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Table A-10.6 Prevalence and treatment of fever: Districts<br />

Among children under age 5, the percentage who had a fever in the 2 weeks before the survey and among children with fever in the 2<br />

weeks before the survey, percentage for whom advice or treatment was sought, and percentage who received antibiotics as treatment,<br />

according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Region of residence<br />

Among children under age 5:<br />

Percentage with<br />

fever<br />

Number of<br />

children<br />

Percentage for<br />

whom advice or<br />

treatment was<br />

sought 1<br />

Among children under age 5 with fever:<br />

Percentage for<br />

whom treatment<br />

was sought<br />

same or next day<br />

Percentage who<br />

took antibiotic<br />

drugs<br />

Number of<br />

children with<br />

fever<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa <strong>16</strong>.6 170 55.7 34.2 38.6 28<br />

Karonga 17.4 325 50.3 43.4 32.2 57<br />

Likoma <strong>16</strong>.9 11 84.3 68.6 43.4 2<br />

Mzimba 25.6 969 49.9 37.7 26.7 248<br />

Nkhata Bay 47.2 228 68.9 48.8 23.6 108<br />

Rumphi 33.8 198 70.6 41.3 32.3 67<br />

Total 26.8 1,900 57.1 41.0 28.1 510<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 26.3 698 71.4 42.3 24.2 184<br />

Dowa 22.5 666 72.7 48.7 21.5 150<br />

Kasungu 22.8 731 74.0 55.1 26.3 <strong>16</strong>7<br />

Lilongwe 31.3 2,430 63.1 41.1 23.3 761<br />

Mchinji 33.9 550 68.8 47.8 30.9 186<br />

Nkhotakota 43.6 382 73.7 64.4 20.6 <strong>16</strong>7<br />

Ntcheu 29.9 647 69.8 49.8 13.1 194<br />

Ntchisi 33.0 341 77.9 55.1 24.0 113<br />

Salima 31.8 557 67.5 37.6 23.2 177<br />

Total 29.9 7,003 68.5 46.6 23.0 2,097<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 23.6 412 65.3 50.3 40.0 97<br />

Blantyre 21.2 1,123 58.7 44.0 23.1 238<br />

Chikhwawa 26.1 513 66.1 41.7 10.8 134<br />

Chiradzulu 26.0 317 72.8 45.4 43.0 83<br />

Machinga 39.6 757 62.8 38.6 <strong>16</strong>.6 300<br />

Mangochi 23.9 1,235 61.7 36.8 19.9 295<br />

Mulanje 42.0 671 77.5 52.1 28.1 281<br />

Mwanza 17.6 112 73.0 56.2 14.0 20<br />

Neno 32.5 181 77.7 55.7 24.6 59<br />

Nsanje 19.0 291 76.3 57.0 20.7 55<br />

Phalombe 47.1 482 69.4 49.2 34.6 227<br />

Thyolo 32.6 625 68.1 52.0 21.1 204<br />

Zomba 18.8 926 71.2 47.6 28.1 174<br />

Total 28.3 7,645 67.5 45.9 24.5 2,<strong>16</strong>7<br />

Total 28.8 <strong>16</strong>,548 66.8 45.7 24.2 4,774<br />

1<br />

Excludes advice or treatment from a traditional practitioner<br />

370 • Appendix A

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