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Table 1 Population size of cities included in the sample and characteristics of surveys available for these cities

From: Inequalities in child mortality in ten major African cities

 

Population

Earlier surveys (n in city)

More recent surveys (n in city)

City, country

City (thousands)

Country (thousands)

% in city

Name, year

n birthsa

n deaths <5a

Name, year

n birthsa

n deaths <5a

Cairo, Egypt

11,031

78,076

14%

DHS 2000

1281

44

DHS 2008

1,109

43

Lagos, Nigeria

10,788

159,708

7%

DHS 2003

311

25

DHS 2008b

1,158

92

Kinshasa, DRC

8,415

62,191

14%

-

-

-

DHS 2007

1,708

146

Luanda, Angola

4,790

19,549

25%

-c

-

-

MIS 2011

2,873

181

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

4,151

18,977

22%

DHS 1998-99

1059

112

DHS 2011-12

1,204

100

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

3,415

44,973

8%

DHS 1999

295

32

DHS 2010d

323

30

Nairobi, Kenya

3,237

40,909

8%

DHS 1998

361

21

DHS 2008-09

730

40

Dakar, Senegal

2,926

12,951

23%

DHS 1997

1145

86

DHS 2010-11

1,162

58

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2,919

87,095

3%

DHS 2000

1042

120

DHS 2011

832

41

Accra, Ghana

2,469

24,263

10%

DHS 1998

432

18

DHS 2008e

365

16

  1. aIn years 0 to 9 prior to survey; bDHS 2008 was selected instead of MIS 2010 because the 2008 sample was much larger; after verification with GPS coordinates, a non-city cluster of households was excluded; cdata in an earlier MIS survey (2006 to 2007) overlaps completely with the data in MIS 2010 as only data on children born in the last six years are included; dDHS 2010 was selected instead of DHS 2011 to 2012 as the 2010 sample was much larger; eafter verification with GPS data, several clusters of households located in Tema were excluded. DHS, demographic and health surveys; GPS, global positioning system; MIS, malaria indicator survey.