Descriptive characteristics of sample of live births on Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2015–2016
| Total | Urban | Rural | ||||
| Children born within last 5 years | 9736 | 2263 | 7473 | |||
| Neonatal deaths within last 5 years | 243 | 77 | 166 | |||
| n | column % | n | column % | n | column % | |
| Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 2263 | 27.1 | ||||
| Rural | 7473 | 72.9 | ||||
| Mode of delivery | ||||||
| Vaginal | 9222 | 94.3 | 2017 | 88.1 | 7205 | 96.6 |
| Caeserean | 514 | 5.7 | 246 | 11.9 | 268 | 3.4 |
| Multiplicity | ||||||
| No | 9382 | 96.4 | 2183 | 95.9 | 7199 | 96.6 |
| Yes | 354 | 3.6 | 80 | 4.1 | 274 | 3.4 |
| Birth order and preceeding birth interval (BI) | ||||||
| First child | 2216 | 24.1 | 673 | 30.7 | 1543 | 21.6 |
| Second/third with ≤24-month BI | 755 | 7.4 | 145 | 6.1 | 610 | 7.9 |
| Second/third with >24-month BI | 2426 | 26.2 | 813 | 37.0 | 1613 | 22.2 |
| Fourth+with ≤24-month BI | 1048 | 9.6 | 130 | 5.2 | 918 | 11.2 |
| Fourth+with >24-month BI | 3291 | 32.7 | 502 | 21.0 | 2789 | 37.1 |
| Mother’s age at time of birth (years) | ||||||
| <20 | 1552 | 17.2 | 338 | 15.4 | 1214 | 17.9 |
| 20–29 | 4782 | 49.2 | 1219 | 53.9 | 3563 | 47.4 |
| 30–39 | 2864 | 28.6 | 630 | 27.7 | 2234 | 28.9 |
| 40–49 | 538 | 5.0 | 76 | 3.0 | 462 | 5.8 |
| Sex of child | ||||||
| Male | 4812 | 50.8 | 1176 | 52.4 | 3736 | 50.1 |
| Female | 4824 | 49.2 | 1087 | 47.6 | 3737 | 49.9 |
| Wanted pregnancy | ||||||
| No | 2969 | 30.6 | 748 | 33.3 | 2221 | 29.6 |
| Yes | 6767 | 69.4 | 1515 | 66.7 | 5252 | 70.4 |
| Place of birth | ||||||
| Home | 3770 | 38.0 | 306 | 13.8 | 3464 | 47.0 |
| Lower level facility | 2866 | 30.2 | 542 | 24.7 | 2324 | 32.3 |
| Hospital | 3100 | 31.8 | 1415 | 61.5 | 1685 | 20.7 |
| Skilled birth attendant present at birth | ||||||
| No | 3886 | 38.9 | 320 | 14.0 | 3566 | 48.2 |
| Yes | 5850 | 61.9 | 1943 | 86.0 | 3907 | 51.8 |
| Household wealth index | ||||||
| Poorest | 2252 | 24.4 | 124 | 5.9 | 2128 | 31.3 |
| Poorer | 2002 | 21.3 | 57 | 2.2 | 1945 | 28.4 |
| Middle | 1887 | 19.1 | 147 | 5.5 | 1740 | 24.1 |
| Richer | 2013 | 18.6 | 738 | 32.9 | 1275 | 13.3 |
| Richest | 1582 | 16.6 | 1197 | 53.5 | 385 | 2.9 |
| Mother’s education (highest level completed) | ||||||
| No education/incomplete primary | 2114 | 21.1 | 204 | 9.2 | 1910 | 25.5 |
| Primary | 5904 | 65.0 | 1281 | 61.1 | 4623 | 66.5 |
| Secondary or higher | 1718 | 13.9 | 778 | 29.7 | 940 | 8.0 |
| Child weighed at birth | ||||||
| No | 3749 | 37.1 | 283 | 12.1 | 3466 | 46.4 |
| Yes | 5987 | 62.9 | 1980 | 87.9 | 4007 | 53.6 |
| Child’s birth weight in grams (n=5987) | ||||||
| Low (<2500 g) | 422 | 6.9 | 139 | 7.2 | 283 | 6.7 |
| Normal (2500–4000 g) | 5186 | 86.7 | 1746 | 88.2 | 3440 | 85.7 |
| Macrosomia (>4000 g) | 379 | 6.4 | 95 | 4.6 | 284 | 7.6 |