Table 3 Six West African Countries Under-five mortality numbers by six major Epidemiological Causes
Country/ Year | Situational description | Neonatal causes | Injuries | Malaria | Meningitis | Pneumonia (U5) | Diarrhoea (U5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benin/2014 | Atlantique | 1493 | 140 | 1225 | 52 | 657 | 852 |
Littoral | 439 | 34 | 242 | 11 | 132 | 150 | |
Rural | 6011 | 547 | 4409 | 184 | 2188 | 3327 | |
Urban | 4954 | 375 | 3041 | 132 | 1676 | 2140 | |
Poorest | 2332 | 237 | 2041 | 87 | 1072 | 1730 | |
Richest | 2008 | 104 | 831 | 33 | 446 | 423 | |
Burkina-Faso/2010 | Sahel | 1993 | 386 | 1997 | 352 | 2020 | 1480 |
Centre-Est | 958 | 177 | 689 | 73 | 346 | 369 | |
Rural | 15,205 | 2848 | 12,623 | 1560 | 9109 | 8054 | |
Urban | 3796 | 669 | 2574 | 349 | 1557 | 795 | |
Poorest | 3720 | 787 | 3836 | 481 | 2935 | 2723 | |
Richest | 2220 | 454 | 1449 | 258 | 1254 | 507 | |
Ghana/2014 | Northern | 2576 | 682 | 3854 | 312 | 1923 | 1639 |
Greater Accra | 2669 | 170 | 968 | 60 | 670 | 340 | |
Rural | 11,845 | 1622 | 6233 | 621 | 4718 | 3145 | |
Urban | 13,154 | 1080 | 5206 | 415 | 2838 | 1842 | |
Poorest | 5761 | 864 | 3815 | 344 | 2832 | 1898 | |
Richest | 5888 | 255 | 1927 | 88 | 830 | 446 | |
Mali/2013 | Sikasso | 5303 | 598 | 1635 | 235 | 1403 | 1254 |
Bamako | 1314 | 105 | 313 | 39 | 204 | 121 | |
Rural | 17,652 | 1944 | 5351 | 1014 | 7071 | 6037 | |
Urban | 6759 | 579 | 1620 | 298 | 1985 | 1041 | |
Poorest | 5636 | 590 | 1674 | 382 | 2114 | 1697 | |
Richest | 3910 | 286 | 792 | 157 | 774 | 249 | |
Nigeria/2013 | North-West | 96,134 | 17,204 | 80,319 | 12,322 | 58,954 | 28,739 |
South-West | 13,775 | 973 | 4438 | 616 | 2295 | 1512 | |
Rural | 155,975 | 49,628 | 101,344 | 15,527 | 76,233 | 57,657 | |
Urban | 98,638 | 11,857 | 50,686 | 7174 | 29,437 | 14,586 | |
Poorest | 61,186 | 10,668 | 51,099 | 7669 | 34,847 | 32,244 | |
Richest | 40,867 | 3566 | 15,654 | 2058 | 8215 | 3361 | |
Senegal/2014 | Diourbel | 2317 | 306 | 1094 | 84 | 843 | 457 |
Dakar | 1570 | 188 | 682 | 51 | 515 | 162 | |
Rural | 10,359 | 1340 | 4566 | 370 | 3358 | 2354 | |
Urban | 3327 | 416 | 1448 | 114 | 1113 | 416 | |
Poorest | 3785 | 565 | 1993 | 171 | 1654 | 1576 | |
Richest | 1158 | 113 | 420 | 29 | 321 | 67 |