Table 2. Characteristics of all deliveries resulting in live births in the survey recall period, by country.
Country | Survey year | Sample size | Percent among deliveries resulting in live births | Maternal age at delivery: mean (95% CI) | Parity before index delivery: mean (95% CI) | Number live born | Newborn mortality rate per 1,000 live births (<30 days)* | |||||||||
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Women with live births | Live birth deliveries | Singleton | Twins | Triplets and higher | Singleton | Twins | p-Value | Singleton | Twins | p-Value | Singletons | Twins | Singletons | Twins | ||
Kenya | 2014 | 14,949 | 20,672 | 98.59% | 1.43% | 0.00% | 26.5 (26.3–26.6) | 27.7 (26.7–28.7) | <0.001 | 2.2 (2.1–2.2) | 2.5 (2.1–2.9) | <0.001 | 20,380 | 584 | 18.8 | 116.2 |
Malawi | 2015–2016 | 13,448 | 16,951 | 98.04% | 1.99% | 0.01% | 25.9 (25.8–26.1) | 27.6 (26.8–28.4) | <0.001 | 2.2 (2.1–2.2) | 2.6 (2.4–2.9) | <0.001 | 16,618 | 662 | 21.5 | 148.2 |
Mozambique | 2011 | 7,622 | 10,879 | 97.96% | 2.07% | 0.01% | 26.6 (26.3–26.8) | 28.3 (27.2–29.5) | <0.001 | 2.5 (2.4–2.6) | 3.0 (2.6–3.3) | <0.001 | 10,657 | 442 | 26.5 | 143.0 |
Rwanda | 2015 | 5,955 | 7,742 | 98.57% | 1.42% | 0.04% | 28.4 (28.2–28.6) | 29.1 (28.0–30.2) | 0.299 | 2.0 (1.9–2.1) | 1.9 (1.5–2.3) | 0.624 | 7,631 | 216 | 17.8 | 92.6 |
Tanzania | 2015–2016 | 7,050 | 10,048 | 98.18% | 1.83% | 0.02% | 27.0 (26.7–27.2) | 29.8 (28.7–31.0) | <0.001 | 2.5 (2.4–2.6) | 3.2 (2.7–3.6) | 0.021 | 9,865 | 362 | 22.1 | 109.8 |
Uganda | 2016 | 10,262 | 15,266 | 98.34% | 1.68% | 0.01% | 26.4 (26.2–26.6) | 27.3 (26.4–28.2) | 0.013 | 2.7 (2.7–2.8) | 3.0 (2.6–2.5) | 0.026 | 15,012 | 504 | 23.3 | 111.8 |
Zambia | 2013–2014 | 9,350 | 13,244 | 98.41% | 1.59% | 0.02% | 26.7 (26.5–26.9) | 30.1 (29.0–31.2) | <0.001 | 2.7 (2.6–2.8) | 3.7 (3.3–4.1) | <0.001 | 13,034 | 414 | 20.8 | 116.2 |
Zimbabwe | 2015 | 4,832 | 6,027 | 98.27% | 1.74% | 0.02% | 26.5 (26.3–26.7) | 29.3 (28.2–30.5) | <0.001 | 1.8 (1.7–1.9) | 2.3 (1.9–2.6) | 0.005 | 5,923 | 206 | 25.6 | 114.8 |
Multiple births (twins, triplets) are counted as 1 delivery.
*p-Value for difference in newborn mortality between singletons and twins was <0.001 in all included countries.