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Table 4 Zonal distribution of causes of 1–59 months children deaths (weighted)

From: Causes of deaths in neonates and children aged 1–59 months in Nigeria: verbal autopsy findings of 2019 Verbal and Social Autopsy study

 

Physician Coded Verbal Autopsy

Causes of deaths (%)

P-value

Expert Algorithm Verbal Autopsy

Causes of deaths (%)

P-value

Zone

Diarrhoea (95% CI)

Pneumonia (95% CI)

Malaria (95% CI)

Other (95% CI)

Diarrhoea (95% CI)

Pneumonia (95% CI)

Malaria (95% CI)

Others (95% CI)

North Central

15.3 (11.1 – 20.7)

12.2 (8.4 – 17.1)

24.4 (19.3 – 30.6)

48.0 (41.5 – 54.7)

 

19.1 (14.2 – 24.6)

20.1 (15.3 – 25.9)

36.1 (30.0 – 42.7)

25.0 (19.7- 31.1)

 

North East

21.7 (17.9 – 26.0)

9.1 (6.7 – 12.4)

27.2 (23.0 – 31.7)

41.8 (37.2- 46.9)

 

29.0 (24.7 – 33.5)

11.1 (8.3 – 14.5)

36.1 (31.7 – 41.1)

23.8 (19.9 – 28.2)

 

North West

24.3 (22.0 – 27.0)

9.3 (7.8 – 11.0)

22.0 (19.8 – 24.5)

44.3 (41.6 – 47.1)

 

30.0 (27.5 – 32.6)

10.9 (9.3 – 12.8)

34.1 (31.5 – 36.8)

25.0 (22.6 – 27.5)

 

South East

12.4 (7.7 – 20.2)

12.4 (7.4 – 19.7)

13.3 (8.1 – 20.8)

61.9 (52.5 – 70.3)

 

25.9 (18.6 – 34.7)

16.2 (10.5 – 24.2)

36.3 (27.9 – 45.4)

21.8 (15.1 – 30.3)

 

South South

15 .0 (9.4 – 23.7)

8 .0 (3.9 – 15.0)

18.0 (11.6 – 26.7)

59.0 (49.1 – 68.3)

 

15.4 (9.5 – 23.9)

14.2 (8.6 – 22.6)

35.4 (26.7 – 45.3)

35.0 (26.3 – 44.8)

 

South West

11.4 (6.2 – 20.7)

13.9 (8.0 – 23.5)

26.6 (18.0 – 37.3)

48.1 (37.1 – 58.7)

 < 0.00001

17.7 (10.9 – 27.8)

9.0 (4.4 – 17.6)

48.7 (37.9 – 59.6)

25.3 (16.3 – 35.1)

 < 0.0001

  1. CI Confidence Interval; “Other” include severe anaemia (without a specific cause), sickle cell anaemia, haemorrhagic fever, and unexplained sudden death