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Table 1 Description of demographic and health surveys data by countries, rural percentage and diarrhoea prevalence among under-five children in LMIC, 2010–2018

From: Mind the gap: what explains the rural-nonrural inequality in diarrhoea among under-five children in low and medium-income countries? A decomposition analysis

Country

Year of Survey

Number of clusters

Number of Under 5 Children

Weighted (%) Rural

Weighted Diarrhoea Prevalence (%)

Overall

aRural

bNon-rural

(a)

All

 

63,378

796,150

68.0

**14.2

*14.6

13.4

Eastern Africa

 

6298

102,886

79.0

16.7

17.0

15.6

 Burundi

2016

554

12,431

90.8

22.5

23.0

*18.1

 Comoros

2012

252

2949

72.5

17.0

17.2

16.3

 Ethiopia

2016

643

9916

88.8

11.9

12.0

11.0

 Kenya

2014

1593

19,889

64.4

15.4

15.8

*14.5

 Malawi

2016

850

16,246

86.8

21.9

21.3

*26.1

 Mozambique

2011

610

10,157

72.4

11.2

10.8

*12.4

 Rwanda

2014

492

7474

83.3

12.2

12.7

*10.0

 Tanzania

2015

608

9445

73.5

12.1

11.2

*14.5

 Uganda

2016

696

14,379

78.8

20.0

20.7

*17.5

Middle Africa

 

3081

71,630

57.7

19.0

19.2

18.8

 Angola

2016

625

13,463

39.1

15.7

14.9

*16.3

 Cameroon

2011

578

10,326

56.9

21.7

24.2

*18.4

 Chad

2015

624

16,710

80.6

22.3

22.0

23.2

 Congo

2012

384

8723

39.5

19.3

15.2

*22.0

 Congo DR

2014

536

16,994

69.1

17.0

16.2

*18.8

 Gabon

2012

334

5414

15.4

16.8

18.4

16.5

Northern Africa

 

874

15,458

68.9

14.0

14.9

12.2

 Egypt

2014

874

15,458

68.9

14.0

14.9

*12.2

Southern Africa

 

2544

25,529

60.7

15.5

16.3

*14.3

 Lesotho

2014

396

2824

72.0

12.2

12.8

10.8

 Namibia

2013

536

4449

52.2

19.1

21.5

*16.4

 South Africa

2016

668

3241

36.7

11.0

13.2

*9.7

 Zambia

2018

545

9311

64.8

15.5

15.6

15.3

 Zimbabwe

2015

399

5704

68.2

17.1

17.1

17.0

West Africa

 

6285

139,382

67.3

14.7

15.3

*13.4

 Benin

2018

555

12,512

61.0

10.5

11.1

*9.6

 Burkina Faso

2010

573

13,621

82.7

14.9

14.5

*16.4

 Cote d’Ivoire

2012

351

6876

62.4

18.5

18.0

19.2

 Gambia

2013

281

7633

52.7

17.8

16.7

*18.9

 Ghana

2014

427

5539

55.0

11.9

12.9

*10.6

 Guinea

2015

401

7213

70.4

14.6

14.6

14.6

 Liberia

2013

322

6806

50.1

22.7

24.7

*20.7

 Mali

2018

345

9171

79.3

17.2

17.9

*14.7

 Niger

2012

476

11,437

86.3

14.4

14.1

*16.2

 Nigeria

2018

1389

30,603

60.5

12.8

14.9

*9.6

 Senegal

2017

400

11,253

63.1

18.0

19.3

*15.8

 Sierra Leone

2013

435

10,254

74.9

11.5

11.3

12.3

 Togo

2013

330

6464

63.9

15.2

17.7

*10.8

Central Asia

 

682

10,216

75.5

10.2

10.7

*8.5

 Kyrgyz Rep

2012

316

4222

70.2

5.2

5.8

*3.8

 Tajikistan

2017

366

5994

78.9

13.3

13.4

12.7

South-Eastern Asia

 

1850

17,168

68.3

9.0

9.8

*7.2

 Cambodia

2014

609

6934

85.5

12.9

12.9

12.8

 Philippines

2017

1241

10,234

55.8

6.1

6.3

5.8

(b)

All

 

63,378

796,150

68.0

**14.2

*14.6

13.4

Southern Asia

 

33,053

322,219

70.5

11.5

11.9

*10.8

 Afghanistan

2015

956

30,520

76.7

29.1

28.1

*32.4

 Bangladesh

2014

600

7541

74.4

5.7

5.7

5.7

 India

2016

28,321

247,181

71.6

9.2

9.6

*8.2

 Indonesia

2017

1967

17,155

51.5

14.2

15.4

*12.9

 Maldives

2016

265

3048

64.8

4.2

4.4

4.0

 Nepal

2016

383

4827

45.9

7.7

7.4

7.9

 Pakistan

2018

561

11,947

67.6

19.2

19.2

19.2

Western Asia

 

2048

27,441

48.8

21.8

29.1

*14.9

 Armenia

2016

306

1709

42.3

3.8

5.4

*2.7

 Jordan

2017

962

10,454

11.5

9.7

9.8

9.6

 Yemen

2013

780

15,278

72.8

31.4

32.6

*28.3

Central America

 

1996

22,524

59.5

18.7

19.3

*17.8

 Guatemala

2014

856

12,038

64.1

19.2

19.3

19.1

 Honduras

2011

1140

10,486

53.8

18.0

19.1

*16.6

South America

 

1401

9408

34.3

12.3

12.8

12.1

 Peru

2012

1401

9408

34.3

12.3

12.8

12.1

Southern Europe

 

651

2745

43.8

6.1

8.2

*4.4

 Albania

2018

651

2745

43.8

6.1

8.2

*4.4

Caribbean

 

1860

21,129

62.8

15.0

13.6

*17.4

 Dominican Rep

2013

516

3560

25.5

18.2

17.5

18.4

 Haiti

2016

449

6082

64.9

21.4

20.6

*22.8

 Myanmar

2014

440

4575

77.5

10.5

11.1

*8.4

 Timor-Leste

2016

455

6912

71.1

10.8

9.1

*14.8

Oceania

 

755

8415

89.2

15.4

14.5

*23.2

Papua New Guinea

2016

755

8415

89.2

15.4

14.5

*23.2

  1. **significant at 5% Chi-square test, *significant at 5% test of equality of proportions a and b