Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q5 in Cameroon
Cameroon: Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q5 was 98.8% in 2014. ▲ Rising
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q5 in Cameroon, 1991–2014
Source: Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators (HEFPI) database, World Bank. Measured in highest.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 98.8% for births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q5 in 2014. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q5 in Cameroon peaked at 98.8% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 89.2%, in 1998.
That places Cameroon 11th out of 33 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q5 in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | highest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 96.3% | — |
| 1998 | 89.2% | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 95.6% | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 95.5% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 98.5% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 98.8% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.7% | 89.2% | 96.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 95.5% | 95.5% | 95.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 98.7% | 98.5% | 98.8% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q5 in Cameroon?
- Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q5 in Cameroon was 98.8% in 2014, according to Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators (HEFPI) database, World Bank.
- What is the highest births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q5 recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 98.8% in 2014.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q5 recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.2% in 1998.
- How does Cameroon rank for births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q5?
- Cameroon ranks 11th out of 33 countries with data for 2014.
- Is births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q5 rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators (HEFPI) database, World Bank, published as part of Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q5 (highest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of most recent births in last 2 years attended by any skilled health personnel (women age 18-49 at the time of the survey). Definition of skilled varies by country and survey but always includes doctor, nurse, midwife and auxiliary midwife).