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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 3 Reproduced estimates from DHS reports based on a reference period of 0–6 years (35q15)

From: Adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa using 2001—2009 census data: does estimation method matter?

  

Direct estimated 35q15

Country

DHS Survey Year

Male

95% CI

Female

95% CI

Total

95% CI

 Cameroon

2011

0.2322

(0.2186–0.2459)

0.2282

(0.2151–0.2414)

0.2302

(0.2207–0.2397)

 Kenya

2008/2009

0.2306

(0.2132–0.2480)

0.2143

(0.1982–0.2304)

0.2226

(0.2107–0.2344)

 Liberia

2013

0.1508

(0.1359–0.1657)

0.1758

(0.1604–0.1912)

0.1638

(0.1531–0.1746)

 Mali

2012/2013

0.1056

(0.0932–0.1180)

0.1005

(0.0878–0.1132)

0.1029

(0.0940–0.1117)

 Sierra Leone

2013

0.1758

(0.1631–0.1884)

0.1815

(0.1693–0.1936)

0.1786

(0.1698–0.1874)

 Tanzania

2010

0.1951

(0.1799–0.2103)

0.1959

(0.1808–0.2110)

0.1952

(0.1845–0.2059)

 Uganda

2011

0.2530

(0.2338–0.2721)

0.2063

(0.1893–0.2233)

0.2294

(0.2166–0.2422)

  1. Source: Author computations from DHS datasets