The high burden of infant deaths in rural Burkina Faso: a prospective community-based cohort study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Distribution of facilities, number of live births, infant deaths and infant mortality rates at 6 and 12 months of child age in 24 villages of Banfora Health District (Burkina Faso)

No	Village	Health facility exists	Distance to health facility (km)	Number of live births	Twin births	Number of infant deaths	HIMR^a	IMR^b
No	Village	Health facility exists	Distance to health facility (km)	Number of live births	Twin births	Number of infant deaths	Per 1000	Per 1000
1	Létiéfesso	No	12	42	0	0	0	0
2	Tangora	No	10	41	2	1	0	24
3	Lémouroudougou cité	No	15	16	0	1	62	62
4	Gouindougouba	Yes	0	44	2	3	45	68
5	Lémouroudougou village	No	10	29	2	2	34	69
6	Kirbina	No	5	28	0	2	71	71
7	Boborola	No	8	41	2	3	49	73
8	Gouin-Gouin	No	5	39	0	3	51	77
9	Kossara	No	4	22	0	2	91	91
10	Tatana	No	3	30	0	3	100	100
11	Kouéré	Yes	0	50	6	5	80	100
12	Niamirandougou	No	8	39	2	4	103	102
13	Tiékouna	Yes	0	28	0	3	71	107
14	Noumousso	No	4	28	2	3	107	107
15	Sikanadjo	No	19	18	0	2	111	111
16	Dêgue-Dêgue	No	14	35	0	4	86	114
17	Damana	No	16	42	0	5	48	119
18	Laferma	No	7	32	2	4	125	125
19	Zédougou	No	11	45	4	6	111	133
20	Tiempangora	No	16	35	0	5	57	143
21	Siniéna	Yes	0	86	6	14	93	163
22	Kotou	No	7	32	0	6	156	187
23	Nafona1	Yes	0	36	8	9	250	250
24	Karfiguéla^c	Yes	0	28	2	8	250	286
Mean (SD)^d		-	-	36(13)	-	4 (3)	90 (61)	112(63)

^a1^st half of infancy mortality rate (HIMR, i.e. from 0 to 6 months) is expressed per 1000 live births.
^bInfant mortality rate (IMR) is expressed per 1000 live births.
^cClusters are ranked by increasing order of IMRs, Nafona1 and Karfiguéla located in Banfora subcounty and both with a health facility, had the highest IMRs in this cohort.
^dMean (SD) were obtained from cluster-level summaries of the data by village.

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