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Table A-12.6 Use of mosquito nets by persons in the household: Districts<br />

Percentage of the de facto household population who slept the night before the survey under a mosquito net (treated or untreated), under an insecticidetreated<br />

net (ITN), under a long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN), and under an ITN or in a dwelling in which the interior walls have been sprayed against<br />

mosquitoes (IRS) in the past 12 months; and among the de facto household population in households with at least one ITN, the percentage who slept<br />

under an ITN the night before the survey, according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

District<br />

Percentage who<br />

slept under any<br />

mosquito net last<br />

night<br />

Percentage who<br />

slept under an<br />

ITN 1 last night<br />

Household population<br />

Percentage who<br />

slept under an<br />

LLIN last night<br />

Percentage who<br />

slept under an<br />

ITN 1 last night or<br />

in a dwelling<br />

sprayed with<br />

IRS 2 in the past<br />

12 months<br />

Number of<br />

persons<br />

Household population in<br />

households with at least one ITN 1<br />

Percentage who<br />

slept under an<br />

ITN 1 last night<br />

Number of<br />

persons<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 31.5 26.5 25.2 26.6 1,232 46.8 697<br />

Karonga 53.0 48.2 46.7 64.4 2,460 70.8 1,676<br />

Likoma 56.9 26.3 24.9 26.3 89 51.0 46<br />

Mzimba 35.7 31.5 30.1 32.6 7,443 58.0 4,044<br />

Nkhata Bay 39.2 32.3 28.6 34.1 1,738 52.6 1,067<br />

Rumphi 34.5 30.3 28.3 30.8 1,431 49.4 877<br />

Total 38.7 33.9 32.1 37.5 14,392 58.0 8,407<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 30.7 28.5 28.3 31.3 5,101 48.5 2,992<br />

Dowa 53.2 52.0 51.2 52.1 5,211 67.9 3,993<br />

Kasungu 31.6 30.5 29.0 31.4 4,918 59.3 2,526<br />

Lilongwe 34.7 26.5 24.7 29.7 17,134 53.1 8,537<br />

Mchinji 58.2 51.8 38.2 64.3 3,538 64.3 2,854<br />

Nkhotakota 67.8 65.0 47.9 68.6 2,629 76.5 2,235<br />

Ntcheu 39.7 37.5 36.6 37.6 4,271 66.9 2,392<br />

Ntchisi 31.1 28.0 27.2 28.0 2,185 58.2 1,053<br />

Salima 32.5 27.6 24.8 42.7 3,555 55.6 1,762<br />

Total 39.6 34.9 31.8 38.7 48,541 59.7 28,345<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 36.1 34.0 33.5 35.2 3,015 57.1 1,797<br />

Blantyre 41.6 38.2 31.1 38.4 8,324 63.9 4,982<br />

Chikhwawa 26.0 23.6 22.8 36.7 3,762 48.7 1,823<br />

Chiradzulu 33.2 31.3 29.9 34.6 2,474 53.9 1,434<br />

Machinga 36.7 34.5 31.8 34.7 4,485 60.9 2,536<br />

Mangochi 25.7 24.0 22.7 27.7 7,898 49.2 3,848<br />

Mulanje 31.2 26.5 23.9 31.1 5,346 48.3 2,935<br />

Mwanza 61.1 58.3 56.9 58.3 857 71.2 701<br />

Neno 47.9 43.7 22.4 44.7 1,158 59.8 846<br />

Nsanje 36.8 33.8 29.7 38.9 1,943 57.0 1,153<br />

Phalombe 52.2 42.0 15.4 42.3 3,226 57.5 2,354<br />

Thyolo 24.3 23.0 22.4 23.3 5,271 53.4 2,271<br />

Zomba 48.1 45.2 42.5 45.5 6,487 67.3 4,352<br />

Total 36.1 33.0 28.5 35.4 54,244 57.6 31,032<br />

Total 37.9 33.9 30.3 37.0 117,177 58.6 67,783<br />

1<br />

An insecticide-treated net (ITN) is (1) a factory-treated net that does not require any further treatment (LLIN) or (2) a net that has been soaked with<br />

insecticide within the past 12 months<br />

2<br />

Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is limited to spraying conducted by a government, private or non-governmental organization<br />

390 • Appendix A

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