipalities