Table 2

Global and local spatial autocorrelation for neonatal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa

CountryLocal Moran’s I statistic (p value)
Angola−0.2034 (0.6473)
Benin Republic−0.0077 (0.4859)
Botswana0.2638 (0.2713)
Burkina Faso−0.0706 (0.5488)
Burundi−0.1874 (0.6139)
Cameroon−0.1784 (0.6588)
Central Africa Republic0.3505 (0.1849)
Chad0.1301 (0.3559)
Côte d’Ivoire−0.0065 (0.4829)
Congo Brazzaville0.0095 (0.4677)
Congo Democratic Republic−0.1832 (0.7052)
Djibouti0.0103 (0.4750)
Equatorial Guinea−0.1604 (0.5785)
Eritrea0.4242 (0.2089)
Ethiopia0.0662 (0.4142)
Gabon0.0502 (0.4464)
Gambia0.4236 (0.3243)
Ghana−0.0975 (0.5525)
Guinea Liberia0.1890 (0.2854)
Guinea-Bissau−0.5647 (0.7843)
Kenya0.1532 (0.3354)
Lesotho−3.0964 (0.9991)
Liberia−0.6433 (0.8681)
Malawi0.5700 (0.1416)
Mali−0.0743 (0.5527)
Mauritania0.0342 (0.4660)
Mozambique0.1434 (0.3279)
Namibia0.0885 (0.3935)
Niger−0.1910 (0.6549)
Nigeria−0.0856 (0.5514)
Rwanda0.1301 (0.3721)
Senegal−0.5428 (0.8926)
Sierra Leone−0.3441 (0.6792)
Somalia−0.5647 (0.8354)
South Africa0.0056 (0.4682)
Sudan0.0057 (0.4651)
Swaziland0.2429 (0.3486)
Tanzania0.3956 (0.0925)
Uganda−0.0616 (0.5268)
Togo0.4280 (0.1396)
Zambia0.0242 (0.4390)
Zimbabwe−0.7644 (0.9617)
  • Global Moran’s I statistic=−0.0925; p=0.7393, Geary’s C statistic=1.0640; p=0.7116.