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Table 1 Under-five mortality rates and 95% confidence intervals by background characteristics [un-weighted data] (DRC-DHS, 2007)

From: Child mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: cross-sectional evidence of the effect of geographic location and prolonged conflict from a national household survey

Background characteristics

U5M rates

95% CI

Type of place of residence

Low

Upper

Urban

120.4

112.2

129.2

Rural

184.1

176.1

192.5

Sex

   

Male

168.2

159.8

177.1

Female

149.2

141.1

157.7

Preceding birth interval

   

< 24 months

214.3

200.9

228.4

≥ 24 months

133.5

126.1

141.2

Maternal age at birth

   

< 20 years

181.6

166.9

197.4

20–34

148.0

141.1

155.2

≥ 35

183.4

167.0

201.1

Household wealth index

   

Low income household

191.4

180.5

202.9

Intermediate income household

167.3

157.1

178.2

High income household

116.4

107.6

125.9

Maternal education

   

None

194.9

182.4

208.1

Primary

170.8

161.5

180.5

Secondary & higher

113.6

104.8

123.2

Maternal marital status

   

Unmarried mother

170.5

152.4

190.6

Mother in union

157.4

151.2

163.8

Province of residence

   

Kinshasa

94.3

80.7

110.0

Bas Congo

172.6

151.2

196.6

Bandundu

140.3

122.4

160.6

Équateur

162.0

144.3

181.8

Orientale

184.8

162.5

209.7

North Kivu

118.4

101.1

138.4

South Kivu

183.5

163.3

205.8

Maniema

207.8

187.0

230.5

Katanga

157.4

139.4

177.6

Kasaï-Oriental

162.9

145.1

182.7

Kasaï-Occidental

173.6

153.4

196.2

Overall

158.8

152.9

164.9