Table 2. Total births and deaths among children aged less than five years according sub groups in four NDHSs from 1996 to 2011.
| Sub group | NDHS1996 |
NDHS 2001 |
NDHS 2006 |
NDHS 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths (%) | Births (%) | Deaths (%) | Births (%) | Deaths (%) | Births (%) | Deaths (%) | Births (%) | |
| Total events | 2489 | 22786 | 2190 | 24878 | 3386 | 25475 | 4089 | 25064 |
| Mother’s education | ||||||||
| Higher | 12 (0.5) | 336 (1.5) | 25 (1.1) | 743 (9.9) | 5 (0.1) | 163 (1.6) | 4 (0.1) | 161 (0.6) |
| Secondary | 113 (4.5) | 2601 (11.4) | 214 (9.8) | 4499 (18.1) | 116 (3.4) | 1942 (7.6) | 84 (2.1) | 1274 (5.1) |
| Primary | 239 (9.6) | 3056 (13.4) | 307 (14.0) | 4211 (16.9) | 242 (7.2) | 2895 (11.4) | 226 (5.5) | 2046 (8.2) |
| No education | 2125 (85.4) | 16793 (73.6) | 1643 (75.1) | 15420 (62.0) | 3023 (89.3) | 20475 (80.4) | 3775 (92.3) | 21583 (86.1) |
| Household wealth index | ||||||||
| Highest | 266 (10.7) | 3901 (17.1) | 254 (11.6) | 4569 (18.4) | 503 (14.8) | 5073 (19.9) | 499 (12.2) | 4671 (18.6) |
| Fourth | 407 (16.4) | 4446 (19.5) | 351 (16.1) | 4516 (18.2) | 595 (17.6) | 4809 (18.9) | 711 (17.3) | 4752 (19.0) |
| Middle | 523 (21.0) | 4323 (19.0) | 410 (18.7) | 4626 (18.6) | 605 (17.9) | 4676 (18.4) | 931 (22.8) | 5081 (20.3) |
| Second | 541 (21.7) | 4629 (20.3) | 478 (21.8) | 4962 (19.9) | 735 (21.7) | 5014 (19.7) | 902 (22.1) | 4802 (19.2) |
| Lowest | 752 (30.2) | 5487 (241.1) | 697 (31.8) | 6205 (25.0) | 948 (28.0) | 5903 (23.2) | 1046 (25.6) | 5758 (23.0) |
| Rural/urban residence | ||||||||
| Urban | 451 (18.1) | 5436 (23.9) | 444 (20.2) | 6136 (24.7) | 318 (9.4) | 3126 (12.3) | 286 (7.0) | 2582 (10.3) |
| Rural | 2038 (81.9) | 17350 (76.1) | 1746 (79.8) | 18742(75.3) | 3068 (90.6) | 22349 (87.7) | 3803 (93.0) | 22482 (89.7) |
| Developmental region | ||||||||
| Eastern | 419 (16.8) | 4906 (21.5) | 393 (17.9) | 5419 (21.8) | 679 (20.0) | 5993 (23.5) | 684 (16.7) | 4907 (19.6) |
| Central | 635 (25.5) | 5906 (25.9) | 481 (22.0) | 5856 (23.5) | 945 (27.9) | 6871 (27.0) | 1113 (27.3) | 7231 (28.9) |
| Western | 407 (16.4) | 4201 (18.4) | 293 (13.4) | 4255 (17.1) | 500 (14.8) | 4391 (17.2) | 672 (16.4) | 4744 (18.9) |
| Mid-western | 547 (22.0) | 3877 (17.0) | 525 (24.0) | 4851 (19.5) | 483 (14.3) | 3401 (13.4) | 847 (20.7) | 4275 (17.1) |
| Far-western | 481 (19.3) | 3896 (17.1) | 498 (22.7) | 4497 (18.1) | 779 (23.0) | 4819 (18.9) | 773 (18.9) | 3907 (15.6) |
| Ecological region | ||||||||
| Terai (plains) | 411 (16.5) | 3168 (13.9) | 455 (20.8) | 4436 (17.8) | 639 (18.9) | 3609 (14.2) | 701 (17.1) | 3262 (13.0) |
| Hill | 838 (33.7) | 8590 (37.7) | 812 (37.1) | 9760 (39.2) | 1075 (31.7) | 9201 (36.1) | 1558 (38.1) | 10539 (42.0) |
| Mountain | 1240 (49.8) | 11028 (48.4) | 923 (42.1) | 10682(42.9) | 1672 (49.4) | 12665 (49.7) | 1830 (44.8) | 11263 (44.9) |