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Table 1 General characteristics, crude birth rate per 1000 population (CBR), coverage (%) of antenatal care first visit (ANC1), first pentavalent vaccination (penta1) and BCG vaccination, Uganda DHS (UDS) and Uganda Malaria Indicator Survey (UMIS), by subregion

From: Can routine health facility data be used to monitor subnational coverage of maternal, newborn and child health services in Uganda?

Subregion

Population 2015

Population growth rate (%)

Number of districts

CBR (UDHS 2016)

CBR (MIS 2018/9)

ANC1 (UDHS 2016)

ANC1 (UMIS 2018/9)

Penta1 (UDHS 2016)

BCG (UDHS 2016)

Acholi

1,535,100

2.8

8

38.0

34.6

97.3

99.0

98.7

96.9

Ankole

2,946,700

2.1

12

34.5

27.1

96.9

94.9

96.7

85.9

Bugisu

1,803,800

3.1

9

35.8

33.4

97.1

100.0

97.9

96.6

Bukedi

1,928,200

3.0

7

39.8

35.5

96.8

88.5

95.6

94.4

Bunyoro

2,102,300

4.3

8

42.3

39.7

92.3

98.6

94.4

87.7

Busoga

3,663,700

2.7

11

39.8

33.5

97.8

97.7

93.1

90.1

Kampala

1,528,800

1.7

1

38.2

28.1

97.9

96.9

94.8

92.3

Karamoja

991,600

3.3

9

45.5

49.3

97.3

88.9

98.5

96.5

Kigezi

1,390,500

1.2

6

32.0

34.1

99.8

99.4

98.3

96.2

Lango

2,111,400

2.9

9

35.2

33.5

97.1

99.0

95.5

95.4

North Central

3,773,500

2.7

12

37.5

29.3

98.8

90.3

92.0

86.0

South Central

4,474,500

3.9

13

39.9

29.2

95.8

94.9

90.9

84.7

Teso

1,870,600

3.3

10

43.0

38.0

98.9

98.5

97.9

96.6

Tooro

2,644,000

3.3

9

40.4

34.2

98.0

93.6

93.7

92.7

West Nile

2,727,400

3.0

11

40.8

34.4

98.7

98.8

97.6

94.5

National

35,492,100

3.0

135

38.7

32.7

97.3

95.5

94.9

96.3