Table 3

Countries with the highest and lowest rankings of excess female mortality according to the two approaches (countries were ordered according to the ranking position of the prescriptive approach)

Country	Prescriptive approach		Descriptive approach
Country	Rank	Excess female U5MR*	Rank	Excess female U5MR*
Thirteen countries with highest rankings
Comoros	1	36.8%†	2	13.9%
Kyrgyzstan	2	36.2%†	1	17.0%
Bangladesh	3	35.6%†	4	13.21%
India	4	32.7%†	6	11.4%‡
Armenia	5	31.9%	7	11.0%
Honduras	6	28.8%†	3	13.7%
Egypt	7	27.0%†	5	12.5%
Nepal	8	25.1%†	9	9.4%
Dominican Republic	9	24.6%	8	9.5%
Senegal	10	22.3%	11	7.8%
Guyana	11	21.8%	10	8.2%
Pakistan	12	20.6%†	13	6.8%
Yemen	13	19.2%†	12	6.8%
Ten countries with lowest rankings
Ethiopia	51	−3.2%	51	−4.8%
Zimbabwe	52	−4.2%	52	−5.5%
Azerbaijan	53	−5.0%	53	−6.0%
Mali	54	−6.3%	55	−7.0%
Haiti	55	−6.3%	54	−6.5%
Cote d'Ivoire	56	−12.6%†	56	−10.8%‡
São Tome and Principe	57	−21.9%†	58	−16.8%
Moldova	58	−22.6%	57	−15.1%
Albania	59	−24.6%	59	−18.0%
Ukraine	60	−26.2%	60	−20.6%

*Excess female U5MR=[(observed/expected)−1]x100.
†Confidence interval does not include the expected value according to the prescriptive approach.
‡Confidence interval does not include the expected value according to the descriptive approach.
U5MR, under-5 mortality rate.