Comparison of Lives Saved Tool model child mortality estimates against measured data from vector control studies in sub-Saharan Africa

Table 1 Characteristics of Studies included in validation analysis

Country	Study Area	Years	Study Design	Intervention	Relative Risk cited by the studies (95% CI)
The Gambia [9]	The Gambia	1991-92	Community randomized control trial	ITNs	0.95^a (0.71 – 1.28) 0.55^b (0.30 – 1.01)
Burkina Faso [10]	Oubritenga	1994-96	Community randomized control trial	Insecticide treated curtains	0.85^c (0.70 – 1.04)
Tanzania [11]	Kilombero and Ulanga	1997-99	Observational	ITNs	0.84^d (0.70 – 1.00)
Kenya [12]	Bondo, Greater Kisii, Kwale and Makueni	2004-06	Observational	ITNs	0.58^e (0.35 – 0.98)

a: Measured all-cause mortality in children aged 1-2 years comparing intervention to controls
b: Measured all-cause mortality in children aged 3-4 years comparing intervention to controls
c: Measured all-cause mortality in children aged 6-59 months comparing intervention to controls
d: Measured all-cause mortality in children aged 0-5 years comparing 1999 to 1997
e: Measured all-cause mortality in children aged 1-59 months comparing exposed to unexposed
CI: Confidence interval

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