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Table 6 Inequalities by ethnic group in preventive care and illness in children under two years (source: household survey)

From: Health and survival of young children in southern Tanzania

Indicator

Number of children

Percentage of children

P

  

Makonde

Mwera

Yao

Other

 

VACCINE COVERAGE & VITAMIN A (in children aged 12–23 months)

BCG before 12 months of age

644/721

92%

86%

92%

89%

0.19

DPT-HepB3 before 12 months of age

586/721

84%

79%

88%

77%

0.24

OPV3 before 12 months of age

654/721

90%

91%

88%

90%

0.96

Measles before 12 months of age

496/721

71%

67%

65%

68%

0.61

Vitamin A in previous 6 months

499/707

74%

67%

68%

68%

0.35

MOSQUITO NETS (in children aged 0–23 months)

Slept under a net last night

415/1,395

28%

28%

35%

39%

0.07

Slept under a treated net last night

159/1,395

12%

9%

10%

16%

0.19

Slept under a recently-treated net last night

125/1,395

10%

7%

6%

12%

0.19

MALARIA AND ANAEMIA (in children aged 0–23 months)

Malaria parasitaemia

779/1,249

61%

62%

65%

65%

0.82

Severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dL)

383/1,251

25%

34%

37%

37%

0.007

RECENT ILLNESS AND CARE-SEEKING (in children aged 0–23 months)

Illness in the last two weeks

673/1,404

44%

51%

58%

49%

0.07

Sought care from a Western-style health care provider (hospital, health centre, dispensary etc)

308/673

42%

47%

71%

45%

0.02

Admissions in the previous year

226/1,408

17%

15%

17%

16%

0.41

NUTRITION

Exclusive breastfeeding in children under 6 months old

78/330

30%

20%

9%

21%

0.11

Underweight (weight-for-age z-score under -2) in children 0–23 months old

398/1,238

29%

37%

37%

27%

0.04