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Table 1.

District profiles

	Tanzania (2005 unless stated otherwise)			Kenya (2003 unless stated otherwise)
Indicators	Bunda	Tarime	National average	Malindi	Homa Bay	National average
Total population	260 000^a	492 798^a	280 992^a	369 931^b	312 885^b	472 222^b
Population under 5	56 053^a	107 386^a	57 463^a	65 588	62 585	94 444
Under-5 mortality rate per 1000	166	207	112	187	254	115
Infant mortality rate per 1000	102	123	68	85²	149²	77²
Adult literacy rate (%)	75	71	71	68	69	83
Poverty incidence (%)^c	68	32	36	67	71	52
Health workers per 100 000^d	82	123	162	32	58	57
Health facilities per 10 000 population^e	1.65	1.24	1.40	2.30	2.81	1.50

Notes: ^a2002. ^b2006. ^cPoverty incidence is defined as the percentage of the population falling below the poverty line, which is based on the monthly expenditure required to purchase a basic food basket. ^dMedical officers, clinical officers, nurses. ^eHospitals, health centres and dispensaries.

Sources: National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania] (2002); Central Bureau of Statistics [Kenya] et al. (2004); United Republic of Tanzania (2005); Bunda District Council (2006); Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania (2006); Ministry of Health [Kenya] (2006a); Ministry of Health [Kenya] (2006b); Tarime District Council (2006); UNDP (2006).