2007–2008 | 2018–2019 | IRR* (95% CI) | |||||
Population† | Deaths | IR‡ | Population† | Deaths | IR‡ | ||
District | |||||||
Nkulumane | 41 464 | 1479 | 35.7 | 42 985 | 397 | 9.2 | 0.26 (0.23 to 0.29) |
Harare SE§ | 24 193 | 141 | 5.8 | 31 755 | 54 | 1.7 | 0.29 (0.21 to 0.40) |
Harare W§ | 62 211 | 635 | 10.2 | 81 655 | 227 | 2.8 | 0.27 (0.23 to 0.32) |
Mutare | 123 954 | 974 | 7.9 | 148 616 | 367 | 2.5 | 0.31 (0.28 to 0.35) |
Bindura | 43 220 | 326 | 7.5 | 58 789 | 133 | 2.3 | 0.30 (0.24 to 0.37) |
Mutoko | 37 956 | 331 | 8.7 | 44 069 | 82 | 1.9 | 0.21 (0.17 to 0.27) |
Zvimba | 67 396 | 548 | 8.1 | 85 113 | 156 | 1.8 | 0.23 (0.19 to 0.27) |
Chivi | 47 866 | 264 | 5.5 | 49 311 | 114 | 2.3 | 0.42 (0.33 to 0.52) |
Tsholotsho | 34 533 | 357 | 10.3 | 31 363 | 79 | 2.5 | 0.24 (0.19 to 0.31) |
Matobo | 28 037 | 314 | 11.2 | 25 052 | 128 | 5.1 | 0.46 (0.37 to 0.56) |
Kwekwe | 89 516 | 819 | 9.1 | 105 468 | 119 | 1.1 | 0.12 (0.10 to 0.15) |
Age-group | |||||||
12–14 | 77 544 | 82 | 1.1 | 87 675 | 26 | 0.3 | 0.28 (0.17 to 0.44) |
15–19 | 133 104 | 228 | 1.7 | 132 452 | 117 | 0.9 | 0.52 (0.41 to 0.65) |
20–24 | 115 701 | 589 | 5.1 | 115 236 | 159 | 1.4 | 0.27 (0.23 to 0.32) |
25–29 | 89 201 | 1090 | 12.2 | 104 593 | 194 | 1.9 | 0.15 (0.13 to 0.18) |
30–34 | 63 110 | 1358 | 21.5 | 90 122 | 321 | 3.6 | 0.17 (0.15 to 0.19) |
35–39 | 47 467 | 1278 | 26.9 | 73 296 | 383 | 5.2 | 0.19 (0.17 to 0.22) |
40–44 | 41 202 | 794 | 19.3 | 60 250 | 348 | 5.8 | 0.30 (0.26 to 0.34) |
45–49 | 33 015 | 769 | 23.3 | 40 551 | 308 | 7.6 | 0.33 (0.28 to 0.37) |
Pregnancy-related death | |||||||
Yes | 45 579 | 325 | 7.1 | 59 576 | 137 | 2.3 | 0.32 (0.26 to 0.39) |
No | 554 765 | 5863 | 10.6 | 644 600 | 1719 | 2.7 | 0.25 (0.24 to 0.27) |
Total unweighted | 600 344 | 6188 | 10.3 | 704 176 | 1856 | 2.6 | 0.26 (0.24 to 0.27) |
Total weighted** | 681 634 | 7176 | 10.5 | 803 614 | 2145 | 2.7 | 0.25 (0.24 to 0.27) |
*Weighted by district location to account for clustering of deaths within districts (where mortality risk factors are similar) in the pooled sample.
†Year 2007 and 2018 population projections were from Zimbabwe’s Statistics Department (ZimStats).
‡Mortality rate obtained using the formula: (number died / population) × 1000.
§Harare South-Eastern and Harare Western Districts.
.IR, incidence rate; IRR, incidence rate ratio.