From: Health and survival of young children in southern Tanzania
Indicator | Number of children | Percentage of children | P | |
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 |  | Under 5 km | 5 km and over |  |
VACCINE COVERAGE & VITAMIN A (in children aged 12–23 months) | ||||
BCG before 12 months of age | 558/619 | 93 | 83 | 0.0001 |
DPT-HepB3 before 12 months of age | 567/619 | 93 | 88 | 0.04 |
OPV3 before 12 months of age | 507/619 | 85 | 76 | 0.02 |
Measles before 12 months of age | 429/619 | 73 | 62 | 0.01 |
Vitamin A in previous 6 months | 433/606 | 73 | 67 | 0.18 |
MOSQUITO NETS (in children aged 0–23 months) | ||||
Slept under a net last night | 362/1,207 | 33 | 25 | 0.05 |
Slept under a treated net last night | 137/1,207 | 12 | 9 | 0.23 |
Slept under a recently-treated net last night | 105/1,207 | 10 | 6 | 0.06 |
MALARIA AND ANAEMIA (in children aged 0–23 months) | ||||
Malaria parasitaemia | 671/1,082 | 60 | 66 | 0.11 |
Severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dL) | 334/1,083 | 29 | 35 | 0.06 |
RECENT ILLNESS AND CARE-SEEKING (in children aged 0–23 months) | ||||
Illness in the last two weeks | 599/1,215 | 49 | 50 | 0.82 |
Sought care from a Western-style health care provider (hospital, health centre, dispensary etc) | 277/599 | 51 | 37 | 0.002 |
Admissions in the previous year | 182/1,219 | 15 | 14 | 0.62 |
NUTRITION | ||||
Exclusive breastfeeding in children under 6 months old | 70/290 | 25 | 23 | 0.69 |
Underweight (weight-for-age z-score under -2) in children 0–23 months old | 324/1,069 | 29 | 32 | 0.31 |