Malawi 2015-16

CHAPTER 10 CHILD HEALTH
Table A-10.1 Child’s size and weight at birth: Districts
Percent distribution of live births in the 5 years before the survey by mother’s estimate of baby’s size at birth, percentage of live births in
the 5 years before the survey that have a reported birth weight, and among live births in the 5 years before the survey with a reported birth
weight, percentage less than 2.5 kg, according to district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
District
Very small
Percent distribution of births by size of baby at birth
Smaller
than
average
Average or
larger
Don’t know/
missing
Total
Percentage
of births
that have a
reported
birth
weight 1
Number of
births
Among births with a
reported birth weight 1
Percentage
less than
2.5 kg
Number of
births
Northern
Chitipa 7.5 15.7 76.4 0.3 100.0 87.2 177 13.7 154
Karonga 1.0 13.5 84.7 0.7 100.0 88.7 340 7.8 302
Likoma 3.7 9.2 87.1 0.0 100.0 90.3 11 9.2 10
Mzimba 7.2 10.7 81.6 0.5 100.0 89.8 999 12.4 897
Nkhata Bay 4.9 11.3 83.4 0.3 100.0 85.0 236 12.6 201
Rumphi 3.2 10.4 85.8 0.6 100.0 92.9 209 12.6 194
Total 5.4 11.7 82.3 0.5 100.0 89.1 1,972 11.8 1,758
Central
Dedza 5.4 15.4 79.2 0.0 100.0 82.8 739 18.0 612
Dowa 2.6 13.3 83.9 0.2 100.0 91.2 700 13.1 638
Kasungu 2.7 10.7 85.5 1.1 100.0 87.4 759 11.3 663
Lilongwe 5.4 11.2 83.3 0.1 100.0 82.6 2,573 11.7 2,124
Mchinji 5.2 13.2 81.2 0.3 100.0 82.3 599 14.0 493
Nkhotakota 2.6 11.7 85.5 0.2 100.0 72.5 397 9.8 287
Ntcheu 1.5 18.1 80.0 0.5 100.0 85.1 686 10.9 583
Ntchisi 3.8 8.3 87.0 0.9 100.0 92.8 360 12.4 334
Salima 3.2 10.6 84.2 1.9 100.0 68.7 591 9.8 406
Total 4.1 12.4 83.1 0.4 100.0 83.0 7,403 12.4 6,141
Southern
Balaka 4.3 9.0 86.7 0.0 100.0 88.2 431 8.7 380
Blantyre 2.5 7.9 88.3 1.2 100.0 86.2 1,187 12.2 1,023
Chikhwawa 7.0 7.8 82.0 3.2 100.0 82.9 537 13.1 445
Chiradzulu 3.9 9.3 85.2 1.7 100.0 90.5 334 12.8 302
Machinga 4.2 14.6 80.4 0.8 100.0 82.6 800 14.2 661
Mangochi 3.1 14.2 82.4 0.3 100.0 73.3 1,271 12.8 932
Mulanje 6.4 12.0 76.9 4.7 100.0 84.7 724 16.2 613
Mwanza 5.3 13.2 80.2 1.3 100.0 84.7 117 16.9 99
Neno 6.2 10.4 82.3 1.1 100.0 84.6 193 13.3 164
Nsanje 2.2 16.4 79.1 2.3 100.0 70.7 303 11.6 214
Phalombe 4.6 13.2 80.8 1.4 100.0 84.9 517 12.2 439
Thyolo 5.4 7.0 87.0 0.6 100.0 87.6 649 11.8 569
Zomba 3.2 8.1 87.3 1.4 100.0 90.0 957 9.1 861
Total 4.1 10.8 83.6 1.5 100.0 83.5 8,021 12.4 6,701
Total 4.3 11.6 83.2 0.9 100.0 83.9 17,395 12.3 14,600
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Based on either a written record or the mother’s recall
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