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. 2019 Jun 14;19:760. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7111-8

Table 5.

Infant mortality (0–11 months)

Sex of the child Place of residence Mother’s education Household wealth
Female Urban Primary+ Richest
n G mean(y) mean b c %Gini mean b c %Gini mean b c %Gini mean b c %Gini
Angola 2015–16 3514 −.047 −3.61 .49 −.31 −.31 28 .58 −.20 −.32 22 .38 −.06 −.42 6 .32 −.35 −.66 44
Benin 2011–12 3168 −.033 − 3.61 .47 −.21 −.24 19 .41 .12 −.20 0 .17 −.23 −.75 23 .34 −.35 −.63 58
Burkina Faso 2010 3824 −.035 −3.26 .49 −.12 −.27 13 .16 −.01 −.69 1 .07 −.24 −.84 13 .32 −.38 −.68 73
Burundi 2016–17 3079 −.027 − 3.51 .48 −.08 −.20 9 .10 .32 .18 6 .26 −.30 −.69 59 .33 −.18 −.42 26
Cameroon 2011 3037 −.030 −3.31 .49 −.09 −.13 6 .42 −.13 −.47 25 .46 −.23 −.53 55 .32 −.08 −.56 14
Chad 2014–15 4669 −.031 −3.11 .47 −.20 −.39 37 .21 .05 .08 1 .17 −.41 −.83 61 .33 .02 .13 1
Comoros 2012 758 −.051 −3.72 .50 −.12 −.19 6 .26 −.59 −.72 57 .35 −.36 −.49 33 .36 .32 .06 4
Congo 2011–12 2306 −.037 −3.75 .50 −.45 −.50 81 .61 .18 .08 7 .72 .04 .08 2 .33 −.21 −.21 10
Cote d’Ivoire 2011–12 2130 −.059 −3.22 .47 −.64 −.54 85 .36 −.09 −.01 0 .18 −.26 −.45 11 .34 .16 .13 4
DRCongo 2013–14 4813 −.018 −3.34 .50 −.07 −.25 13 .30 .08 −.33 0 .49 −.02 −.25 3 .33 −.26 −.67 84
Ethiopia 2016 2539 −.062 −3.48 .48 −.71 −.52 83 .12 −.18 −.12 1 .11 −.46 −.43 11 .35 .21 .16 6
Gabon 2012 1561 −.041 −3.75 .47 −.26 −.36 30 .84 .03 −.02 0 .75 −.45 −.24 52 .33 −.23 −.36 18
Gambia 2013 2077 −.036 −3.83 .51 −.15 −.20 11 .46 .30 .36 37 .32 −.43 −.33 33 .31 .18 .44 18
Ghana 2014 1447 −.022 −3.62 .47 −.08 −.29 13 .45 −.06 .04 0 .59 −.28 −.32 64 .32 .27 .22 23
Guinea 2012 1877 −.047 −3.23 .47 −.10 −.24 7 .26 .02 −.53 0 .13 −.60 −.87 43 .32 −.38 −.62 49
Kenya 2014 4637 −.025 −3.62 .49 −.21 −.32 36 .36 .29 .50 55 .61 −.17 −.08 9 .33 −.05 .17 0
Lesotho 2014 875 −.055 −3.38 .52 −.39 −.34 37 .25 −.04 −.05 0 .80 −.71 −.18 55 .30 .33 .15 8
Liberia 2013 1988 −.019 −3.47 .47 .12 .30 25 .49 .11 .09 7 .32 −.23 −.60 65 .31 .07 .09 3
Malawi 2015–16 3882 −.018 −3.54 .47 −.22 −.53 83 .14 .12 .43 11 .30 −.01 −.11 0 .33 −.11 −.12 6
Mali 2012–13 2608 −.047 −3.33 .48 −.29 −.29 26 .19 −.08 −.70 7 .10 −.16 −.62 6 .33 −.44 −.66 61
Mozambique 2011 2915 −.020 −3.3 .48 −.14 −.37 37 .28 .00 −.22 0 .17 −.29 −.83 63 .33 .02 −.07 0
Namibia 2013 1247 −.020 −3.73 .50 −.11 −.22 16 .45 −.20 −.38 44 .78 −.21 −.18 40 .29 .16 −.03 0
Niger 2012 3116 −.022 −3.46 .48 −.08 −.42 22 .12 −.52 −.88 74 .06 −.07 −.62 3 .32 .02 −.07 0
Nigeria 2013 8262 −.044 − 3.2 .50 −.24 −.22 19 .34 −.14 −.50 17 .45 −.30 −.53 51 .32 −.10 −.58 14
Rwanda 2014–15 1859 −.032 −3.9 .50 −.32 −.40 52 .17 .02 −.29 0 .36 −.15 −.40 17 .34 −.23 −.49 31
Senegal 2010–11 3076 −.031 −3.54 .47 −.19 −.31 25 .36 −.28 −.64 58 .11 −.10 −.51 5 .31 −.08 −.50 12
Sierra Leone 2013 3315 −.015 −2.93 .49 −.03 −.15 4 .26 .07 .19 7 .25 −.20 −.75 84 .34 .03 .20 4
Tanzania 2015–16 2393 −.034 −3.53 .48 −.20 −.33 27 .28 .36 .72 60 .68 .11 .14 9 .34 .03 .50 4
Togo 2013–14 1657 −.033 −3.47 .47 −.16 −.30 19 .34 −.14 −.07 3 .31 −.43 −.69 78 .32 .20 −.03 0
Uganda 2016 3663 −.039 −3.58 .49 −.31 −.37 41 .19 −.04 −.15 1 .42 −.42 −.45 57 .33 .26 .02 1
Zambia 2013–14 3057 −.021 −3.51 .47 −.22 −.53 73 .34 .00 .02 0 .51 −.15 −.26 27 .34 .06 .00 0
Zimbabwe 2015 1411 −.024 −3.36 .49 −.19 −.43 36 .27 .35 −.34 0 .85 −.14 −.09 10 .29 −.43 −.49 54

G: Gini index; mean(y): mean of the predicted (ln) death rates; mean: mean of the dummy variable (coded 0/1), corresponds to the proportion of the factor in the country; b: regression coefficient from a multivariate Poisson model (in bold if significant); %Gini: relative factor’s contribution calculated with the regression-based decomposition of the Gini indexh; A few negative contributions were restricted to 0