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. 2011 Aug;73(3):436–446. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.042
Country Child’s age in completed years
Total cases
0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00
Burkina Faso 12.5 44.9 45.0 46.8 39.2 2967
Cameroon 11.6 41.7 34.2 34.2 33.1 3241
DR Congo 13.3 33.9 38.7 44.9 51.9 3363
Ethiopia 17.0 51.2 50.2 51.5 53.0 4122
Ghana 11.0 33.3 30.9 32.5 31.2 3295
Guinea 9.3 38.1 44.0 40.8 40.4 2608
Kenya 12.4 40.2 37.1 29.9 29.1 2435
Lesotho 15.5 43.6 35.8 40.4 38.3 1480
Liberia 11.9 37.3 35.0 39.4 40.7 4216
Malawi 23.4 56.0 49.6 52.9 52.3 2269
Mali 10.5 46.0 39.2 35.4 30.3 3650
Niger 16.4 59.2 60.5 60.6 52.1 3708
Rwanda 16.8 55.0 50.5 52.1 51.4 3657
Senegal 6.0 19.7 16.0 20.4 16.4 2844
Sierra Leone 12.1 34.4 41.4 36.3 36.9 2060
Swaziland 10.0 35.9 27.3 17.5 20.4 1942
Zambia 17.1 49.1 40.7 40.2 42.0 4256
Zimbabwe 12.2 36.7 27.5 30.9 25.7 3636
Total 13.3 42.8 40.1 40.6 39.1 55749