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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 21.5 52.1 49.1 37.5 29.2 2967
Cameroon 8.8 29.0 20.3 15.5 17.2 3241
DR Congo 12.0 32.8 32.5 29.4 34.9 3363
Ethiopia 14.6 46.4 41.5 41.2 41.5 4122
Ghana 12.6 28.9 24.5 20.3 15.6 3295
Guinea 10.8 33.3 33.9 25.1 23.5 2608
Kenya 8.4 28.0 23.9 20.5 18.4 2435
Lesotho 5.0 20.7 24.1 18.5 24.6 1480
Liberia 13.2 30.4 25.8 19.6 19.4 4216
Malawi 13.6 28.1 26.5 19.4 19.8 2269
Mali 14.4 45.4 38.6 29.3 23.4 3650
Niger 18.5 57.9 53.5 49.0 40.1 3708
Rwanda 11.4 35.7 27.0 17.9 18.7 3657
Senegal 7.0 21.6 19.8 17.4 17.1 2844
Sierra Leone 10.1 29.7 27.4 26.4 29.0 2060
Swaziland 3.4 11.6 7.2 4.0 5.0 1942
Zambia 8.3 28.5 20.7 16.5 16.5 4256
Zimbabwe 6.9 20.4 19.4 15.8 13.0 3636
Total 11.6 33.6 29.9 25.1 23.5 55749