From: Health and survival of young children in southern Tanzania
Indicator | Number of children | Percentage of children Poorest – Least Poor | Ratio Q1/Q5 | P* | ||||
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 |  | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 |  |  |
VACCINE COVERAGE & VITAMIN A (in children aged 12–23 months) | ||||||||
BCG before 12 months of age | 642/719 | 84 | 89 | 93 | 88 | 92 | 0.9 | 0.15 |
DPT-HepB3 before 12 months of age | 584/719 | 76 | 79 | 86 | 75 | 90 | 0.8 | 0.03 |
OPV3 before 12 months of age | 652/719 | 87 | 90 | 94 | 90 | 92 | 0.9 | 0.25 |
Measles before 12 months of age | 495/719 | 61 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 0.8 | 0.02 |
Vitamin A in previous 6 months | 499/705 | 67 | 64 | 75 | 72 | 76 | 0.9 | 0.15 |
MOSQUITO NETS (in children aged 0–23 months) | ||||||||
Slept under a net last night | 413/1,389 | 16 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 50 | 0.3 | <0.0001 |
Slept under a treated net last night | 159/1,389 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 0.2 | <0.0001 |
Slept under a recently-treated net last night | 125/1,389 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 0.2 | <0.0001 |
MALARIA AND ANAEMIA (in children aged 0–23 months) | ||||||||
Malaria parasitaemia | 778/1,244 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 64 | 50 | 1.4 | 0.0001 |
Severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dL) | 383/1,246 | 46 | 31 | 33 | 29 | 21 | 2.2 | <0.0001 |
RECENT ILLNESS AND CARE-SEEKING (in children aged 0–23 months) | ||||||||
Illness in the last two weeks | 670/1,398 | 44 | 50 | 51 | 47 | 47 | 0.9 | 0.90 |
Sought care from a Western-style health care provider (hospital, health centre, dispensary etc) | 307/670 | 44 | 47 | 45 | 42 | 49 | 0.9 | 0.81 |
Admissions in the previous year | 226/1,402 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 1.2 | 0.77 |
NUTRITION | ||||||||
Exclusive breastfeeding in children under 6 months old | 77/327 | 30 | 20 | 33 | 21 | 17 | 1.8 | 0.09 |
Underweight (weight-for-age z-score under -2) in children 0–23 months old | 397/1,233 | 43 | 32 | 30 | 35 | 25 | 1.7 | 0.001 |