Table 2 Availability of health facilities providing PNC within three distance bands of rural household clusters in Malawi, Malawi SPA 2013–14 & Malawi DHS 2015–16
Total | Regions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northern | Central | Southern | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Women who have no health facilities | ||||||||
within 5 km*** | 6088 | 31.5% | 1205 | 32.5% | 2450 | 37.2% | 2433 | 27.0% |
within 10 km*** | 463 | 2.4% | 267 | 7.2% | 113 | 1.7% | 83 | 0.9% |
within 15 km*** | 83 | 0.4% | 54 | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 29 | 0.3% |
Women who have health facilities providing PNC | ||||||||
within 5 km*** | 11,719 | 60.7% | 2289 | 61.8% | 3395 | 51.6% | 6035 | 66.9% |
between 5 km and 10 km (but none within 5 km)*** | 6743 | 34.9% | 1061 | 28.6% | 2882 | 43.8% | 2800 | 31.0% |
within 10 km*** | 18,462 | 95.6% | 3350 | 90.4% | 6277 | 95.4% | 8835 | 97.9% |
Type of facility providing PNC within 5 km | ||||||||
Clinic-level facilities*** | 1064 | 5.5% | 179 | 4.8% | 275 | 4.2% | 610 | 6.8% |
Health centers*** | 8955 | 46.4% | 1261 | 34.0% | 2675 | 40.6% | 5019 | 55.6% |
Hospitals*** | 3334 | 17.3% | 1005 | 27.1% | 809 | 12.3% | 1520 | 16.8% |
Type of facility providing PNC between 5 km and 10 km | ||||||||
Clinic-level facilities*** | 3364 | 17.4% | 298 | 8.0% | 786 | 11.9% | 2280 | 25.3% |
Health centers*** | 13,510 | 70.0% | 1611 | 43.5% | 4491 | 68.2% | 7408 | 82.1% |
Hospitals*** | 4662 | 24.1% | 668 | 18.0% | 1454 | 22.1% | 2540 | 28.1% |
Type of facility providing PNC between 10 km and 15 km | ||||||||
Clinic-level facilities*** | 4016 | 20.8% | 543 | 14.7% | 859 | 13.1% | 2614 | 29.0% |
Health centers*** | 15,707 | 81.3% | 2344 | 63.3% | 5591 | 84.9% | 7772 | 86.1% |
Hospitals*** | 6758 | 35.0% | 992 | 26.8% | 2098 | 31.9% | 3668 | 40.6% |