Table 2

Characteristics of intervention and control districts from March 2016 to March 2017

Intervention districts (n=54)Control districts (n=56)
Population
 Total population4 837 1983 767 060
 Mean (SD) population per district89 577 (53 486)67 268 (78 586)
 Total number of pregnant women193 482145 314
 Mean (SD) number of pregnant women per district3583 (3129)2691 (3143)
 Total number of children under 5 years967 410726 462
 Mean (SD) number of children under 5 years per district17 915 (10 697)13 453 (15 717)
Socio-demographics*
 Mean (SD) % lowest wealth quintile34.95 (32.63)15.24 (25.56)
 Mean (SD) % no female education76.3 (12.78)84.12 (10.33)
 Mean (SD) % female careseeking63.3 (18.40)56.20 (18.41)
Access*
 % Remote90.7%94.6%
 % Mountainous75.9%53.9%
 % High security risk68.5%89.3%
Fixed health services*
 Total number of fixed health facilities (SHC, BHC, CHC, DH)260149
 Number of SHCs8429
  Mean (SD) SHCs per district1.56 (1.78)0.52 (0.74)
  Mean (SD) population per SHC57 586 (51 249)129 899 (38 303)
 Number of BHCs11573
  Mean (SD) BHCs per district2.13 (1.73)1.30 (1.14)
  Mean (SD) population per BHC42 063 (26 971)51 604 (83 045)
 Number of CHCs4743
  Mean (SD) CHCs per district0.87 (0.80)0.77 (1.28)
  Mean (SD) population per CHC102 919 (45 012)87 606 (35 552)
 Number of district hospitals144
  Mean (SD) DHs per district0.26 (0.44)0.07 (0.26)
  Mean (SD) population per DH87 606 (38 858)9 41 765 (33 189)
 Health facility density (population per health facility)18 60525 282
 Health facility density (pregnant women and children under 5 years population per health facility)44665852
Outreach health services
 Total number of outreach health services10643
 Number of vaccination outreach services4743
  Mean (SD) vaccination outreach per district0.87 (0.80)0.77 (1.28)
  Mean (SD) population per vaccination outreach4115 (2001)3378 (1976)
 Number of MCH mobile health teams590
  Mean (SD) MCH mobile health teams per district1.09 (0.35)
  Mean (SD) population per MCH mobile health team84 018 (46 112)
 Number of other mobile health services1011
  Mean (SD) other mobile health services per district0.241 (0.581)0.143 (0.401)
  Mean (SD) population per other mobile health service483 720 (198 888)342 460 (145 720)
  • *See table 1 for definitions.

  • BHC, basic health centre; CHC, comprehensive health centre; DH, district hospital; SHC, sub-health centre.