Table 1.
Demographic and Health Surveys of women and orphans used in this study
|
Women |
Orphans |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of women | Women-years | Deaths | Number of children | Orphans | |
| Angola (2015) | 21 532 | 291 164 | 879 | 37 234 | 2740 |
| Benin (1996) | 8862 | 47 771 | 162 | 13 339 | 896 |
| Benin (2001) | .. | .. | .. | 14 391 | 941 |
| Benin (2011) | .. | .. | .. | 42 712 | 2233 |
| Burkina Faso (1992) | .. | .. | .. | 15 860 | 1309 |
| Burkina Faso (1998) | 10 097 | 72 461 | 346 | .. | .. |
| Burkina Faso (2003) | 20 772 | 201 928 | 876 | 28 629 | 2125 |
| Burkina Faso (2010) | 31 667 | 396 787 | 1585 | 39 786 | 1993 |
| Burundi (2010) | 17 746 | 208 814 | 1259 | 19 303 | 2111 |
| Burundi (2016) | 34 245 | 472 449 | 2068 | 37 151 | 2915 |
| Cameroon (1991) | .. | .. | .. | 9 460 | 651 |
| Cameroon (2004) | 20 839 | 212 266 | 1133 | 22 523 | 2052 |
| Cameroon (2011) | 31 113 | 402 150 | 2269 | 32 143 | 2715 |
| Central African Republic (1994) | 9 726 | 39 336 | 336 | 12 484 | 1368 |
| Chad (2014) | 34 461 | 464 594 | 1904 | 53 832 | 3515 |
| Comoros (2012) | 10 852 | 142 247 | 204 | 9 684 | 407 |
| Côte d'Ivoire (1994) | 13 576 | 50 484 | 239 | 17 558 | 1118 |
| Côte d'Ivoire (2011) | 20 538 | 273 551 | 1522 | 22 267 | 1711 |
| DR Congo (2007) | 19 390 | 227 984 | 1277 | 22 606 | 1902 |
| DR Congo (2013) | 35 934 | 480 599 | 2430 | 48 553 | 3962 |
| Egypt (2000) | .. | .. | .. | 33 569 | 1607 |
| Egypt (2005) | .. | .. | .. | 38 190 | 1556 |
| Egypt (2008) | .. | .. | .. | 31 125 | 1152 |
| Egypt (2014) | .. | .. | .. | 41 270 | 1232 |
| Ethiopia (2000) | 25 235 | 203 408 | 1438 | 29 298 | 3683 |
| Ethiopia (2005) | 24 168 | 256 428 | 1638 | 30 109 | 3176 |
| Ethiopia (2011) | 29 624 | 371 824 | 2062 | 34 830 | 2967 |
| Ethiopia (2016) | 28 242 | 397 649 | 1517 | 33 977 | 2463 |
| Gabon (2012) | 17 362 | 241 115 | 963 | 16 682 | 870 |
| Ghana (1993) | .. | .. | .. | 10 426 | 746 |
| Ghana (1998) | .. | .. | .. | 9 697 | 610 |
| Ghana (2003) | .. | .. | .. | 11 684 | 788 |
| Ghana (2008) | .. | .. | .. | 18 945 | 1301 |
| Ghana (2014) | .. | .. | .. | 18 241 | 1352 |
| Guinea (1999) | 9994 | 76 386 | 265 | 15 828 | 1310 |
| Guinea (2005) | 12 616 | 142 235 | 702 | 18 164 | 1350 |
| Guinea (2012) | 14 577 | 191 455 | 879 | 21 424 | 1815 |
| Kenya (2003) | 18 879 | 188 357 | 978 | 16 158 | 1804 |
| Kenya (2008) | 18 167 | 229 134 | 1056 | .. | .. |
| Kenya (2014) | 32 969 | 483 942 | 1898 | 68 662 | 6381 |
| Lesotho (2004) | 11 744 | 121 620 | 995 | 14 805 | 3857 |
| Lesotho (2009) | 12 340 | 152 442 | 1439 | 15 701 | 3941 |
| Lesotho (2014) | 10 246 | 142 168 | 1397 | 13 929 | 3276 |
| Liberia (2006) | 11 978 | 145 134 | 596 | 16 061 | 1094 |
| Liberia (2013) | 17 789 | 256 074 | 1063 | 22 498 | 1460 |
| Madagascar (1997) | 14 910 | 91 625 | 430 | 15 169 | 1236 |
| Madagascar (2008) | 37 142 | 477 215 | 1811 | 38 728 | 2493 |
| Malawi (2000) | 23 320 | 184 584 | 1830 | 29 271 | 3484 |
| Malawi (2004) | 20 429 | 205 829 | 1958 | 29 197 | 3859 |
| Malawi (2010) | 43 695 | 542 480 | 4646 | 58 033 | 6361 |
| Malawi (2015) | 44 317 | 605 876 | 3489 | 56 697 | 5722 |
| Mali (1995) | 15 245 | 78 597 | 336 | 24 003 | 1464 |
| Mali (2001) | 21 114 | 185 894 | 901 | 32 075 | 1773 |
| Mali (2006) | 24 750 | 272 565 | 1146 | 35 200 | 1901 |
| Mali (2012) | 15 266 | 198 127 | 454 | 29 157 | 1210 |
| Morocco (2003) | 38 297 | 404 758 | 470 | .. | .. |
| Mozambique (2009) | .. | .. | .. | 12 601 | 1506 |
| Mozambique (2011) | 21 871 | 289 476 | 1389 | 29 157 | 3435 |
| Mozambique (2015) | .. | .. | .. | 15 884 | 1766 |
| Namibia (2000) | 13 673 | 113 193 | 441 | 12 291 | 1294 |
| Namibia (2006) | 20 323 | 243 375 | 1685 | 16 211 | 2399 |
| Namibia (2013) | 17 836 | 255 737 | 1443 | 15 516 | 1808 |
| Niger (1992) | 10 213 | 20 011 | 65 | 16 033 | 1145 |
| Niger (1998) | .. | .. | .. | 17 378 | 1078 |
| Nigeria (2003) | .. | .. | .. | 14 961 | 1052 |
| Nigeria (2008) | 59 626 | 711 633 | 2837 | 69 511 | 3718 |
| Nigeria (2013) | 73 172 | 1 028 093 | 3071 | 79 345 | 4201 |
| Rwanda (2005) | 23 594 | 243 898 | 3143 | 21 857 | 3866 |
| Rwanda (2010) | 28 518 | 357 719 | 2951 | 24 899 | 2630 |
| Rwanda (2014) | 27 445 | 389 486 | 2310 | 23 466 | 1789 |
| Senegal (1992) | 9 906 | 26 070 | 72 | 14 565 | 933 |
| Senegal (2005) | 28 064 | 303 257 | 801 | 30 679 | 2278 |
| Senegal (2010) | 28 259 | 358 549 | 984 | 34 754 | 2109 |
| Sierra Leone (2008) | 10 063 | 124 151 | 572 | 19 528 | 2064 |
| Sierra Leone (2013) | 24 794 | 332 614 | 1617 | 34 148 | 3070 |
| eSwatini (2006) | 9362 | 104 431 | 1021 | 9339 | 1912 |
| Tanzania (1999) | .. | .. | .. | 8586 | 719 |
| Tanzania (2003) | .. | .. | .. | 15 302 | 1381 |
| Tanzania (2007) | .. | .. | .. | 20 647 | 1695 |
| Tanzania (2009) | 21 314 | 282 937 | 1113 | 23 061 | 1710 |
| Tanzania (2011) | .. | .. | .. | 25 209 | 1952 |
| Tanzania (2015) | 27 199 | 396 173 | 1652 | 29 612 | 2008 |
| Togo (1998) | 15 669 | 108 458 | 370 | 20 880 | 1962 |
| Togo (2013) | 18 365 | 267 016 | 1019 | 21 487 | 1765 |
| Uganda (2000) | 14 939 | 124 784 | 1090 | 18 584 | 2551 |
| Uganda (2006) | 17 919 | 198 520 | 1656 | 23 439 | 3187 |
| Uganda (2011) | 18 143 | 228 375 | 1543 | 38 176 | 4021 |
| Uganda (2016) | 38 194 | 517 914 | 2704 | 44 343 | 3596 |
| Zambia (2007) | 14 821 | 171 740 | 1888 | 17 241 | 2244 |
| Zambia (2013) | 34 510 | 474 234 | 3950 | 40 554 | 4107 |
| Zimbabwe (1999) | 12 346 | 92 967 | 674 | 12 218 | 1743 |
| Zimbabwe (2005) | 18 383 | 199 166 | 1940 | 18 586 | 4045 |
| Zimbabwe (2010) | 17 299 | 227 314 | 1982 | 17 518 | 3349 |
| Zimbabwe (2015) | 17 767 | 263 590 | 2182 | 18 157 | 2230 |
| Total | 1 629 352 | 19 286 387 | 103 011 | 2 354 041 | 204 276 |
All data are aggregated from Demographic and Health Surveys (94 surveys) done in 35 African countries between 1991 and 2016. Women's mortality data are extracted from sibling survival modules and orphan data from the household census modules.