Table 2.
Proportional distribution of characteristics of the study population and vital events (births and deaths), and the proportion of events in that category reported by the community surveillance agents
| Characteristics | Categories | Births | Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment sample (%) | Reported by CSAs (%) | n * | Assessment sample (%) | Reported by CSAs (%) | n * | ||
| Status of the birth | Born alive | 98.2 | 53.6 | 16,124 | – | – | – |
| Born dead (stillbirth) | 1.8 | 48.8 | 297 | – | – | – | |
| Age of deceased, years | < 1 | – | – | – | 14.1 | 43.8 | 543 |
| 1–4 | – | – | – | 13.7 | 41.0 | 530 | |
| 5–14 | – | – | – | 7.4 | 42.0 | 286 | |
| 15–49 | – | – | – | 30.7 | 42.2 | 1,196 | |
| ≥ 50 | – | – | – | 31.8 | 49.4 | 1,224 | |
| Sex of baby/deceased | Female | 49.8 | 54.4 | 8,029 | 45.0 | 44.0 | 1,740 |
| Male | 50.2 | 52.8 | 8,075 | 55.0 | 45.2 | 2,125 | |
| Relationship to head of household | Head or partner | – | – | – | 29.7 | 51.7 | 1,150 |
| Biological child | 70.5 | 57.0 | 11,545 | 39.3 | 44.4 | 1,519 | |
| Grandchild/close family | 29.5 | 44.9 | 4,579 | 31.0 | 38.2 | 1,198 | |
| Year of event | 2018 | 27.7 | 58.9 | 4,556 | 23.5 | 43.9 | 907 |
| 2019 | 72.3 | 51.4 | 11,865 | 76.5 | 44.9 | 2,960 | |
| Sex of the head of household | Female | 21.6 | 51.0 | 3,479 | 34.8 | 47.4 | 1,347 |
| Male | 78.2 | 54.4 | 12,602 | 62.7 | 43.0 | 2,424 | |
| Age group of head of household, years | < 30 | 27.4 | 57.2 | 4,437 | 14.0 | 45.8 | 542 |
| 30–49 | 50.6 | 55.0 | 8,152 | 41.1 | 43.0 | 1,590 | |
| ≥ 50 | 20.9 | 45.5 | 3,370 | 40.9 | 45.7 | 1,581 | |
| Household has a phone | Yes | 47.2 | 54.4 | 7,596 | 52.5 | 44.0 | 2,031 |
| No | 52.8 | 52.9 | 8,528 | 47.5 | 45.3 | 1,836 | |
| Household structure (age/sex distribution) (age in years) | One-third < 15 | 18.7 | 50.1 | 2,963 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 1,606 |
| One-third 15–49 | 31.9 | 54.4 | 5,175 | 37.7 | 46.4 | 1,456 | |
| One-third ≥ 50 | 99.2 | 53.7 | 15,993 | 84.9 | 43.9 | 3,282 | |
| One-third female, 15–49 | 99.2 | 53.7 | 16,002 | 97.6 | 44.9 | 3,775 | |
| Household size, n | < 5 | 20.4 | 57.7 | 3,272 | 23.6 | 45.7 | 914 |
| 5–7 | 43.7 | 54.8 | 7,065 | 40.6 | 44.8 | 1,571 | |
| ≥ 8 | 35.8 | 49.9 | 5,787 | 35.7 | 43.7 | 1,382 | |
| Household deaths, n | 1 | 99.1 | 53.6 | 15,988 | 82.8 | 45.4 | 3,201 |
| ≥ 2 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 136 | 17.2 | 41.0 | 666 | |
| Household births, n | 1 | 88.6 | 54.3 | 14,277 | 96.6 | 44.6 | 3,734 |
| ≥ 2 | 11.4 | 48.5 | 1,847 | 3.4 | 44.4 | 133 | |
| Cluster size (no. of households) | < 200 | 25.9 | 60.4 | 4,175 | 21.4 | 53.9 | 828 |
| 200–299 | 48.1 | 54.0 | 7,762 | 49.2 | 44.8 | 1,901 | |
| ≥ 300 | 26.0 | 46.1 | 4,187 | 29.4 | 37.7 | 1,138 | |
| Cluster size (no. of people) | < 1,000 | 27.0 | 59.2 | 4,344 | 22.2 | 54.1 | 860 |
| 1,000–1,499 | 44.3 | 54.2 | 7,160 | 44.1 | 45.2 | 1,705 | |
| ≥ 1,500 | 28.7 | 47.5 | 4,620 | 33.7 | 37.7 | 1,302 | |
| Cluster deaths, n | < 10 | 33.8 | 56.5 | 5,467 | 18.0 | 48.3 | 696 |
| 10–19 | 43.2 | 55.8 | 6,974 | 47.7 | 50.2 | 1,846 | |
| ≥ 20 | 23.0 | 45.2 | 3,683 | 34.3 | 35.0 | 1,325 | |
| Cluster births, n | < 30 | 10.9 | 54.8 | 1,794 | 18.0 | 48.3 | 696 |
| 30–59 | 43.7 | 55.6 | 6,995 | 47.7 | 50.2 | 1,846 | |
| ≥60 | 45.4 | 51.4 | 7,335 | 34.3 | 35.0 | 1,325 | |
| Cluster residence area | Urban | 28.2 | 46.8 | 4,543 | 35.9 | 37.8 | 1,388 |
| Rural | 71.8 | 56.3 | 11,581 | 64.1 | 48.5 | 2,479 | |
| Province of residence | Niassa | 6.1 | 55.0 | 978 | 4.3 | 27.3 | 165 |
| Cabo Delgado | 9.1 | 46.0 | 1,458 | 10.1 | 33.7 | 389 | |
| Nampula | 6.2 | 57.2 | 999 | 7.2 | 41.6 | 279 | |
| Zambezia | 17.1 | 45.0 | 2,757 | 15.5 | 42.5 | 600 | |
| Tete | 20.0 | 57.4 | 3,241 | 12.3 | 52.0 | 477 | |
| Manica | 11.7 | 67.2 | 1,878 | 10.8 | 54.7 | 417 | |
| Sofala | 5.3 | 60.1 | 846 | 7.0 | 31.0 | 271 | |
| Inhambane | 7.2 | 54.7 | 1,160 | 9.9 | 45.8 | 384 | |
| Gaza | 6.8 | 52.2 | 1,090 | 8.0 | 59.9 | 309 | |
| Maputo Provincia | 5.4 | 50.9 | 877 | 7.2 | 42.8 | 278 | |
| Maputo Cidade | 5.2 | 40.7 | 840 | 7.7 | 46.6 | 298 | |
| Phase of implementation | First Phase (March 2018) | 57.7 | 52.1 | 9,301 | 52.1 | 41.4 | 2,016 |
| Second Phase (October 2018) | 42.3 | 55.6 | 6,823 | 47.9 | 48.2 | 1,851 | |
| Total | Percent | 100.0 | 53.5 | 100 | 100.0 | 44.6 | 100 |
| n * | 16,421 | 8,787 | 16,421 | 3,867 | 1,726 | 3,867 | |
*
Total number of births or deaths reported in the assessment dataset.
Source: COMSA, 2021.