Table 1.
Key health indicators of the counties included in the study
Selected key indicators | National | Kitui county | Machakos county | Makueni county | Nairobi county | Nakuru county | Narok county |
Literacy rate of women aged 15–49 years | 87.8% | 91.7% | 95.3% | 96.9% | 96.5% | 94% | 94% |
Delivery with skilled attendants | 61.8% | 46.2% | 63.4% | 54.6% | 89.1% | 69.5% | 40.3% |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 58% | 57.3% | 75.9% | 80.3% | 62.6% | 56.8% | 47.8% |
All basic immunisation coverage aged 12–23 months’ old | 79% | 69.3% | 93.4% | 92% | 81.2% | 79.2% | 66.4% |
Source, KDHS (2014).