From: Inequalities in child mortality in ten major African cities
 | Population | Earlier surveys (n in city) | More recent surveys (n in city) | ||||||
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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 |