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Inequalities by ethnic group in preventive care and illness in children under two years (source: household survey) |
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| Indicator |
Number of children |
Percentage of children |
P |
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| Makonde |
Mwera |
Yao |
Other |
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| VACCINE COVERAGE & VITAMIN A (in children aged 12–23 months) |
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| BCG before 12 months of age |
644/721 |
92% |
86% |
92% |
89% |
0.19 |
| DPT-HepB3 before 12 months of age |
586/721 |
84% |
79% |
88% |
77% |
0.24 |
| OPV3 before 12 months of age |
654/721 |
90% |
91% |
88% |
90% |
0.96 |
| Measles before 12 months of age |
496/721 |
71% |
67% |
65% |
68% |
0.61 |
| Vitamin A in previous 6 months |
499/707 |
74% |
67% |
68% |
68% |
0.35 |
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| MOSQUITO NETS (in children aged 0–23 months) |
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| Slept under a net last night |
415/1,395 |
28% |
28% |
35% |
39% |
0.07 |
| Slept under a treated net last night |
159/1,395 |
12% |
9% |
10% |
16% |
0.19 |
| Slept under a recently-treated net last night |
125/1,395 |
10% |
7% |
6% |
12% |
0.19 |
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| MALARIA AND ANAEMIA (in children aged 0–23 months) |
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| Malaria parasitaemia |
779/1,249 |
61% |
62% |
65% |
65% |
0.82 |
| Severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dL) |
383/1,251 |
25% |
34% |
37% |
37% |
0.007 |
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| RECENT ILLNESS AND CARE-SEEKING (in children aged 0–23 months) |
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| Illness in the last two weeks |
673/1,404 |
44% |
51% |
58% |
49% |
0.07 |
| Sought care from a Western-style health care provider (hospital, health centre, dispensary etc) |
308/673 |
42% |
47% |
71% |
45% |
0.02 |
| Admissions in the previous year |
226/1,408 |
17% |
15% |
17% |
16% |
0.41 |
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| NUTRITION |
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| Exclusive breastfeeding in children under 6 months old |
78/330 |
30% |
20% |
9% |
21% |
0.11 |
| Underweight (weight-for-age z-score under -2) in children 0–23 months old |
398/1,238 |
29% |
37% |
37% |
27% |
0.04 |
Armstrong Schellenberg et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:194 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-194 |
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