Table 1

Facility births in Bangladesh from 1997 to 2017

Place	Births in health facilities (%)			Annual increase in facility births (%)
	1997	2007	2017	1997–2017	1997–2007	2007–2017
Total Bangladesh	5	17	49	2.20	1.20	3.20
Urban	23	49	63	2.00	2.60	1.40
Rural	2	23	45	2.15	2.10	2.2
	Urban–rural gap in facility births (%)
	21	26	18

Data sources: Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 1996–97; 2007 and 2017–18.