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MALAWI Districts Level Indicators - (2008 - 2014) Page 1 of 4 Female and Male Census Population per district (2008) against the food security aected population (2014) Districts in focus Male Female Total Food Insecure Population Balaka Blantyre 115 550 Chikhwawa Chiradzulu 497 290 Chitipa 70 406 275 653 Dedza 326 113 283 946 208 501 Dowa 220 914 153 752 502 201 165 111 Karonga 272 732 92 920 297 676 217 981 137 194 86 152 151 637 Kasungu Chiradzulu Dowa Chitipa Dedza Blantyre Balaka Chikhwawa Lilongwe Female & Male Literacy Rate (national average 74.5%) Under 5 Mortality Rate (national average 127 per 1,000 Access to Mosquito Nets Chitipa live births) Karonga Dedza Women Men 140 Blantyre 139 136 13% 125 16% Blantyre 85 89 122 Rumphi 110 Chitipa 78 79 Chiradzulu Chikhwawa 13% Balaka 75 79 73 16% NkhataBay Chiradzulu 68 83 Dowa Mzimba 13% Dowa 64 84 Balaka Likoma 15% Chitipa Chikhwawa 55 74 14% Dedza 50 73 Balaka Blantyre Chikhwawa Chiradzulu Chitipa Dedza Dowa Nkhotakota Kasungu Ntchisi New and improved access to source of water Total Fertility Rate (national average 5.7 children born Prevalence of Diarrhoea Chikhwawa Dowa (national average 79%) to each woman) 10% Mchinji Salima Chitipa 90 Lilongwe 88 89 7 Dowa 11% 77 6 Dedza 70 74 6 6 6 18% 66 Mangochi 5 Ntcheu 4 Machinga Balaka Dedza Balaka 18% 12% Neno Zomba Mwanza Blantyre Phalombe Blantyre Chiradzulu Chiradzulu Mulanje 15% Thyolo 16% Chikwawa Nsanje *The data and information shown on the dashboard doesn’t imply ANY acceptance or endorsement by the United Nations. Some of the country data is not available at second administrative levels and hence the charts will be depicted as empty until the data is available. Developed by OCHA ROSA, SOUTH AFRICA Sources: DHS, UNDP, WORLD BANK, OCHA, GEOHIVE, CSO, NDMAs , Humanitarian Partners MALAWI Districts Level Indicators - (2008 - 2014) Page 2 of 4 Female and Male Census Population per district (2008) against the food security aected population (2014) Districts in focus Male Female Total Food Insecure Population Dedza Dowa Karonga 958 182 Kasungu Lilongwe 14 340 Machinga 416 530 196 847 Mangochi 938 985 309 317 20 556 229 185 254 249 278 038 Mchinji 140 907 387 072 227 373 131 882 306 768 234 747 247 391 Mulanje Lilongwe Mchinji Karonga Kasungu Mangochi Machinga Mulanje Mwanza Female & Male Literacy Rate (national average 74.5%) Under 5 Mortality Rate (national average 127 per 1,000 Access to Mosquito Nets Chitipa live births) Karonga Women Men 157 Karonga Lilongwe 18% 12% Karonga 75 82 133 132 136 Rumphi 125 119 Kasungu 72 82 Mangochi Kasungu 13% Lilongwe 67 85 75 15% NkhataBay Mulanje 66 80 Mulanje Mzimba 14% Mchinji 65 80 Mchinji Likoma 14% Machinga Machinga 57 71 14% Mangochi 52 74 Karonga Kasungu Lilongwe MachingaMangochi Mchinji Mulanje Nkhotakota Kasungu Ntchisi New and improved access to source of water Total Fertility Rate (national average 5.7 children born Prevalence of Diarrhoea Mangochi (national average 79%) to each woman) 9% Dowa Karonga Mchinji Salima 9% Lilongwe 87 91 7 7 82 Kasungu Dedza 78 6 6 74 6 22% 72 Mangochi 64 5 5 Ntcheu Mchinji Machinga Balaka 13% Lilongwe 17% Neno Zomba Mwanza Blantyre Phalombe Machinga Chiradzulu Mulanje 15% Mulanje Thyolo 15% Chikwawa Kasungu Mchinji Lilongwe MachingaMangochiKaronga Mulanje Mulanje Lilongwe Karonga Mchinji Kasungu MachingaMangochi Nsanje *The data and information shown on the dashboard doesn’t imply ANY acceptance or endorsement by the United Nations. Some of the country data is not available at second administrative levels and hence the charts will be depicted as empty until the data is available. Developed by OCHA ROSA, SOUTH AFRICA Sources: DHS, UNDP, WORLD BANK, OCHA, GEOHIVE, CSO, NDMAs , Humanitarian Partners MALAWI Districts Level Indicators - (2008 - 2014) Page 3 of 4 Female and Male Census Population per district (2008) against the food security aected population (2014) Districts in focus Male Female Total Food Insecure Population Mulanje Mwanza Mzimba Neno 375 723 135 372 Nkhata Bay & Likoma 247 897 Nkhotakota 105 012 Nsanje 152 147 114 743 349 150 76 302 122 718 Ntcheu 1 404 226 567 149 721 48 804 56 008 Ntchisi 109 481 45 672 52 889 115 371 Nkhata Bay & Likoma Nkhotakota Mzimba Mwanza Neno Nsanje Ntcheu Phalombe Female & Male Literacy Rate (national average 74.5%) Under 5 Mortality Rate (national average 127 per 1,000 Access to Mosquito Nets Chitipa live births) Karonga Women Men Mwanza 131 134 Nkhotakota 118 125 13% Mzimba 81 84 106 110 104 17% Rumphi Neno Nkhata 76 78 Nkhata Bay & 13% Mwanza 74 87 Likoma 15% NkhataBay Ntcheu 73 77 Ntcheu Mzimba 14% Neno 71 85 Nsanje Likoma 14% Mzimba Nkhotakota 61 79 Mwanza Mzimba Neno Nkhata Nkhotakota Nsanje Ntcheu 14% Nsanje 49 80 Bay & Likoma Nkhotakota Kasungu Ntchisi New and improved access to source of water Total Fertility Rate (national average 5.7 children born Prevalence of Diarrhoea Nkhata Bay Dowa (national average 79%) to each woman) & Likoma Mchinji Salima 6% 85 85 86 92 6 6 Lilongwe 77 80 6 6 74 5 5 5 Nkhotakota Ntcheu Dedza 17% 13% Mangochi Ntcheu Machinga Neno Mwanza Balaka 17% 14% Neno Zomba Mwanza Blantyre Phalombe Nsanje Chiradzulu Mzimba Mulanje Thyolo 17% 16% Chikwawa Nsanje *The data and information shown on the dashboard doesn’t imply ANY acceptance or endorsement by the United Nations. Some of the country data is not available at second administrative levels and hence the charts will be depicted as empty until the data is available. Developed by OCHA ROSA, SOUTH AFRICA Sources: DHS, UNDP, WORLD BANK, OCHA, GEOHIVE, CSO, NDMAs , Humanitarian Partners MALAWI Districts Level Indicators - (2008 - 2014) Page 4 of 4 Female and Male Census Population per district (2008) against the food security aected population (2014) Districts in focus Male Female Total Food Insecure Population Nkhotakota Nsanje 120 397 Ntcheu 167 021 Ntchisi 346 374 Phalombe 307 476 Rumphi 52 468 70 178 Salima 173 548 163 756 114 749 Thyolo 86 061 324 159 279 979 166 779 83 051 109 349 149 471 Zomba Rumphi Ntchisi Salima Phalombe Zomba Thyolo Chitipa Female & Male Literacy Rate (national average 74.5%) Under 5 Mortality Rate (national average 127 per 1,000 Access to Mosquito Nets live births) Karonga 150 Women Men 144 Salima Thyolo 134 15% 122 18% Rumphi 88 86 Rumphi 107 Zomba 75 88 Ntchisi 81 15% Zomba Ntchisi 72 78 NkhataBay 18% Mzimba Thyolo 68 83 Rumphi Likoma Phalombe Phalombe 64 74 17% 17% Salima 57 75 Ntchisi Phalombe Rumphi Salima Thyolo Zomba Nkhotakota Kasungu Ntchisi New and improved access to source of water Total Fertility Rate (national average 5.7 children born Prevalence of Diarrhoea Dowa (national average 79%) to each woman) Mchinji Salima Lilongwe 91 91 91 Thyolo 86 7 83 7 Phalombe 13% Dedza 6 6 22% Mangochi 67 5 5 Rumphi Ntcheu Machinga 14% Balaka Ntchisi Neno Zomba 18% Salima Mwanza Blantyre Phalombe 16% Chiradzulu Mulanje Thyolo Zomba Chikwawa 17% Thyolo Ntchisi Rumphi Phalombe Zomba Salima Thyolo Rumphi Zomba Ntchisi Salima Phalombe Nsanje *The data and information shown on the dashboard doesn’t imply ANY acceptance or endorsement by the United Nations. Some of the country data is not available at second administrative levels and hence the charts will be depicted as empty until the data is available. Developed by OCHA ROSA, SOUTH AFRICA Sources: DHS, UNDP, WORLD BANK, OCHA, GEOHIVE, CSO, NDMAs , Humanitarian Partners .
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