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Table 1 Pooled Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data from 35 sub-Saharan countries, 2006–2016

From: Decomposing the rural-urban gap in the factors of under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from 35 countries

Country

Year

Sample size

Central sub-Saharan

 Sao Tome & Principe

2008/09

1931

 Angola

2015/16

14,322

 Congo

2011/12

9329

 Gabon

2012

6067

 Democratic Republic Congo

2013/14

18,716

 Chad

2014/15

18,623

 Cameroon

2011

11,732

Eastern sub-Saharan

 Burundi

2010

7742

 Madagascar

2008/09

12,448

 Comoros

2012

3149

 Ethiopia

2016

10,641

 Kenya

2014

20,964

 Malawi

2015/16

17,286

 Mozambique

2011

11,102

 Rwanda

2014/15

7856

 Tanzania

2015/16

10,233

 Uganda

2011

7878

 Zambia

2013/14

13,457

 Zimbabwe

2015

6132

Southern sub-Saharan

 Lesotho

2014

3138

 Swaziland

2006/07

2812

 Namibia

2013

5046

Western sub-Saharan

 Nigeria

2013

31,482

 Guinea

2012

7039

 Niger

2012

12,558

 Benin

2012

13,407

 Ghana

2014

5884

 Burkina-Faso

2010

15,044

 Cote d’Ivoire

2011/12

7776

 Liberia

2013

7606

 Mali

2012/13

10,326

 Senegal

2010/11

12,326

 Sierra Leone

2013

11,938

 Togo

2013/14

6979

 Gambia

2013

8088