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. 2015 Oct;21(4):294–302. doi: 10.1179/2049396715Y.0000000007

Table 1.

Characteristics of demographic and health surveys participants and households

Country Survey year Household response rate, % Women response rate, % Neonatal sample size Child sample size Neonatal deaths Child deaths
Americas
Bolivia 2008 98·8 95·9 17 297 16 831 466 623
Dominican Republic 2007 97·0 93·1 19 841 19 463 378 291
Guyana 2009 93·2 90·1 4 214 4 128 86 51
Haiti 2012 99·7 98·7 11 847 11 494 353 628
Honduras 2011–2012 98·3 93·2 19 033 18 734 299 247
Nicaragua 2001 94·5 92·5 13 779 13 544 235 336
Peru 2012 99·0 97·3 18 247 18 013 234 197
Total 104 258 102 207 2 051 2 373
Asia
Cambodia 2010 99·0 97·5 15 362 14 932 430 540
India 2005–2006 97·7 94·5 99 687 96 142 3 545 2 994
Indonesia 2012 99·0 95·9 34 123 33 444 679 775
Maldives 2009 90·3 85·3 6 772 6 672 100 62
Nepal 2006 99·6 98·4 10 969 10 581 388 408
Philippines 2008 99·3 98·3 12 347 12 154 193 246
Timor Leste 2009–2012 98·2 95·2 18 620 18 146 474 804
Total 197 880 192 071 5 809 5 829
North Africa and Europe
Albania 2008–2009 97·9 98·1 3 943 3 907 36 54
Armenia 2010 95·1 97·7 2 707 2 683 24 28
Egypt 2005 98·9 99·5 24 685 24 203 482 567
Jordan 2009 97·3 97·2 17 197 16 957 240 169
Moldova 2005 95·2 95·1 2 915 2 886 29 27
Ukraine 2007 95·1 92·0 2 431 2 403 28 20
Total 53 878 53 039 839 865
Sub-Saharan Africa
Benin 2006 99·1 94·4 26 373 25 495 878 2 161
Burkina Faso 2010 99·2 98·4 26 672 25 862 810 2 426
Burundi 2010 99·1 96·4 13 174 12 745 429 823
Congo (Brazzaville) 2011–2012 99·8 98·0 14 017 13 708 309 716
Congo DR 2007 99·3 96·7 14 738 14 232 506 1 491
Cote d'Ivoire 2011–2012 98·1 92·7 12 067 11 546 521 875
Ethiopia 2011 98·1 95·0 21 503 20 679 824 1 246
Gabon 2012 99·3 98·2 8 775 8 600 175 361
Ghana 2008 98·9 96·5 5 018 4 860 158 238
Guinea 2005 99·2 97·2 11 324 10 719 605 1 311
Kenya 2008–2009 97·7 96·3 10 387 10 072 315 467
Lesotho 2009 97·6 97·9 6 092 5 871 221 357
Malawi 2010 98·1 96·9 34 887 33 893 994 2 385
Mali 2006 98·8 96·6 25 248 23 930 1 318 3 055
Mozambique 2011 99·8 99·1 18 074 17 532 542 1 076
Namibia 2006–2007 97·8 94·7 6 887 6 709 178 349
Niger 2006 97·9 95·6 16 665 16 104 561 2 068
Nigeria 2008 98·3 96·5 49 067 46 979 2 088 5 148
Rwanda 2010 99·8 99·1 16 041 15 612 429 860
Sao Tome 2008–2009 94·2 89·8 3 284 3 230 54 138
Senegal 2010–2011 98·4 92·7 20 218 19 586 632 920
Sierra Leone 2008 97·6 94·0 9 438 8 962 476 1 017
Swaziland 2006–2007 95·2 94·1 4 194 4 097 97 372
Tanzania 2010 98·8 96·4 12 914 12 587 327 642
Uganda 2011 95·3 93·8 12 909 12 527 382 836
Zambia 2007 97·8 96·5 10 290 9 946 344 835
Zimbabwe 2010–2011 96·0 93·3 8 366 8 171 195 364
Total 418 622 404 254 14 368 32 537
World
774 638 751 571 23 067 41 604