A multilevel analysis of prenatal care and birth weight in Kenya

Health Economics Review

Table 1 Some key infant health indicators for selected Sub-Saharan Africa countries

Country/region	Neonatal mortality rate			Infant mortality rate			Low birth weight
	(per 1,000 live births)			(per 1,000 live births)			newborns (%)
	2000	2009	2012	2000	2009	2012	2000-2009*
Angola	48	42	45	126	98	100	12
Botswana	32	22	29	66	43	41	13
Cameroon	37	37	28	96	95	61	11
Central African Republic	47	45	41	119	112	91	13
Democratic Republic of Congo	51	51	44	126	126	100	10
Eritrea	23	17	18	58	39	37	14
Ethiopia	43	35	29	91	67	47	20
Gabon	28	25	25	61	52	42	14
Gambia	37	32	28	93	78	49	20
Ghana	35	26	28	68	47	49	13
Kenya**	32	27	27	66	55	49	8
Lesotho	42	33	45	86	61	74	13
Liberia	51	37	27	133	80	56	14
Madagascar	31	21	22	65	40	41	16
Malawi	37	30	24	99	69	46	14
Mauritius	12	9	9	16	13	13	14
Mozambique	47	41	30	123	96	63	15
Namibia	26	19	18	50	34	28	16
Nigeria	46	39	39	114	86	78	12
Senegal	36	31	24	61	51	45	19
Sierra Leone	56	49	50	150	123	117	14
Swaziland	26	20	30	71	52	56	9
Togo	36	32	33	78	64	62	12
Uganda	34	31	23	94	79	45	14
United Republic of Tanzania	39	34	21	86	68	38	10
Zambia	35	29	29	99	86	56	11
Zimbabwe	27	34	39	69	56	56	11
WHO Region
African	41	36	32	98	80	63	13
Americas	13	9	8	22	15	13	8
South - East Asia	39	31	27	62	45	39	24
European	10	7	6	19	12	10	7
Eastern Mediterranean	35	30	26	65	54	44	21
Western Pacific	17	11	9	28	18	14	5

^*Data is for the latest year available.
^**The boldface is to help the reader to quickly locate the Kenyan data in the table.
Source: [6],[7].

ISSN: 2191-1991