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Assistance at DeliveryThree-quarters of all maternal deaths occur duringdelivery and the immediate post-partum period. Thesingle most critical intervention for safe motherhood is toensure a competent health worker with midwifery skillsis present at every birth, and transport is available to areferral facility for obstetric care in case of emergency.A World Fit for Children goal is to ensure that womenhave ready and affordable access to skilled attendants atdelivery. The indicators are the proportion of births witha skilled attendant and the proportion of institutionalTable RH.9: Assistance during delivery, Serbia, 2010Percent distribution of women age 15–49 who had a live birth in the two yearspreceding the survey by person assisting at delivery and percentage of births delivered by C-sectionMedicaldoctorPerson assisting at deliveryNurse/MidwifeTraditionalbirthattendantRelative/FriendOtherNoattendantTotalDeliveryassisted byany skilledattendant 1PercentdeliveredbyC-section 2Number of womenwho had a live birthin preceding twoyearsRegionBelgrade 93.4 5.9 .4 .0 .4 .0 100.0 99.2 25.0 91Vojvodina 88.1 11.9 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 100.0 19.5 163Sumadija and Western Serbia 98.5 1.5 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 100.0 26.6 144Southern and Eastern Serbia 93.3 6.2 .0 .3 .0 .3 100.0 99.5 28.0 146AreaUrban 90.9 8.9 .1 .0 .0 .1 100.0 99.8 24.0 281Rural 95.5 4.1 .0 .1 .1 .1 100.0 99.6 25.2 262Mother’s age at birthLess than 20 94.9 3.8 1.3 .0 .0 .0 100.0 98.7 33.2 2820–34 92.7 7.0 .0 .1 .1 .1 100.0 99.8 22.4 45635–49 95.3 4.7 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 100.0 37.8 59Place of deliveryPublic sector health facility 93.2 6.7 .0 .0 .1 .0 100.0 99.9 25.0 534Private sector health facility (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 100.0 (*) (*) 8Home (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 100.0 (*) (*) 1EducationPrimary 94.9 4.6 .0 .5 .0 .0 100.0 99.5 17.5 79Secondary 93.1 6.7 .0 .0 .1 .1 100.0 99.8 24.2 307Higher 93.4 6.5 .0 .0 .0 .1 100.0 99.9 30.5 148Wealth index quintilesPoorest 94.6 4.7 .3 .3 .0 .0 100.0 99.3 18.1 112Second 96.1 3.9 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 100.0 23.7 97Middle 92.1 7.8 .0 .0 .0 .2 100.0 99.8 22.8 87Fourth 91.6 8.4 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 100.0 28.7 106Richest 91.7 7.9 .0 .0 .2 .2 100.0 99.6 28.4 141Total 93.1 6.6 .1 .1 .1 .1 100.0 99.7 24.6 5431MICS indicator 5.7; MDG indicator 5.22MICS indicator 5.9(*) Figures that are based on less than 25 unweighted cases132MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2010