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. 2012 Sep 5;12:739. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-739

Table 2.

Distribution of facilities, number of live births, infant deaths and infant mortality rates at 6 and 12 months of child age in 24 villages of Banfora Health District (Burkina Faso)

No Village Health facility exists Distance to health facility (km) Number of live births Twin births Number of infant deaths HIMRa
 IMRb
Per 1000 Per 1000
1
 Létiéfesso
 No
 12
 42
 0
 0
 0
 0
2
 Tangora
 No
 10
 41
 2
 1
 0
 24
3
 Lémouroudougou cité
 No
 15
 16
 0
 1
 62
 62
4
 Gouindougouba
 Yes
 0
 44
 2
 3
 45
 68
5
 Lémouroudougou village
 No
 10
 29
 2
 2
 34
 69
6
 Kirbina
 No
 5
 28
 0
 2
 71
 71
7
 Boborola
 No
 8
 41
 2
 3
 49
 73
8
 Gouin-Gouin
 No
 5
 39
 0
 3
 51
 77
9
 Kossara
 No
 4
 22
 0
 2
 91
 91
10
 Tatana
 No
 3
 30
 0
 3
 100
 100
11
 Kouéré
 Yes
 0
 50
 6
 5
 80
 100
12
 Niamirandougou
 No
 8
 39
 2
 4
 103
 102
13
 Tiékouna
 Yes
 0
 28
 0
 3
 71
 107
14
 Noumousso
 No
 4
 28
 2
 3
 107
 107
15
 Sikanadjo
 No
 19
 18
 0
 2
 111
 111
16
 Dêgue-Dêgue
 No
 14
 35
 0
 4
 86
 114
17
 Damana
 No
 16
 42
 0
 5
 48
 119
18
 Laferma
 No
 7
 32
 2
 4
 125
 125
19
 Zédougou
 No
 11
 45
 4
 6
 111
 133
20
 Tiempangora
 No
 16
 35
 0
 5
 57
 143
21
 Siniéna
 Yes
 0
 86
 6
 14
 93
 163
22
 Kotou
 No
 7
 32
 0
 6
 156
 187
23
 Nafona1
 Yes
 0
 36
 8
 9
 250
 250
24
 Karfiguélac
 Yes
 0
 28
 2
 8
 250
 286
Mean (SD)d   - - 36(13) - 4 (3) 90 (61) 112(63)

a1st half of infancy mortality rate (HIMR, i.e. from 0 to 6 months) is expressed per 1000 live births.

bInfant mortality rate (IMR) is expressed per 1000 live births.

cClusters are ranked by increasing order of IMRs, Nafona1 and Karfiguéla located in Banfora subcounty and both with a health facility, had the highest IMRs in this cohort.

dMean (SD) were obtained from cluster-level summaries of the data by village.