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Table 2 Prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women in SSA countries

From: Geospatial disparities and predictors of anaemia among pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa

Country

Urban

95% confidence interval

Rural

95% confidence interval

Burkina Faso

57.2

46.9–67.0

56.9

52.8–61.0

Benin

69.2

62.5–75.2

67.7

62.7–72.4

Burundi

35.5

23.3–50.0

47.2

42.8–51.6

Congo DR

51.3

45.0-57.5

40.9

37.0-44.8

Congo

62.1

53.8–69.8

60.6

52.2–68.4

Cote d’Ivoire

57.0

46.4–67.0

62.7

55.8–69.1

Cameroon

34.7

27.8–42.2

41.4

35.4–47.7

Ethiopia

30.4

19.2–44.5

31.2

27.9–34.7

Gabon

54.2

47.8–60.6

61.3

47.2–73.7

Ghana

37.7

28.4–48.4

57.0

47.7–65.8

Gambia

48.1

40.9–55.3

67.5

58.0-75.8

Guinea

52.9

42.4–63.1

44.0

37.5–50.7

Liberia

36.6

26.1–48.5

49.1

38.1–60.1

Mali

60.4

49.1–70.7

72.3

67.2–77.0

Malawi

56.6

39.0-72.9

43.7

38.3–49.2

Mozambique

53.1

46.5–59.6

51.0

47.4–54.5

Nigeria

56.6

51.2–61.9

61.2

56.7–65.4

Niger

58.4

45.6–70.2

61.0

56.7–65.1

Namibia

23.1

13.4–36.7

27.8

16.0-43.7

Rwanda

21.8

12.5–35.3

22.4

16.9–29.0

Sierra Leone

46.0

33.1–59.4

61.5

53.9–68.6

Togo

60.3

50.0-69.8

62.9

55.8–69.4

Tanzania

48.7

41.2–56.3

61.0

55.8–69.4

Uganda

31.7

22.5–42.5

35.7

30.8–41.0

Zambia

43.9

37.3–50.7

38.5

34.2–43.0

Zimbabwe

37.2

27.8–47.7

27.1

21.5–33.6

Total

50.0

48.3–51.7

50.0

48.9–51.0