From: Child health inequities in developing countries: differences across urban and rural areas
 | Survey year | Number of childrena | Percentage of urban children | Percentage of stunted children | Rural to urban odds ratio | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  | Overall | Urban | Rural |  |
Central & Western Africa | |||||||
   1. Burkina Faso | 1998/99 | 2 428 | 12.0 | 31.4 | 20.6 | 32.9 | 1.9 |
   2. Cameroon | 1998 | 1 763 | 26.5 | 30.2 | 22.9 | 32.8 | 1.6 |
   3. Chad | 1996/97 | 3 416 | 21.2 | 35.9 | 28.3 | 37.9 | 1.5 |
   4. Côte d'Ivoire | 1998/99 | 986 | 33.3 | 22.5 | 18.0 | 24.8 | 1.5 |
   5. Ghana | 2003 | 1 894 | 33.1 | 27.3 | 20.0 | 30.9 | 1.8 |
   6. Nigeria | 2003 | 2 713 | 32.3 | 36.5 | 29.2 | 40.0 | 1.6 |
   7. Togo | 1998 | 3 399 | 23.6 | 22.3 | 15.2 | 24.5 | 1.8 |
Eastern & Southern Africa | |||||||
   8. Kenya | 2003 | 2 912 | 17.9 | 30.7 | 24.3 | 32.0 | 1.5 |
   9. Madagascar | 1997 | 2 879 | 19.5 | 49.0 | 45.3 | 50.0 | 1.2 |
   10. Malawi | 2000 | 5 936 | 13.2 | 44.6 | 29.7 | 46.9 | 2.1 |
   11. Mozambique | 1997 | 3 035 | 25.3 | 36.8 | 27.9 | 39.9 | 1.7 |
   12. Tanzania | 1999 | 1 588 | 18.4 | 38.7 | 20.1 | 42.9 | 3.0 |
   13. Uganda | 2000/01 | 3 282 | 9.9 | 36.2 | 27.3 | 37.2 | 1.6 |
   14. Zambia | 2001/02 | 3 475 | 30.2 | 44.9 | 38.4 | 47.7 | 1.5 |
   15. Zimbabwe | 1999 | 1 635 | 31.9 | 27.2 | 22.6 | 29.4 | 1.4 |
All 15 countries | NAb | 41 341 | 21.5 | 36.1 | 27.2 | 38.5 | 1.7 |