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Table 6 Average survey-estimated crude death rate per 10,000 person-days, under 5 years death rate per 10,000 person-days and percentage of infant deaths among all deaths below 5 years of age, by country

From: A method for small-area estimation of population mortality in settings affected by crises

Characteristic

Nigeria (2016–2018)

Somalia (2014–2018)

South Sudan (2012–2018)

Eligible surveys (N)

70

97

181

Crude death rate

0.55 (0.17 to 1.58, 70)

0.43 (0.00 to 1.61, 97)

0.67 (0.04 to 4.22, 181)

Under 5 years death rate

1.14 (0.23 to 4.46, 70)

0.66 (0.00 to 2.48, 97)

0.72 (0.00 to 3.94, 181)

Percentage of < 5 years old deaths that were among infants < 1 year old

35% (0% to 100%, 70)

43% (0% to 100%, 59)

33% (0% to 100%, 145)

  1. Numbers are the median of point estimates among available surveys, and, in parenthesis, the range of point estimates and number of surveys the statistics are based on