Table 1.

Distribution of demographic and public health data characteristics between control and intervention health districts

	Control	Intervention
	(Djibo)	(Sebba/Dori)
Geo-demographic data
Surface area (km2)	12 273	13871
Total population in 2010	389 839	474846
% of population below the poverty line in 2003	37.2	52.0
Socio-cultural characteristics
Most practiced religion	Islam	Islam
Most represented ethnic group	Peulh	Peulh
Public health data in 2010
Distribution of health system levels	1 DH, 30 CSPS, 1 MC, 3 PHC	1 DH, 1 RH, 29 CSPS, 1 MC
% of institutional deliveries	59.9%	71.2%

Abbreviations: RH, Regional Hospital; DH, District Hospital; CSPS, Health and Social Promotion Centres; MC, military clinic; PC, private health centre.

*Statistical directory 2010 Ministry of Health - General Secretariat, General Direction for Information and Health Statistics in Burkina Faso.