Table 1. Comparison of expected births and deaths (based on endline survey) and reported births and deaths by HEWs, for 12-month validation periods, January, 2012 to March, 2013.
| Annual Periods | Estimated Population of RMM kebeles | Estimated Crude Birth Rate (Endline Survey, per 1,000) | U5MR (Endline Survey, per 1,000) | Births | Under Five Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expected No. Births | No. Births Reported by HEWs | Ratio of Births reported by HEWs to Expected Births (%) | Expected No. of U5 Deaths | No. of U5 deaths reported by HEWs | Ratio of U5 reported by HEWs to Expected U5 deaths (%) | ||||
| JIMMA | |||||||||
| Jan 2012—Dec 2012 | 285559 | 27.2 | 84.6 | 7767 | 2237 | 28.8 | 657 | 124 | 18.9 |
| Apr 2012—Mar 2013 | 285559 | 26.4 | 81.2 | 7539 | 2310 | 30.6 | 612 | 117 | 19.1 |
| WEST HARARGHE | |||||||||
| Jan 2012—Dec 2012 | 223836 | 40.9 | 53.9 | 9155 | 2724 | 29.8 | 493 | 132 | 26.7 |
| Apr 2012—Mar 2013 | 223836 | 40.1 | 54.2 | 8976 | 2652 | 29.5 | 486 | 115 | 23.6 |
| TOTAL | |||||||||
| Jan 2012—Dec 2012 | 509395 | 32.7 | 69.1 | 16657 | 4962 | 29.8 | 1151 | 256 | 22.3 |
| Apr 2012—Mar 2013 | 509395 | 32.0 | 67.4 | 16301 | 4962 | 30.4 | 1099 | 231 | 21.1 |