Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)

✦ DISCOVERED BY ORIONAITABLEState of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) ProgramHealthGlobal
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About this dataset

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.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE2022Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW2022Africa Western and Central
ARB2022Arab World
CSS2022Caribbean small states
CEB2022Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR2022Early-demographic dividend
EAS2022East Asia & Pacific
EAP2022East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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