Malawi 2015-16

Table A-9.13 Content of postnatal care for newborns: Districts
Among most recent births in the 2 years before the survey, percentage for whom selected functions were performed during the first 2
days after birth and percentage with at least two signal functions performed during the first 2 days after birth, according to district, Malawi
DHS 2015-16
District
Among last births in the 2 years before the survey, percentage for whom the selected function was
performed during the first 2 days after birth:
Cord
examined
Temperature
measured
Counseling
on danger
signs
Counseling
on breastfeeding
Observation
of breastfeeding
Weighed 1
Percentage
with at least
2 signal
functions
performed
during the 2
days after
birth
Number of
births
Northern
Chitipa 82.9 81.2 75.5 88.5 84.9 90.1 92.0 68
Karonga 81.4 85.1 77.8 89.1 86.0 92.9 92.2 126
Likoma 73.5 80.4 81.6 90.3 78.4 91.2 94.7 4
Mzimba 77.2 74.1 75.4 84.7 82.9 92.4 87.9 392
Nkhata Bay 70.8 76.9 69.7 89.9 83.3 87.8 92.9 90
Rumphi 79.0 73.1 61.5 84.3 76.7 92.7 89.7 87
Total 77.8 76.8 73.6 86.3 82.9 91.8 89.8 767
Central
Dedza 58.2 65.4 73.0 88.1 74.7 85.7 90.3 287
Dowa 61.0 62.8 63.2 77.7 73.2 93.3 82.2 271
Kasungu 47.9 53.0 50.9 66.6 56.8 86.7 75.5 285
Lilongwe 59.2 64.3 69.3 87.6 72.3 84.6 91.0 968
Mchinji 60.1 65.1 72.3 88.7 75.8 83.9 89.3 211
Nkhotakota 53.3 67.0 59.0 74.6 67.3 75.9 77.0 171
Ntcheu 61.6 79.3 79.9 90.7 76.1 83.7 92.4 277
Ntchisi 51.3 51.0 55.0 80.1 68.9 96.4 89.5 132
Salima 57.0 61.1 66.1 78.6 59.0 74.7 82.7 223
Total 57.5 64.0 67.0 83.1 70.2 84.8 87.0 2,826
Southern
Balaka 48.0 73.6 72.6 84.9 72.2 87.9 89.1 173
Blantyre 53.6 53.2 70.9 81.9 57.4 90.7 86.3 475
Chikhwawa 66.6 75.5 78.3 88.3 78.1 85.7 91.9 210
Chiradzulu 62.3 72.6 80.0 93.2 82.7 92.3 93.7 135
Machinga 53.2 60.3 66.5 86.1 66.0 84.0 90.2 327
Mangochi 37.3 41.9 45.9 62.5 41.6 75.4 63.5 494
Mulanje 52.0 50.6 67.9 74.3 67.0 87.3 77.6 284
Mwanza 55.3 64.6 66.5 76.5 70.0 86.5 78.3 49
Neno 50.6 67.0 69.1 88.4 64.2 90.0 90.2 70
Nsanje 66.1 71.5 76.3 86.5 79.5 76.2 88.5 117
Phalombe 78.5 68.5 75.7 82.7 71.2 86.9 84.5 186
Thyolo 66.8 74.2 76.0 81.5 74.3 86.9 88.7 236
Zomba 77.7 75.9 85.3 89.4 81.8 90.0 91.1 344
Total 57.4 61.6 69.6 80.7 66.0 85.6 83.8 3,099
Total 59.8 64.4 68.9 82.4 69.7 86.0 85.8 6,693
1
Includes newborns who were weighed “at birth.” May exclude some newborns were weighed during the 2 days after birth.
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