Table 6.
Inequalities by ethnic group in preventive care and illness in children under two years (source: household survey)
| Indicator | Number of children | Percentage of children | P | |||
| Makonde | Mwera | Yao | Other | |||
| VACCINE COVERAGE & VITAMIN A (in children aged 12–23 months) | ||||||
| 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 |
| MOSQUITO NETS (in children aged 0–23 months) | ||||||
| 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 |
| MALARIA AND ANAEMIA (in children aged 0–23 months) | ||||||
| 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 |
| RECENT ILLNESS AND CARE-SEEKING (in children aged 0–23 months) | ||||||
| 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 |
| NUTRITION | ||||||
| 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 |