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. 2020 Jul 10;20:490. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05207-z

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for Bangladeshi districts

Variable N Meana SD Min Max Missing Nationalb
N %
Population 64 2,488,828 2,039,092 449,100 14,386,878 0 0.0 159,284,969
Case notification 64 3219 3291 455 23,686 0 0.0 205,985
Case notification rate 64 124 33 50 187 0 0.0 129
Healthcare access
 Facility density (per 100,000 population) 64 0.9 0.9 0.3 5.6 0 0.0 0.7
 Under-five mortality rate (per 1000 live births) 64c 46 9 35 67 0 0.0 N/A
 Vaccination coverage (%) 64 87.2 3.8 76.4 94.5 0 0.0 N/A
Socioeconomic status
 Poverty headcount ratio (%) 64 32.3 12.1 3.6 63.7 0 0.0 N/A
 Literacy rate (%) 64 54.7 7.8 37.5 73.7 0 0.0 N/A
TB programme efforts
 Bacteriologically confirmed (%) 64 74.1 7.3 56.9 89.1 0 0.0 72.5
 Test positivity rate (%) 64 6.3 1.4 3.3 10.7 0 0.0 6.5
 Test rate (per 100,000 population) 64 1199 352 569 2015 0 0.0 1145
 Treatment success rate (%) 64 94.4 2.3 87.1 99.2 0 0.0 94.5
Demography
 Stunting (%) 64 41.2 7.0 27.7 55.9 0 0.0 N/A
 Sex ratio (male: female) 64 99.2 4.8 90.2 119.3 0 0.0 N/A
 Population density (per km2) 64 1108 1038 86 8111 0 0.0
 Elderly population (%) 64 7.8 1.3 4.8 11.3 0 0.0 N/A
 Migrant population (%)c 64 0.06 0.06 0.01 0.39 0 0.0 N/A

aUnweighted mean of districts. bWeighted national average. cData were available on the first administrative level only

N/A National average could not be calculated due to lack of denominator