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Table A-12.9 Use of mosquito nets by pregnant women: Districts<br />

Percentages of pregnant women age 15-49 who, the night before the survey, slept 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 pregnant women age 15-49 in households with at least one ITN, the percentage who slept under an<br />

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 />

Among pregnant women age 15-49 in all households<br />

Percentage who<br />

slept under an<br />

ITN 1 last night<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 />

women<br />

Among pregnant women age 15-<br />

49 in households with at least one<br />

ITN 1<br />

Percentage who<br />

slept under an<br />

ITN 1 last night<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 44.2 40.4 36.1 40.4 18 (59.0) 12<br />

Karonga 60.4 59.5 59.5 70.8 41 (78.7) 31<br />

Likoma (81.4) (34.0) (34.0) (34.0) 1 * 1<br />

Mzimba 51.1 40.2 40.2 40.2 123 64.8 76<br />

Nkhata Bay 41.6 38.1 32.7 38.1 27 (64.0) <strong>16</strong><br />

Rumphi 44.3 39.3 39.3 39.3 20 (57.0) 14<br />

Total 50.7 43.3 42.3 45.3 230 66.4 150<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 46.4 42.5 42.5 44.0 81 63.4 54<br />

Dowa 61.6 61.6 61.6 61.6 64 (73.4) 54<br />

Kasungu 61.8 61.1 55.9 68.8 69 (88.5) 48<br />

Lilongwe 39.5 28.8 28.8 31.9 340 52.4 187<br />

Mchinji 63.2 55.2 39.3 64.8 62 67.2 51<br />

Nkhotakota 80.6 75.3 49.2 83.9 41 86.7 36<br />

Ntcheu 40.9 37.5 34.4 37.5 69 (62.5) 42<br />

Ntchisi 59.3 54.6 49.3 54.6 39 (89.2) 24<br />

Salima 53.5 52.6 44.4 64.0 63 77.2 43<br />

Total 49.7 43.4 39.4 47.5 828 66.9 537<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 54.8 47.0 47.0 47.0 54 (84.4) 30<br />

Blantyre (59.2) (56.7) (50.0) (56.7) 91 (84.7) 61<br />

Chikhwawa 37.3 33.1 31.4 42.3 49 (58.1) 28<br />

Chiradzulu 53.4 49.7 47.9 49.7 36 (68.4) 26<br />

Machinga 41.8 40.5 37.5 40.5 82 67.1 49<br />

Mangochi 37.3 36.2 36.2 37.4 153 64.3 86<br />

Mulanje 52.6 46.1 43.7 50.4 68 (62.1) 50<br />

Mwanza (56.2) (54.6) (54.6) (54.6) 10 (74.3) 7<br />

Neno 56.8 51.8 31.3 51.8 21 (80.1) 14<br />

Nsanje 56.8 52.5 45.9 56.5 29 (73.7) 21<br />

Phalombe 62.0 53.9 22.8 53.9 53 71.4 40<br />

Thyolo 36.7 34.8 31.1 34.8 73 (72.6) 35<br />

Zomba 57.8 47.7 44.0 47.7 108 68.7 75<br />

Total 48.9 44.5 39.6 45.8 827 70.4 523<br />

Total 49.5 43.9 39.8 46.5 1,885 68.3 1,210<br />

Number of<br />

women<br />

Note: Table is based on women who stayed in the household the night before the interview. Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted<br />

cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed.<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 />

Appendix A • 393

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