Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of Nanoro HDSS for children under-5, 2009–2013
| Travel time to inpatient health facilities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [0–20)min | [20–40)min | [40–60)min | 60 + min | |
| Number of deaths | 142 | 255 | 124 | 94 |
| Number of children | 7039 | 10,266 | 3950 | 2596 |
| Household size | 6 (3,11)a | 7 (4,14)a | 7 (4,13)a | 9 (4,14)a |
| Number of outpatient health facilities | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Ratio of female to male children | 0.96 | 0.99 | 1.04 | 1.01 |
| Mother’s age at birth in year | 27.1 (22.3,33)a | 27.2 (22.4,32.7)a | 27.2 (22.4,32.7)a | 27.2 (22.4,32.5)a |
| Maternal education status (%)b | ||||
| Some primary | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Some secondary | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Some tertiary | 0.3 | – | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| No formal education | 75 | 88 | 90 | 89 |
| Don’t know / Underage | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Religion (%)c | ||||
| Muslim | 33 | 28 | 43 | 40 |
| Catholic | 39 | 31 | 33 | 39 |
| Protestan | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Animist | 16 | 32 | 16 | 14 |
| Unknown | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Polygamy/Monogamy (%)c | ||||
| Monogamy | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Polygamy | 19 | 23 | 23 | 26 |
| Unknown | 67 | 66 | 64 | 63 |
| Ethnicity (%)c | ||||
| Mossi | 82 | 78 | 90 | 87 |
| Peulh | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Gourounsi | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| Unknown | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Multiple birth status (%)b | ||||
| Singleton | 95 | 97 | 95 | 96 |
| Twin/Triplet/Quadruplet | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
aMedian and interquartile range
bChildren born after the establishment of HDSS
cCharacteristics of mothers of children under-5