Table 2 Neonatal mortality rate across socioeconomic and geographic subpopulations in Guinea: Evidence from Guinea DHSs (1999–2012)

Economic status

56.1 (47.1–66.7)

2941

60.0 (48.9–73.3)

3238

49.0 (39.8–60.1)

3190

57.9 (47.2–70.9)

2529

60.9 (51.9–71.3)

2851

37.1 (28.7–47.7)

3125

54.1 (44.8–65.1)

2369

61.3 (51.8–72.3)

2820

40.5 (33.2–49.5)

2949

48.6 (39.8–59.3)

2304

46.6 (38.2–56.8)

2469

40.4 (30.4–53.5)

2642

38.5 (30.2–48.9)

1944

38.2 (27.3–53.2)

1957

31.7 (22.7–44.3)

2017

Education

54.6 (49.1–60.6)

10,516

55.7 (50.4–61.4)

11,703

41.6 (36.6–47.2)

11,348

40.4 (27.6–58.6)

870

52.2 (38.5–70.4)

1017

43.5 (29.1–64.4)

1489

24.9 (15.0–41.1)

702

42.1 (25.6–68.5)

616

23.6 (15.2–36.4)

1085

Place of residence

55.3 (49.1–62.1)

9072

57.4 (52.1–63.4)

10,302

41.9 (36.5–48.1)

10,443

41.5 (34.8–49.4)

3017

45.7 (36.8–56.5)

3034

35.8 (28.2–45.3)

3479

Sex

44.0 (38.2–50.6)

5865

45.8 (39.8–52.8)

6464

34.2 (28.7–40.7)

6816

59.2 (52.7–66.5)

6224

63.2 (56.2–70.9)

6872

46.3 (40.2–53.3)

7107

Subnational region

Lower Guinea

Boke

44.9 (35.8–56.2)

2557

46.7 (36.6–59.3)

1586

43.0 (29.2–62.8)

1322

Central Guinea

Conakry

47.4 (37.7–59.5)

2760

37.0 (24.0–56.4)

1345

32.8 (21.9–48.8)

1798

Upper Guinea

Faranah

61.7 (51.1–74.5)

2227

72.4 (56.7–91.9)

1136

44.6 (31.1–63.7)

1478

Forest Guinea

Kankan

58.8 (47.3–72.8)

3020

49.7 (41.8–59.1)

2005

50.2 (38.3–65.4)

2495

Conakry

Kindia

43.1 (34.2–54.2)

1524

61.5 (50.8–74.2)

1947

40.0 (29.2–54.5)

2107

NA

Labe

NA

NA

48.4 (35.6–65.4)

1344

48.2 (35.3–65.6)

1296

NA

Mamou

NA

NA

54.8 (45.4–65.9)

913

49.7 (38.0–64.7)

1008

NA

Nzerekore

NA

NA

62.1 (50.1–76.7)

3056

24.2 (17.6–33.2)

2414

National average

51.8

12,089

54.8

13,336

40.4

13,923