Table 2.
Neonatal mortality rate across socioeconomic and geographic subpopulations in Guinea: Evidence from Guinea DHSs (1999–2012)
| Dimension of Inequality | Subgroup | 1999 | 2005 | 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate (95% UI) | Popn | Estimate (95% UI) | Popn | Estimate (95% UI) | Popn | |||
| Economic status | Quintile 1 (poorest) | 56.1 (47.1–66.7) | 2941 | 60.0 (48.9–73.3) | 3238 | 49.0 (39.8–60.1) | 3190 | |
| Quintile 2 | 57.9 (47.2–70.9) | 2529 | 60.9 (51.9–71.3) | 2851 | 37.1 (28.7–47.7) | 3125 | ||
| Quintile 3 | 54.1 (44.8–65.1) | 2369 | 61.3 (51.8–72.3) | 2820 | 40.5 (33.2–49.5) | 2949 | ||
| Quintile 4 | 48.6 (39.8–59.3) | 2304 | 46.6 (38.2–56.8) | 2469 | 40.4 (30.4–53.5) | 2642 | ||
| Quintile 5 (richest) | 38.5 (30.2–48.9) | 1944 | 38.2 (27.3–53.2) | 1957 | 31.7 (22.7–44.3) | 2017 | ||
| Education | No education | 54.6 (49.1–60.6) | 10,516 | 55.7 (50.4–61.4) | 11,703 | 41.6 (36.6–47.2) | 11,348 | |
| Primary school | 40.4 (27.6–58.6) | 870 | 52.2 (38.5–70.4) | 1017 | 43.5 (29.1–64.4) | 1489 | ||
| Secondary school+ | 24.9 (15.0–41.1) | 702 | 42.1 (25.6–68.5) | 616 | 23.6 (15.2–36.4) | 1085 | ||
| Place of residence | Rural | 55.3 (49.1–62.1) | 9072 | 57.4 (52.1–63.4) | 10,302 | 41.9 (36.5–48.1) | 10,443 | |
| Urban | 41.5 (34.8–49.4) | 3017 | 45.7 (36.8–56.5) | 3034 | 35.8 (28.2–45.3) | 3479 | ||
| Sex | Female | 44.0 (38.2–50.6) | 5865 | 45.8 (39.8–52.8) | 6464 | 34.2 (28.7–40.7) | 6816 | |
| Male | 59.2 (52.7–66.5) | 6224 | 63.2 (56.2–70.9) | 6872 | 46.3 (40.2–53.3) | 7107 | ||
| Subnational region | Lower Guinea | Boke | 44.9 (35.8–56.2) | 2557 | 46.7 (36.6–59.3) | 1586 | 43.0 (29.2–62.8) | 1322 |
| Central Guinea | Conakry | 47.4 (37.7–59.5) | 2760 | 37.0 (24.0–56.4) | 1345 | 32.8 (21.9–48.8) | 1798 | |
| Upper Guinea | Faranah | 61.7 (51.1–74.5) | 2227 | 72.4 (56.7–91.9) | 1136 | 44.6 (31.1–63.7) | 1478 | |
| Forest Guinea | Kankan | 58.8 (47.3–72.8) | 3020 | 49.7 (41.8–59.1) | 2005 | 50.2 (38.3–65.4) | 2495 | |
| Conakry | Kindia | 43.1 (34.2–54.2) | 1524 | 61.5 (50.8–74.2) | 1947 | 40.0 (29.2–54.5) | 2107 | |
| NA | Labe | NA | NA | 48.4 (35.6–65.4) | 1344 | 48.2 (35.3–65.6) | 1296 | |
| NA | Mamou | NA | NA | 54.8 (45.4–65.9) | 913 | 49.7 (38.0–64.7) | 1008 | |
| NA | Nzerekore | NA | NA | 62.1 (50.1–76.7) | 3056 | 24.2 (17.6–33.2) | 2414 | |
| National average | 51.8 | 12,089 | 54.8 | 13,336 | 40.4 | 13,923 | ||
Notes: NA not applicable for 1999 due to the subnational region in 1999 were five; UI Uncertainty Interval, Popn Population