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Table 8.1 Early childhood mortality rates<br />

Neonatal, postneonatal, infant, child, and under-5 mortality rates for 5-year periods<br />

before the survey, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Years before the<br />

survey<br />

Neonatal<br />

mortality<br />

(NN)<br />

Postneonatal<br />

mortality<br />

(PNN) 1<br />

Infant<br />

mortality<br />

(1q0)<br />

Child<br />

mortality<br />

(4q1)<br />

Under-5<br />

mortality<br />

(5q0)<br />

0-4 27 15 42 23 63<br />

5-9 26 25 51 37 86<br />

10-14 27 35 62 53 112<br />

1<br />

Computed as the difference between the infant and neonatal mortality rates.<br />

Table 8.2 Early childhood mortality rates according to socioeconomic characteristics<br />

Neonatal, postneonatal, infant, child, and under-5 mortality rates for the 10-year period before<br />

the survey, according to socioeconomic characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Socioeconomic<br />

characteristic<br />

Neonatal<br />

mortality<br />

(NN)<br />

Postneonatal<br />

mortality<br />

(PNN) 1<br />

Infant<br />

mortality<br />

(1q0)<br />

Child<br />

mortality<br />

(4q1)<br />

Under-five<br />

mortality<br />

(5q0)<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 26 18 44 17 60<br />

Rural 27 20 47 31 77<br />

Region<br />

Northern 21 <strong>16</strong> 37 21 57<br />

Central 29 20 50 33 81<br />

Southern 25 20 46 29 73<br />

Mother’s education<br />

No education 25 18 43 37 79<br />

Primary 28 21 48 31 78<br />

Secondary 23 19 42 17 58<br />

More than secondary (32) (12) (44) (4) (48)<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 27 19 47 38 83<br />

Second 29 21 50 32 81<br />

Middle 26 21 48 31 77<br />

Fourth 24 19 43 27 68<br />

Highest 25 18 43 17 60<br />

Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 250-499 unweighted person-years of exposure to<br />

the risk of death.<br />

1<br />

Computed as the difference between the infant and neonatal mortality rates.<br />

Infant and Child Mortality • 115

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