Effects of bed nets and anti-malaria drugs use on childhood mortality in Kenya’s malaria endemic and epidemic areas

Table 2 Infant and under-five mortality rates for malaria intervention measures in Kenya’s malaria prone areas

Intervention measure	Highland epidemic		Coast endemic		Lake endemic		All
	Mortality rates per thousand live births
	IMR	U5MR	IMR	U5MR	IMR	U5MR	IMR	U5MR
Bed nets use by children
Higher (>60%)	47	104	51	62	64	118	58	97
Lower (<= 60%)	24	36	67	67	77	126	49	75
Prompt treatment with anti-malaria drugs for children with fever
Higher (>45%)	16	34	44	49	63	101	55	79
Lower (<= 45%)	34	72	62	73	72	141	60	103
Anti-malaria drugs use during pregnancy for prevention
Higher (>44%)	36	72	67	79	63	112	55	87
Lower (<= 44%)	43	88	38	42	82	144	52	89
Malaria prone area	30	53	54	63	69	121	54	88

Key: IMR is Infant Mortality Rate; and, U5MR is Under-five Mortality Rate.
Note: Cut point values for the categorical variables are discussed in section on Methods.

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