Malawi 2015-16

Table A-5.5 Birth intervals: Districts
Percent distribution of non-first births in the 5 years preceding the survey by number of months since preceding birth, and median
number of months since preceding birth, according to district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Months since preceding birth
District 7-17 18-23 24-35 36-47 48-59 60+
Total
Number of
non-first
births
Median
number of
months
since
preceding
birth
Northern
Chitipa 2.8 7.9 27.0 26.1 19.9 16.3 100.0 132 41.3
Karonga 2.9 6.2 23.6 29.7 17.5 20.0 100.0 265 42.5
Likoma 2.6 5.1 21.0 26.4 17.1 27.7 100.0 8 45.2
Mzimba 2.3 4.9 24.2 27.7 17.9 23.1 100.0 716 43.5
Nkhata Bay 2.2 5.5 27.8 30.6 15.6 18.3 100.0 176 39.8
Rumphi 3.4 4.6 22.1 28.1 20.0 21.6 100.0 155 43.7
Total 2.5 5.5 24.5 28.3 18.0 21.2 100.0 1,451 42.6
Central
Dedza 3.4 8.3 25.7 24.4 19.0 19.2 100.0 539 41.3
Dowa 4.0 5.9 24.1 28.7 18.1 19.2 100.0 499 42.6
Kasungu 6.8 7.4 29.5 28.4 13.1 14.8 100.0 606 37.7
Lilongwe 4.7 6.8 26.3 26.1 13.8 22.3 100.0 1,771 40.5
Mchinji 7.4 9.5 30.8 24.4 14.0 13.9 100.0 443 36.9
Nkhotakota 4.1 9.0 27.2 27.5 13.5 18.7 100.0 298 41.3
Ntcheu 2.5 4.9 23.9 25.2 19.5 23.9 100.0 489 44.2
Ntchisi 5.7 6.6 30.2 30.3 12.5 14.8 100.0 281 38.8
Salima 6.8 12.1 28.5 25.8 13.5 13.2 100.0 466 36.8
Total 5.0 7.6 27.0 26.5 15.1 18.9 100.0 5,394 40.1
Southern
Balaka 2.9 7.5 25.1 29.2 17.6 17.7 100.0 326 40.1
Blantyre 4.0 5.6 19.3 22.9 16.9 31.4 100.0 838 46.8
Chikhwawa 4.3 6.2 21.4 25.3 20.4 22.4 100.0 425 45.1
Chiradzulu 3.8 6.9 19.1 22.5 18.5 29.2 100.0 250 46.3
Machinga 5.0 9.1 37.4 22.7 12.1 13.8 100.0 633 35.6
Mangochi 4.9 8.3 29.1 27.7 15.5 14.5 100.0 946 38.4
Mulanje 3.8 8.3 22.6 17.9 18.1 29.3 100.0 545 46.2
Mwanza 3.0 6.6 18.4 26.0 21.2 24.8 100.0 86 46.3
Neno 5.1 8.0 30.1 23.0 14.3 19.5 100.0 149 39.6
Nsanje 3.7 7.3 27.1 25.9 17.7 18.3 100.0 227 40.9
Phalombe 5.1 6.0 32.4 20.9 15.6 20.0 100.0 405 38.8
Thyolo 3.2 6.0 21.0 24.1 19.6 26.2 100.0 460 46.3
Zomba 4.2 6.7 30.4 20.6 20.5 17.6 100.0 715 39.3
Total 4.2 7.2 26.4 23.5 17.2 21.5 100.0 6,004 41.6
Total 4.4 7.1 26.4 25.3 16.4 20.4 100.0 12,849 41.0
Note: First-order births are excluded. The interval for multiple births is the number of months since the preceding pregnancy that ended
in a live birth.
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