Too poor or too far? Partitioning the variability of hospital-based childbirth by poverty and travel time in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania

Table 1 Country data and statistics

	Kenya	Malawi	Nigeria	Tanzania
Total area (km²) [19]	580,367	118,484	923,768	947,300
National population in 2015 (million) [19]	47	18	181	54
% urban population in 2015 [19]	26	16	48	32
% of all births in health facilities^a [20],	61.2	91.4	35.8	62.6
% population > 2 h travel time to public emergency hospital care [21]	7	7	8	25

^a The most recent Demographic and Health Survey as of January 2019 for each country – Kenya 2014, Malawi 2015/16, Nigeria 2013 and Tanzania 2015/16

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