Table 2 Distribution of under-five morbidity across age at first childbirth by country

Angola

16.7

13.5

0.002

16.1

11.9

< 0.001

12.8

11.6

0.210

26.4

21.0

< 0.001

Benin

11.2

9.8

0.015

20.0

18.8

0.186

16.2

16.5

0.709

25.9

24.1

0.056

Burkina Faso

14.9

14.9

0.920

20.1

21.9

0.029

9.8

11.2

0.021

28.1

29.4

0.147

Burundi

24.5

21.0

< 0.001

42.2

37.5

< 0.001

38.1

38.2

0.941

52.3

46.8

< 0.001

Cameroon

13.0

10.7

0.012

16.9

13.6

0.002

17.8

19.1

0.239

24.8

20.4

< 0.001

Chad

22.7

21.6

0.352

24.4

23.7

0.553

20.4

19.7

0.529

34.3

33.7

0.653

Comoros

18.1

16.4

0.323

22.0

22.1

0.954

19.1

18.3

0.665

31.4

30.9

0.803

Congo

20.0

18.2

0.122

26.0

24.1

0.130

28.0

27.8

0.683

37.8

35.1

0.104

Congo DR

18.2

15.3

0.001

31.1

28.2

0.003

32.6

29.9

0.018

40.4

35.8

< 0.001

Cote D’lvoire

18.7

18.4

0.822

23.4

25.8

0.141

21.1

24.2

0.049

32.3

33.9

0.363

Ethiopia

11.9

11.6

0.773

14.3

14.7

0.747

20.3

19.3

0.419

21.0

21.1

0.965

Gabon

18.3

14.1

0.003

26.0

23.6

0.273

42.1

38.9

0.080

36.6

31.3

0.006

Gambia

18.3

17.0

0.347

12.4

11.5

0.862

13.3

14.4

0.028

24.8

23.0

0.295

Ghana

12.2

11.7

0.654

14.3

13.7

0.589

14.5

13.7

0.517

22.3

21.2

0.479

Guinea

15.4

13.2

0.046

17.9

16.1

0.089

11.6

11.0

0.511

28.3

24.2

0.003

Kenya

16.6

13.4

0.003

25.9

21.5

< 0.001

37.8

35.9

0.167

35.2

28.6

< 0.001

Lesotho

13.0

11.4

0.361

16.0

15.0

0.548

30.8

28.7

0.325

25.1

23.2

0.378

Liberia

23.9

20.4

0.040

30.0

28.4

0.417

27.6

22.0

0.002

41.8

38.3

0.099

Malawi

22.5

20.7

0.062

30.1

27.2

0.001

25.2

24.3

0.426

42.0

38.3

< 0.001

Mali

18.0

15.5

0.020

16.2

15.7

0.567

10.3

10.0

0.740

27.3

24.9

0.042

Namibia

22.1

16.9

< 0.001

28.7

24.4

0.016

36.4

29.8

< 0.001

39.1

32.9

0.001

Niger

14.5

13.9

0.524

14.3

15.1

0.472

14.1

15.2

0.313

22.9

23.5

0.613

Nigeria

15.8

9.0

< 0.001

28.2

19.3

< 0.001

14.5

15.2

< 0.001

35.0

24.0

< 0.001

Rwanda

13.1

12.0

0.239

19.9

18.6

0.284

26.0

26.8

0.539

26.1

24.9

0.350

Senegal

21.3

21.0

0.485

21.6

25.1

0.010

19.4

23.4

0.001

33.0

36.0

0.106

Sierra Leone

7.97

6.16

0.020

7.8

15.5

0.018

14.1

13.8

0.702

22.5

18.8

< 0.001

South Africa

11.9

10.0

0.162

21.9

20.2

0.358

27.0

25.5

0.472

29.7

27.0

0.196

Tanzania

12.4

11.7

0.437

19.1

17.2

0.076

15.9

17.2

0.197

26.2

24.8

0.239

Togo

16.7

14.0

0.014

23.9

20.1

0.002

27.5

28.2

0.630

31.8

22.0

0.007

Uganda

20.7

18.7

0.016

36.6

28.7

< 0.001

41.2

41.9

0.599

44.8

38.1

< 0.001

Zambia

16.1

14.0

0.057

16.5

15.1

0.172

22.1

20.4

0.278

26.5

24.1

0.091

Zimbabwe

18.6

14.8

0.002

14.2

13.8

0.763

40.0

38.2

0.231

28.7

24.8

0.018