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Table 4 Six West African Countries Neonatal mortality numbers by six major Epidemiological Causes

From: Using equitable impact sensitive tool (EQUIST) to promote implementation of evidence informed policymaking to improve maternal and child health outcomes: a focus on six West African Countries

Country/

Year

Situational description

Congenital

Tetanus

Prematurity

Asphyxia

Pneumonia

Sepsis

Benin/2014

Atlantique

96

–

519

414

244

98

Littoral

28

–

148

118

81

31

Rural

396

–

2151

1746

859

357

Urban

305

–

1622

1290

977

367

Poorest

135

–

772

634

438

173

Richest

130

–

671

524

384

140

Burkina-Faso/2010

Est

166

83

812

820

206

605

Centre(exc.Ouag)

15

7

74

75

85

251

Rural

909

457

4457

4501

953

2800

Urban

239

120

1175

1186

203

627

Poorest

218

109

1073

1084

245

706

Richest

139

69

679

685

123

383

Ghana/2014

Ashanti

695

245

2329

2120

180

555

Upper East

52

20

192

159

22

61

Rural

1009

584

3680

3558

478

1826

Urban

1299

446

4771

3914

474

1327

Poorest

373

277

1503

1392

432

1516

Richest

620

168

2273

1822

135

428

Mali/2013

Sikasso

249

176

1647

1566

304

874

Kidal

7

8

53

53

2

5

Rural

589

537

4510

3892

1519

5291

Urban

311

184

1828

1735

490

1525

Poorest

231

207

1722

1584

364

1069

Richest

224

109

1220

1227

183

590

Nigeria/2013

North-West

4644

4714

32,048

29,044

4621

14,464

South-West

927

256

4669

4957

493

1234

Rural

7364

6338

49,314

45,540

9269

27,478

Urban

5937

2219

33,432

33,222

4198

11,514

Poorest

3117

3657

21,804

19,751

3534

10,771

Richest

2914

619

14,065

15,276

1197

3013

Senegal/2014

Diourbel

327

94

890

861

145

431

Kedougou

23

5

65

64

19

48

Rural

1069

326

2951

2867

674

1981

Urban

447

112

1125

1005

100

329

Poorest

344

114

987

979

296

906

Richest

158

35

398

347

32

113