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Table 1 Distribution of sample characteristics and prevalence of under-five deaths in LMIC by sex, 2010–2018

From: Sex inequality in under-five deaths and associated factors in low and middle-income countries: a Fairlie decomposition analysis

Country

No of Children

Survey year

No of Communities

Male (%)

Under-5 Death per 1000

Overall U5D

Male U5D

Female U5D

Overall

856,987

 

66495

51.4

51

55

48a

Eastern Africa

109,945

 

6298

50.7

52

57

47a

 Burundi

13,192

2011

554

50.5

59

62

55

 Comoros

3,149

2012

252

50.7

42

44

40

 Ethiopia

10,641

2016

643

51.9

55

67

42a

 Kenya

20,964

2014

1593

50.8

44

46

42

 Malawi

17,286

2016

850

50.1

49

55

42a

 Mozambique

11,102

2011

610

50.6

74

79

70

 Rwanda

7,856

2014

492

50.4

39

43

34a

 Tanzania

10,233

2015

608

50.7

53

57

48a

 Uganda

15,522

2016

696

50.4

51

58

44a

Middle Africa

76,790

 

2932

50.5

70

77

64a

 Angola

14,322

2016

625

49.8

51

58

45a

 Cameroon

9,733

2018

429

51.5

62

67

56a

 Chad

18,623

2015

624

51.2

98

108

88a

 Congo

9,329

2012

384

49.6

51

57

46a

 Congo DR

18,716

2014

536

49.7

75

77

72

 Gabon

6,067

2012

334

51.8

53

63

43a

Northern Africa

15,848

 

876

52.7

24

26

22

 Egypt

15,848

2014

876

52.7

24

26

22

Southern Africa

27,823

 

2549

49.9

51

55

46a

 Lesotho

3,138

2014

397

49.5

69

70

69

 Namibia

5,046

2013

537

48.8

45

46

44

 South Africa

3,548

2016

671

52.1

36

42

30

 Zambia

9,959

2018

545

50.2

49

56

42a

 Zimbabwe

6,132

2015

399

49.1

57

63

50a

Western Africa

147,996

 

6099

50.8

81

86

75a

 Benin

13,589

2018

555

51.0

70

78

62a

 Burkina Faso

15,044

2010

573

50.7

89

94

85a

 Cote d’Ivoire

7,776

2013

351

50.3

84

108

60a

 Gambia

8,088

2013

281

50.7

41

41

40

 Ghana

5,884

2014

427

52.2

46

50

43

 Guinea

7,951

2018

401

51.9

87

89

83

 Liberia

7,606

2013

322

51.1

70

70

70

 Mali

9,940

2018

345

50.8

72

74

69

 Niger

12,558

2012

476

50.5

81

84

77

 Nigeria

33,924

2018

1389

50.9

97

100

93a

 Senegal

6,719

2018

214

50.9

40

48

32a

 Sierra Leone

11,938

2013

435

50.0

113

120

107a

 Togo

6,979

2013

330

50.4

63

68

57

Central Asia

10,558

 

682

50.9

28

30

26

 Kyrgyz Rep

4,363

2012

316

51.2

26

23

30

 Tajikistan

6,195

2017

366

50.8

29

35

24a

 South-Eastern Asia

17,716

 

1851

51.5

26

28

24

 Cambodia

7,165

2014

609

50.1

29

31

26

 Philippines

10,551

2017

1242

52.5

24

25

23

Southern Asia

338,925

 

33064

52.0

44

46

41a

 Afghanistan

32,712

2015

956

51.6

47

49

45

 Bangladesh

7,886

2014

600

52.1

41

39

43

 India

259,627

2016

28332

52.2

44

47

41a

 Indonesia

17,848

2017

1967

51.1

27

32

23a

 Maldives

3,106

2016

265

50.9

18

21

15

 Nepal

5,038

2016

383

52.3

34

32

37

 Pakistan

12,708

2018

561

50.2

66

74

58a

Western Asia

28,475

 

2050

51.6

33

36

29a

 Armenia

1,724

2016

306

53.3

5

4

6

 Jordan

10,658

2017

964

51.6

17

19

16

 Yemen

16,093

2013

780

51.4

45

50

40a

Central America

23,328

 

1996

52.1

28

30

26

 Guatemala

12,440

2014

856

51.9

31

34

28

 Honduras

10,888

2011

1140

52.4

25

26

24

South America

21,379

 

4788

50.7

16

17

15

 Colombia

11,759

2015

3386

50.4

15

16

13

 Peru

9,620

2012

1402

51.1

17

19

16

Southern Europe

6,410

 

688

52.1

10

09

10

 Albania

2,762

2018

652

51.1

04

06

02

 Turkey

3,648

2013

36

52.8

14

12

17

Caribbean

22,280

 

1863

51.5

47

51

42a

 Dominican Rep

3,714

2013

518

51.7

29

33

25

 Haiti

6,530

2016

450

50.3

69

74

64

 Myanmar

4,815

2015

440

52.2

44

48

40

 Timor Leste

7,221

2016

455

52.0

37

41

33

Oceania

9,514

 

759

52.5

40

40

40

 Papua NG

9,514

2016

759

52.5

40

40

40

Total

856,987

 

66,495

51.4

51

55

48a

  1. aSignificant at 0.05 in the z-test of equality of proportions