| Table 5: Percentage of febrile children under five old years who received treatment with an antimalarial, by background characteristics |
| |
Wealth Quintile |
| Country |
Source |
Year |
Total |
|
Male |
Female |
|
Urban |
Rural |
|
Poorest |
Second |
Middle |
Fourth |
Richest |
| Angola |
MICS |
2001 |
63.0 |
|
63.1 |
62.8 |
|
63.1 |
62.7 |
|
57.8 |
64.2 |
64.2 |
65.0 |
62.7 |
| Benin |
DHS |
2001 |
60.4 |
|
59.0 |
62.0 |
|
62.3 |
59.7 |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Burundi |
MICS |
2000 |
31.3 |
|
30.2 |
32.6 |
|
41.7 |
30.6 |
|
23.9 |
34.2 |
29.8 |
28.8 |
37.4 |
| Cameroon |
MICS |
2000 |
66.1 |
|
67.0 |
65.1 |
|
70.8 |
64.4 |
|
59.1 |
66.7 |
61.0 |
76.7 |
70.8 |
| Central African Republic |
MICS |
2000 |
68.8 |
|
69.0 |
68.6 |
|
75.8 |
65.2 |
|
59.3 |
64.6 |
71.6 |
74.7 |
79.0 |
| Chad |
MICS |
2000 |
31.9 |
|
30.9 |
32.8 |
|
41.2 |
29.5 |
|
21.1 |
34.3 |
29.5 |
33.5 |
40.5 |
| Comoros |
MICS |
2000 |
62.7 |
|
62.2 |
63.1 |
|
65.2 |
62.1 |
|
51.2 |
67.5 |
60.7 |
67.9 |
66.3 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
MICS |
2000 |
57.5 |
|
57.0 |
58.0 |
|
68.6 |
49.8 |
|
41.9 |
54.3 |
60.8 |
73.2 |
69.5 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
MICS |
2001 |
45.4 |
|
44.9 |
45.9 |
|
49.6 |
43.7 |
|
40.9 |
44.3 |
47.8 |
46.9 |
46.7 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
MICS |
2000 |
48.6 |
|
47.2 |
50.2 |
|
55.2 |
42.9 |
|
44.2 |
45.2 |
53.8 |
49.1 |
53.2 |
| Eritrea* |
DHS |
2002 |
3.6 |
|
4.2 |
2.9 |
|
4.0 |
3.5 |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Gambia |
MICS |
2000 |
55.2 |
|
59.6 |
51.0 |
|
58.0 |
53.5 |
|
54.9 |
56.0 |
56.5 |
58.1 |
47.4 |
| Ghana |
DHS |
1998 |
60.7 |
|
60.7 |
60.7 |
|
60.1 |
60.9 |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Guinea-Bissau |
MICS |
2000 |
58.4 |
|
57.5 |
59.4 |
|
71.9 |
51.7 |
|
43.7 |
56.0 |
57.3 |
61.8 |
76.8 |
| Kenya |
MICS |
2000 |
64.5 |
|
65.6 |
63.4 |
|
63.6 |
64.7 |
|
64.0 |
62.7 |
63.7 |
62.4 |
75.8 |
| Madagascar |
MICS |
2000 |
60.7 |
|
59.3 |
62.3 |
|
61.9 |
60.5 |
|
66.0 |
55.9 |
64.2 |
58.2 |
52.7 |
| Malawi |
DHS |
2000 |
27.0 |
|
… |
… |
|
33.7 |
26.3 |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Niger |
MICS |
2000 |
48.1 |
|
48.7 |
47.4 |
|
59.0 |
47.1 |
|
41.6 |
43.3 |
49.2 |
47.7 |
64.9 |
| Rwanda |
MICS |
2000 |
12.6 |
|
14.5 |
11.1 |
|
20.7 |
11.7 |
|
8.8 |
10.0 |
12.0 |
16.0 |
30.4 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
MICS |
2000 |
61.2 |
|
62.2 |
60.8 |
|
61.9 |
61.4 |
|
60.6 |
51.7 |
59.4 |
62.9 |
62.4 |
| Senegal |
MICS |
2000 |
36.2 |
|
34.9 |
37.6 |
|
52.7 |
30.1 |
|
25.4 |
30.0 |
33.1 |
54.8 |
56.1 |
| Sierra Leone |
MICS |
2000 |
60.7 |
|
61.4 |
59.9 |
|
60.8 |
60.7 |
|
53.3 |
58.5 |
63.9 |
65.2 |
64.4 |
| Somalia |
MICS |
1999 |
18.5 |
|
18.7 |
18.4 |
|
11.1 |
24.4 |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Sudan, Northern |
MICS |
2000 |
50.2 |
|
51.7 |
48.5 |
|
60.6 |
42.1 |
|
32.1 |
41.3 |
54.6 |
61.3 |
75.3 |
| Swaziland |
MICS |
2000 |
25.5 |
|
27.1 |
23.9 |
|
28.4 |
26.9 |
|
35.1 |
16.2 |
28.3 |
27.7 |
18.7 |
| Togo |
MICS |
2000 |
60.0 |
|
60.2 |
59.8 |
|
62.2 |
59.4 |
|
56.8 |
58.1 |
61.3 |
61.2 |
70.0 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
DHS |
1999 |
53.4 |
|
54.3 |
52.4 |
|
61.7 |
51.6 |
|
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Zambia |
MICS |
1999 |
58.0 |
|
58.2 |
57.8 |
|
57.9 |
58.0 |
|
52.6 |
50.4 |
66.7 |
56.9 |
65.5 |
|
| Africa south of the Sahara |
|
|
|
|
49.2 |
48.8 |
|
53.0 |
46.6 |
|
45.2 |
48.4 |
52.2 |
55.0 |
58.5 |
| Notes: |
| DHS = Demographic and Health Surveys |
| MICS = Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys |
| * Preliminary Data |
