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. 2017 Jan 5;7(1):e012321. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012321

Table 2.

Summary of variables by province

Provinces Under-5 mortality rate Under-5 survival rate Health intervention coverage Total funds Medical personnel Nursing personnel Districts
Units Deaths per 1000 live births Per 1000 live births Percentage Millions of Zambian kwacha per 1000 population Medical personnel per 1000 population Nursing personnel per 1000 population Number
Central 109.46 (103.00 to 115.91) 890.54 (884.09 to 897.00) 63.92 (54.41 to 73.42) 12.70 (11.97 to 13.44) 7.75 (5.63 to 9.87) 12.02 (6.53 to 17.51) (6)
Copperbelt 111.07 (106.40 to 115.75) 888.93 (884.25 to 893.6) 81.05 (75.31 to 86.78) 10.27 (7.39 to 13.16) 8.08 (6.36 to 9.80) 16.83 (14.89 to 18.77) (10)
Eastern 126.35 (120.73 to 131.97) 873.65 (868.03 to 879.27) 69.96 (65.41 to 74.50) 14.58 (12.71 to 16.46) 6.64 (4.26 to 9.02) 10.26 (8.26 to 12.27) (8)
Luapula 127.99 (115.62 to 140.36) 872.01 (859.64 to 884.38) 62.18 (57.94 to 66.43) 15.26 (13.94 to 16.57) 5.99 (4.44 to 7.54) 10.11 (7.35 to 12.88) (7)
Lusaka 111.76 (101.84 to 121.69) 888.24 (878.31 to 898.16) 77.00 (71.96 to 82.05) 11.26 (2.56 to 19.96) 7.65 (4.36 to 10.94) 15.59 (3.60 to 27.58) (4)
North-Western 106.64 (101.07 to 112.22) 893.36 (887.78 to 898.93) 61.64 (53.80 to 69.48) 16.52 (14.59 to 18.45) 6.89 (3.77 to 10.00) 15.98 (10.65 to 21.32) (7)
Northern 130.18 (122.62 to 137.75) 869.82 (862.25 to 877.38) 62.52 (58.38 to 66.67) 13.76 (12.57 to 14.96) 3.66 (2.40 to 4.93) 8.82 (6.72 to 10.93) (12)
Southern 101.86 (96.37 to 107.36) 898.14 (892.64 to 903.63) 65.08 (58.06 to 72.10) 12.79 (11.49 to 14.10) 9.27 (7.05 to 11.50) 14.80 (11.66 to 17.94) (11)
Western 110.49 (99.99 to 120.99) 889.51 (879.01 to 900.01) 62.24 (54.07 to 70.42) 15.73 (14.67 to 16.79) 7.73 (5.70 to 9.77) 11.40 (7.80 to 15.01) (7)

Note: 95% CIs in parentheses, these were calculated under the normal distribution assumption.