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. 2017 Sep 4;2(3):e000424. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000424

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the study

(A) Context of study countries
GDP per capita Health spending per capita Physicians/100 000 people Under-5 mortality/1000 births Maternal mortality/100 000 births
Haiti $820 $61 25 69 359
Kenya $1246 $78 20 49 510
Malawi $255 $29 2 64 634
Namibia $5693 $499 37 45 265
Rwanda $638 $52 6 42 290
Senegal $1067 $50 6 47 315
Tanzania $695 $52 3 49 398
Uganda $572 $52 12 55 343
(B) Descriptive statistics of the data set
Sample sizes
Population survey Health system survey Regions
Year Recently pregnant women* Women with contra­ceptive need† Recently ill children<5 Year Facilities sampled ANC visits observed Family planning visits observed Sick-child care visits observed
Haiti 2012 3002 6683 3080 2013 905‡ 1620 1302 2442 11
Kenya 2008–2009 2410 3867 1955 2010 695 1409 1010 2016 8
Malawi 2013§ 7500 11 765 9811 2013 977‡ 2068 1499 3329 27
Namibia 2013 1706 5500 1598 2009 411‡ 859 983 1544 13
Rwanda 2010 3292 5423 2105 2007 538‡ 722 678 1709 5
Senegal 2012–2014 5436 5558 3291 2013–2014 890¶ 1211 968 2519 4
Tanzania 2016 4273 5999 2447 2015 1188 4007 1746 4961 30
Uganda 2006 3331 3685 4050 2007 491 779 208 1037 5

Maternal mortality: 2014, modelled; health spending per capita: 2014. Source: Global Development Indicators.

*Women 15–49 who gave birth in the 2 years before the survey.

†Women 15–49 married or in a union who wish to space or limit childbearing.

‡Census or near census of health system.

§Multiple indicator cluster survey.

¶First 2 years of 5-year continuous health system survey.

ANC, antenatal care; GDP, gross domestic product.