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. 2012 Jun 8;41(3):658–666. doi: 10.1093/ije/dys090

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of the Ouagadougou HDSS

Index result
Total resident population* 81 717
Male:female ratio* 100.6
Population density* 5559/km2
Population growth/100 4.1
Crude birth rate/1000 34.7
Crude death rate/1000 4.6
Crude out-migration rate/1000 108.5
Crude in-migration rate/1000 126.5
Crude trans-migration rate/1000a 4.1
Total fertility rate 2.5
Neonatal mortality ratio/1000 live births 3.8
Infant mortality ratio/1000 live births 18.5
Under 5 mortality ratio/1000 live births 48.5
Life expectancy at birth (males) 66.4 years
Life expectancy at birth (females) 76.2 years

All figures are averages for the period January 2009 to December 2011 except those marked with asterisk, which are taken from the third enumeration round with a mid-point date of 23 June 2010.

aThe transmigration rate is the rate of moving residence where the starting residence and the finishing residence are both households within Ouaga HDSS.