Regional disparities in child mortality within China 1996–2004: epidemiological profile and health care coverage

Table 1 Current coverage of main cost-effective mother and child health care (MCH) interventions to reduce under-five mortality in China

Intervention^a	Coverage (%)
Intervention^a	Large cities	M&S cities	Rural I	Rural II	Rural III	Rural IV
6-month exclusive breast feeding	31.6	32.6	56.7	61.3	40.4	73.6
Use of antenatal steroid (preterm)	76	69	23	17	13	7
Emergency obstetrical care	95	86	68	54	42	21
Care for preterm/LBW babies	90	82	60	43	34	27
Emergency paediatric care	85	78	53	39	30	15
Antibiotics (for pneumonia)	44	50	67	67	76	64

Data sources: the 2002 National Nutrition and Health Survey (NNHS) and where data were unavailable, the Delphi technique was used
LBW low birth weight, M&S middle-sized and small-sized cities
^aThe 25 interventions were clustered in six groups

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