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compared with that of 1995. According to
the Second Sampling Survey on Chinese Women's Social Status,
by 2001 94.8 percent of women under 35 years old in cities
and towns who had given birth to a first child had had a prenatal
check-up, 14.8 percent higher than that of women above 35
years old. For rural women, the percentage was 76.0 percent,
28.9 percent higher than that of rural women above 35. The
rate of hospital delivery for the first baby by women under
35 years old in cities and towns was 87.6 percent, 14.2 percent
higher than that by women above 35. As to rural women, the
rate was 47.1 percent, 22.7 percent higher than that by women
above 35.
Co-operative
Projects on Rural Women and Child Healthcare
Though remarkable progress has been made on women
and child healthcare and reproductive health services, in
rural areas, especially in the western countryside, women
still have limited access to healthcare services. Among every
100 pregnant women under 35 years old, 24 have never had any
prenatal check-up, a figure 18.8 percent higher than urban women
in the same age group. Furthermore, in western regions, among
every 100 pregnant women under 35 years old, 36 have never
had any prenatal check-up, 21 percent higher than women in
the same age group in eastern areas. About half of rural women
have never had gynaecological examinations.
To improve rural women and children's healthcare services,
especially of those in western regions, concerned governmental
departments have actively raised funds to support the development
of rural women
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