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Table 2 Household piped water point estimates, by Malawi district and method, in 2000 and 2004

From: Obtaining district-level health estimates using geographically masked location from Demographic and Health Survey data

District

Malawi 2000 DHS

Malawi 2004 DHS

Change (2004–2000)

Method A (%)

Method B (%)

Method C (%)

Method A (%)

Method B (%)

Method C (%)

Validation (%)

Method A (%)

Method B (%)

Method C (%)

Balaka

5

6

6

5

4

4

5

0

− 2

− 2

Blantyre

34

35

35

15

16

16

16

− 19

− 19

− 19

Chikwawa

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

0

0

0

Chiradzulu

0

0

0

0

2

2

2

0

2

2

Chitipa

2

2

2

8

7

7

7

6

5

5

Dedza

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

0

1

1

Dowa

4

4

4

0

1

1

1

− 4

− 3

− 3

Karonga

5

4

4

11

14

16

14

6

10

12

Kasungu

4

5

5

2

2

2

2

− 2

− 3

− 3

Lilongwe

13

13

13

13

15

15

14

0

2

2

Machinga

1

2

2

0

0

0

0

− 1

− 2

− 2

Mangochi

4

4

4

3

4

4

4

− 1

0

0

Mchinji

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

0

− 1

− 1

Mulanje

2

2

2

3

4

5

4

1

2

3

Mwanza

2

3

3

11

9

9

9

9

6

6

Mzimba

9

10

8

8

9

9

9

− 1

− 1

1

Nkhata Bay

0

0

0

5

6

6

6

5

6

6

Nkhotakota

1

0

0

3

7

8

5

2

7

8

Nsanje

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ntcheu

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

Ntchisi

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

1

Phalombe

0

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

− 1

− 1

Rumphi

5

2

10

1

1

1

1

− 4

− 1

− 9

Salima

3

3

4

2

2

2

2

− 1

− 1

− 2

Thyolo

1

2

1

3

4

4

3

2

2

3

Zomba

5

8

8

8

8

8

8

3

0

0