Table 2: Descriptive distribution of observed counts, total births, expected counts, relative frequency of under- five deaths by state based on the 2013 Nigeria DHS (arranged in alphabetical order).
State |
Observed Deaths(O) |
Expected Count(E) |
Relative Frequency |
SMR |
Total Birth(N) |
Abia |
39 |
46.57 |
1.35 |
0.425 |
508 |
Adamawa |
100 |
91.76 |
3.47 |
1.894 |
1001 |
Akwa Ibom |
43 |
52.80 |
1.49 |
0.873 |
576 |
Anambra |
46 |
49.23 |
1.59 |
0.349 |
537 |
Bauchi |
180 |
131.92 |
6.24 |
2.392 |
1439 |
Bayelsa |
58 |
75.26 |
2.01 |
0.959 |
821 |
Benue |
61 |
60.50 |
2.11 |
1.109 |
660 |
Borno |
28 |
55.00 |
0.97 |
0.581 |
600 |
Cross river |
36 |
48.22 |
1.25 |
0.567 |
526 |
Delta |
46 |
63.44 |
1.59 |
0.697 |
692 |
Ebonyi |
92 |
66.00 |
3.19 |
1.687 |
720 |
Edo |
27 |
54.55 |
0.94 |
0.556 |
595 |
Ekiti |
33 |
48.59 |
1.14 |
0.627 |
530 |
Enugu |
46 |
52.62 |
1.59 |
1.002 |
574 |
FCT-Abuja |
28 |
45.93 |
0.97 |
0.264 |
501 |
Gombe |
126 |
105.88 |
4.37 |
2.882 |
1155 |
Imo |
40 |
43.73 |
1.39 |
0.304 |
477 |
Jigawa |
194 |
131.64 |
6.72 |
2.413 |
1436 |
Kaduna |
51 |
80.40 |
1.77 |
0.258 |
877 |
Kano |
221 |
197.83 |
7.66 |
1.655 |
2158 |
Katsina |
136 |
133.57 |
4.71 |
1.241 |
1457 |
Kebbi |
152 |
109.55 |
5.27 |
3.391 |
1195 |
Kogi |
27 |
44.83 |
0.94 |
0.431 |
489 |
Kwara |
46 |
62.61 |
1.59 |
0.529 |
683 |
Lagos |
64 |
87.00 |
2.22 |
1.066 |
949 |
Nasarawa |
58 |
60.05 |
2.01 |
0.662 |
655 |
Niger |
57 |
87.64 |
1.98 |
1.160 |
956 |
Ogun |
37 |
49.14 |
1.28 |
0.623 |
536 |
Ondo |
48 |
59.40 |
1.66 |
0.938 |
648 |
Osun |
21 |
51.15 |
0.73 |
0.347 |
558 |
Oyo |
36 |
60.60 |
1.25 |
0.586 |
661 |
Plateau |
51 |
61.42 |
1.77 |
1.036 |
670 |
Rivers |
39 |
49.23 |
1.35 |
0.313 |
537 |
Sokoto |
163 |
124.77 |
5.65 |
1.427 |
1361 |
Taraba |
123 |
114.22 |
4.26 |
1.247 |
1246 |
Yobe |
104 |
98.64 |
3.60 |
0.798 |
1076 |
Zamfara |
229 |
130.36 |
7.93 |
0.079 |
1422 |