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

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

District	Malawi 2000 DHS			Malawi 2004 DHS				Change (2004–2000)
District	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

ISSN: 1476-072X