Table 1.
Total birth events within health facilities over the study period 2011–2013 by district
| Districts | Number of health facilities* | I/C† | Total births (n) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||
| Chitipa | 9 | I | 7186 | 8308 | 8173 |
| Karonga | 15 | I | 7018 | 6088 | 8240 |
| Kasungu | 21 | I | 14 190 | 14 480 | 17 761 |
| Mzimba | 40 | I | 28 095 | 29 198 | 28 800 |
| Ntcheu | 22 | I | 18 732 | 17 290 | 18 245 |
| Rumphi | 15 | I | 8316 | 7732 | 8191 |
| Nkhotakota | 17 | I | 9940 | 9966 | 10 031 |
| Lilongwe | 54 | I | 53 810 | 55 922 | 55 984 |
| Dedza | 27 | C | 21 627 | 22 685 | 23 501 |
| Dowa | 20 | C | 20 417 | 12 647 | 12 986 |
| Mchinji | 13 | C | 19 373 | 20 486 | 17 512 |
| Nkhata bay | 17 | C | 6193 | 5893 | 6223 |
| Ntchisi | 10 | C | 5855 | 5986 | 6920 |
| Salima | 14 | C | MD | 11 148 | 12 295 |
| Intervention (I) | 147 287 | 148 984 | 155 425 | ||
| Control (C) | 73 465 | 78 845 | 79 437 | ||
*This is the number of health facilities that are included in the data for each of the districts.
†C, control districts; I, intervention districts.
MD, missing data.