Table 1

Deaths and person-time observed for BRHP DSS (6,345 deaths among 413,965 person-years aged under 20) and Ethiopian DHS data (10,517 deaths among 544,598 person-years aged under 20).



BRHP DSS
Ethiopia DHS



factor
level
deaths
person-years (000s)
deaths
person-years (000s)

age group
< 1 year
2,328
24.8
5,227
49.0

1 to 4 years
2,242
89.9
3,349
170.0

5 to 19 years
1,775
299.3
1,941
325.6
sex
female
3,016
207.9
4,785
264.3

male
3,329
206.1
5,732
280.3
residence
rural
5,812
330.2
9,431
439.9

urban
533
83.7
1,086
104.7
year
1987
202
16.4
576
17.1

1988
480
17.5
554
19.2

1989
391
18.6
636
21.1

1990
356
19.8
677
23.5

1991
518
20.5
698
26.2

1992
248
20.8
783
28.8

1993
352
21.2
760
31.5

1994
388
21.7
795
34.0

1995
245
21.6
715
36.7

1996
259
22.1
676
39.5

1997
351
23.2
710
42.6

1998
540
25.1
736
45.6

1999
844
25.8
746
48.6

2000
274
26.9
403
28.2

2001
208
27.4
285
23.4

2002
237
27.9
262
24.9

2003
254
28.3
246
26.2

2004
198
28.4
259
27.6
region
Tigray
-
-
976
53.2

Affar
-
-
751
31.4

Amhara
-
-
1,686
84.7

Oromiya
-
-
1,977
98.9

Somali
-
-
550
36.7

Ben-Gumuz
-
-
839
35.1

SNNP
-
-
1,848
84.1

Gambela
-
-
597
24.4

Harari
-
-
497
27.2

Addis Ababa
-
-
283
42.0

Dire Dawa
-
-
513
27.0

Byass et al. Population Health Metrics 2007 5:12   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-5-12