Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of children under 5 years with history of fever—2011 DHS and 2015 IMASIDA
Characteristics | 2011 DHS (n = 10,452) | 2015 IMASIDA (n = 5168) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Fever (%) | Lower confidence | Upper confidence | n | Fever (%) | Lower confidence | Upper confidence | |
Child’s age in months | ||||||||
< 6 | 1176 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 10.5 | 532 | 19.0 | 15.0 | 23.8 |
6–11 | 1259 | 16.8 | 14.1 | 199 | 568 | 32.0 | 27.5 | 36.9 |
12–23 | 2285 | 17.2 | 15.0 | 19.7 | 1116 | 35.3 | 30.9 | 40.0 |
24–35 | 1945 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 17.4 | 1003 | 32.4 | 28.7 | 36.4 |
36–47 | 1989 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 13.8 | 1019 | 28.9 | 25.0 | 33.0 |
48–59 | 1771 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 13.2 | 905 | 24.8 | 21.0 | 29.0 |
Missing data | 27 | 0.3% | 25 | 0.5% | ||||
Sex of child | ||||||||
Male | 5257 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 15.4 | 2563 | 30.1 | 27.3 | 33.0 |
Female | 5195 | 13.4 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 2605 | 29.1 | 26.1 | 32.3 |
Place of residence | ||||||||
Urban | 2840 | 13.3 | 11.3 | 15.5 | 1330 | 23.0 | 20.3 | 25.8 |
Rural | 7612 | 13.9 | 12.6 | 15.3 | 3838 | 31.9 | 28.8 | 35.1 |
Region | ||||||||
Northern | ||||||||
Niassa | 641 | 11.7 | 9.0 | 14.9 | 351 | 30.3 | 23.3 | 38.3 |
Cabo Delgado | 885 | 15.3 | 12.6 | 18.4 | 466 | 21.8 | 15.6 | 29.7 |
Nampula | 1581 | 13.3 | 10.4 | 16.2 | 1154 | 39.8 | 33.4 | 46.5 |
Central | ||||||||
Zambézia | 2188 | 16.6 | 13.1 | 20.7 | 722 | 52.0 | 46.1 | 57.8 |
Tete | 1356 | 12.9 | 10.2 | 16.1 | 448 | 14.5 | 12.0 | 17.4 |
Manica | 766 | 12.9 | 10.2 | 16.1 | 429 | 16.8 | 12.7 | 21.8 |
Sofala | 1036 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 19.9 | 522 | 21.0 | 17.4 | 25.2 |
Southern | ||||||||
Inhambane | 557 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 12.1 | 284 | 18.2 | 12.1 | 26.4 |
Gaza | 541 | 11.1 | 8.8 | 13.9 | 409 | 27.6 | 23.4 | 33.2 |
Maputo Province | 554 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 13.3 | 209 | 15.4 | 11.2 | 20.8 |
Maputo City | 348 | 11.0 | 8.5 | 14.1 | 175 | 24.6 | 18.8 | 31.4 |
Wealth index | ||||||||
Poorest | 2478 | 14.3 | 12.1 | 16.9 | 1212 | 32.8 | 28.8 | 37.1 |
Poorer | 2278 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 17.2 | 1177 | 33.6 | 28.5 | 39.1 |
Middle | 2096 | 13.5 | 11.8 | 15.5 | 1072 | 30.1 | 26.0 | 34.5 |
Richer | 2069 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 15.1 | 956 | 26.9 | 23.3 | 30.9 |
Richest | 1530 | 12.6 | 10.7 | 14.9 | 751 | 20.7 | 17.9 | 23.7 |
Total | 10,452 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 14.9 | 5168 | 29.6 | 27.2 | 32.1 |