Table 1. The burden of diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria and related indicators, Kenya, Niger and Nigeria (various years).
| Kenya | Niger | Nigeria | |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births, 2012)a | 49 | 63 | 78 |
| Under 5 mortality rate (per 1000 live births, 2012)a | 73 | 114 | 124 |
| Percent of all deaths among children under 5 due to (2010):b | |||
| Diarrhoea | 15 | 11 | 11 |
| Pneumonia | 22 | 17 | 17 |
| Malaria | 15 | 20 | 20 |
| One-year-old children immunised against (percent, 2010):c | |||
| Measles | 86 | 71 | 71 |
| Hib | 83 | 70 | – |
| DTP3 | 83 | 70 | 69 |
| Infants under age 6 months who are exclusively breastfed (percent, 2006–2010)c | 32 | 27 | 13 |
| Children under age 5 who are (percent, 2006–2010):c | |||
| Underweight (moderate and severe) | 16 | 40 | 23 |
| Stunting (moderate and severe) | 35 | 47 | 41 |
| Population using improved drinking water sources (percent, 2010):d | |||
| Total | 59 | 49 | 58 |
| Urban | 82 | 100 | 74 |
| Rural | 52 | 39 | 43 |
| Population using improved sanitation facilities (percent, 2010):d | |||
| Total | 32 | 9 | 31 |
| Urban | 32 | 34 | 35 |
| Rural | 32 | 4 | 27 |
| Ratio of urban to rural | 1.0 | 8.5 | 1.3 |
| Population using solid fuels as the main cooking fuel (percent, 2010)c | 80 | >95 | 74 |
| Antibiotic treatment for suspected pneumonia among children under 5 (percent, 2007–2012)d | 50 | – | 23 |
| Antimalarial treatment among febrile children under 5 (percent, 2007–2012)d | 23 | – | 49 |
| Treatment with oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding among children under 5 (percent, 2006–2009)c | 43 | 34 | 25 |
| Treatment with ORT and continued feeding among children under 5 by wealth quintile (percent, 2006–2009):c | |||
| Richest 20% | 41 | 46 | 41 |
| Poorest 20% | 49 | 31 | 17 |
| Treatment with ORT and continued feeding among children under 5 by residence (percent, 2006–2009):c | |||
| Urban | 44 | 47 | 34 |
| Rural | 42 | 32 | 22 |
Footnote for table 1 :
a
) UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2013) Levels & trends in child mortality.
Report 2013. New York, UNICEF. 30 p.
b
) Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group.
Child causes of death annual estimates by country, 2000–2010. Unpublished estimates available at http://cherg.org/datasets.html. Accessed 31 May 2013.
c
) UNICEF (2012) Pneumonia and diarrhoea: tackling the deadliest diseases for the world's poorest children.
UNICEF: New York. 77 p.
d
) UNICEF (2013) State of the world's children 2013.
Children with disabilities. UNICEF: New York. 164 p.