Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the Mlomp HDSS

	Period
	1985–89	1990–94	1995–99	2000–04	2005–09	2010–14
Total population under surveillancea	6951	7563	7643	8001	8662	8751
Crude birth rate/1000	24.3	22.9	22.2	22	22.2	22.3
Crude death rate/1000	8.8	11.1	11.5	11.3	8.1	7.7
Net migration rate/1000	6.6	4.7	−8.6	−2.0	2.2	−12.8
Population growth rate/1000b	22.1	16.5	2.1	8.7	16.3	1.8
Neonatal mortality/1000 livebirths	39	22	32	21	27	22
Infant mortality/1000 livebirths	53	63	52	40	42	31
Under-five mortality /per 1000 livebirths	89	135	108	88	60	39
For comparison:
Bandafassi HDSS under-five mortality	274	253	232	192	151	100
Niakhar HDSS under-five mortality	260	190	220	141	74	50
Life expectancy at birth (males) (years)	58	56	67	55	64	66
Life expectancy at birth (females) (years)	70	62	64	63	72	74
For comparison:
Bandafassi HDSS life expectancy (males)	42	46	47	54	57	61
Bandafassi HDSS life expectancy (females)	46	49	50	52	58	63
Niakhar HDSS life expectancy (males)	47	53	48	57	62	67
Niakhar HDSS life expectancy (females)	49	56	54	61	66	71
Total fertility rate (children per woman)	5.3	4.4	3.6	3.2	3.4	3.3
For comparison:
Bandafassi HDSS total fertility rate	6.2	6.5	6.4	6.8	6.3	6.0
Niakhar HDSS total fertility rate	8.0	7.2	6.8	6.8	6.4	6.1

^aAt the end of each period.

^bIncluding migrations.

For sources of the statistics for Bandafassi and Niakhar HDSS, see references 2, 3 and 14.