Table 3.
District | 2008 Population | Normalised asset indices | Population weighted by asset indices | Population weighted by Stunting | Proportion of population weighted by asset indices (%) | Proportion of population weighted by stunting (%) |
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Balaka | 316,748 | 1.194 | 378,083 | 361,093 | 1.94 | 2.31 |
Blantyre | 999,491 | 2.616 | 2,614,947 | 1,162,408 | 13.41 | 7.44 |
Chikwawa | 438,895 | 1.416 | 621,280 | 513,946 | 3.19 | 3.29 |
Chiradzulu | 290,946 | 1.328 | 386,520 | 341,862 | 1.98 | 2.19 |
Chitipa | 179,072 | 1.101 | 197,101 | 204,858 | 1.01 | 1.31 |
Dedza | 623,789 | 1.021 | 636,917 | 799,074 | 3.27 | 5.11 |
Dowa | 556,678 | 1.242 | 691,347 | 668,014 | 3.55 | 4.27 |
Karonga | 272,789 | 1.479 | 403,586 | 304,978 | 2.07 | 1.95 |
Kasungu | 616,085 | 1.210 | 745,753 | 732,525 | 3.83 | 4.69 |
Lilongwe | 1,897,167 | 1.996 | 3,787,212 | 2,325,927 | 19.43 | 14.88 |
Machinga | 488,996 | 1.095 | 535,673 | 628,849 | 2.75 | 4.02 |
Mangochi | 803,602 | 1.255 | 1,008,684 | 963,519 | 5.17 | 6.16 |
Mchinji | 456,558 | 1.199 | 547,441 | 594,895 | 2.81 | 3.81 |
Mulanje | 525,429 | 1.447 | 760,077 | 634,718 | 3.90 | 4.06 |
Mwanza | 94,476 | 1.240 | 117,167 | 109,970 | 0.60 | 0.70 |
Mzimba | 853,305 | 1.731 | 1,477,107 | 1,013,726 | 7.58 | 6.49 |
Nkhata Bay | 213,779 | 1.371 | 293,108 | 247,129 | 1.50 | 1.58 |
Nkhotakota | 301,868 | 1.413 | 426,476 | 365,864 | 2.19 | 2.34 |
Nsanje | 238,089 | 1.235 | 294,010 | 269,993 | 1.51 | 1.73 |
Ntcheu | 474,464 | 1.115 | 529,115 | 581,693 | 2.71 | 3.72 |
Ntchisi | 224,098 | 1.000 | 224,098 | 289,086 | 1.15 | 1.85 |
Phalombe | 313,227 | 1.111 | 347,884 | 386,209 | 1.78 | 2.47 |
Rumphi | 169,112 | 1.432 | 242,232 | 189,067 | 1.24 | 1.21 |
Salima | 340,327 | 1.518 | 516,700 | 385,250 | 2.65 | 2.46 |
Thyolo | 587,455 | 1.329 | 780,533 | 721,395 | 4.00 | 4.61 |
Zomba | 670,533 | 1.391 | 932,631 | 835,484 | 4.78 | 5.34 |