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Table 2 Expected births, institutional deliveries and health human resource distributions for 66 health institutions, 2010, Gamo Gofa, south-west Ethiopia

From: Lifesaving emergency obstetric services are inadequate in south-west Ethiopia: a formidable challenge to reducing maternal mortality in Ethiopia

Woreda

Population

No. of institutions

Expected no. of births§

Institutional deliveries

Midwives

Nurses and health officers

Doctors

Maternal deaths

No.

%

No.

Per 100,000 population

No.

Per 100,000 population

 

No.

Melokoza

131,009

5

4,847

102

2.1

2

1.5

20

15.3

0

0

Denba Goffa**

114,309

5

4,230

417

9.9

11

9.6

8

7

1

17

Kucha

162,513

6

6,013

108

1.8

2

1.2

13

8

0

5

Boreda

74,008

4

2,738

30

1.1

5

6.8

22

29.7

0

1

Merab Abaya

81,819

4

3,027

287

9.5

4

4.9

22

26.9

0

5

Arba Minch Zuria*

264,927

7

9,802

1,809

18.5

17

6.4

54

20.4

5

3

Chencha

122,193

5

4,521

409

9

8

6.5

45

36.8

2

6

Dita

91,433

4

3,383

163

4.8

3

3.3

16

17.5

0

7

Daramalo

88,232

2

3,265

54

1.7

3

3.4

3

3.4

0

0

Zala

80,931

5

2,995

58

1.9

3

3.7

36

44.5

0

2

Ubadebretsehay

75,377

3

2,789

37

1.3

2

2.7

15

19.9

0

0

Kemba

169,756

7

6,281

411

6.5

4

2.4

13

7.7

0

3

Bonke

173,240

5

6,410

276

4.3

4

2.3

11

6.3

0

3

Geze Goffa

74,951

3

2,773

56

2

3

4

2

2.7

0

21

Oyida

36,187

1

1,339

14

1

2

5.5

1

2.8

0

6

Gamo Gofa Zone

1,740,885

66

64,413

4,231

6.6

73

4.2

281

16.1

8

79

  1. *Includes Arba Minch Town; **Includes Sawla Town; Available for obstetric care means those who participated in obstetric care.
  2. §Expected number of births = 3.7% (national annual crude birth rate) of the woreda catchment population.