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

Table 4 Exclusive breastfeeding point estimates, by 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	13	62	62	9	21	21	20	− 4	− 41	− 41
Blantyre	45	53	53	37	47	47	45	− 8	− 6	− 6
Chikwawa	51	51	51	39	45	45	43	− 12	− 6	− 6
Chiradzulu	40	45	44	13	43	43	43	− 27	− 2	− 1
Chitipa	53	53	53	45	51	51	51	− 8	− 2	− 2
Dedza	32	35	35	47	52	52	53	15	17	17
Dowa	10	16	16	24	42	42	41	14	26	26
Karonga	35	40	40	60	74	75	74	25	34	35
Kasungu	30	37	37	27	32	32	33	− 3	− 5	− 5
Lilongwe	25	33	33	49	63	63	63	24	30	30
Machinga	43	62	63	54	62	62	62	11	0	− 1
Mangochi	49	49	49	50	62	60	60	1	13	11
Mchinji	15	26	26	55	55	55	50	40	29	29
Mulanje	40	52	51	42	76	79	74	2	24	28
Mwanza	28	50	50	18	65	65	65	− 10	15	15
Mzimba	43	43	37	34	40	40	41	− 9	− 3	3
Nkhata Bay	20	41	41	43	48	48	48	23	7	7
Nkhotakota	36	46	46	32	63	59	55	− 4	17	13
Nsanje	37	47	47	43	62	58	62	6	15	11
Ntcheu	34	47	47	24	28	31	31	− 10	− 19	− 16
Ntchisi	2	6	6	48	30	30	35	46	24	24
Phalombe	49	52	52	30	52	51	52	− 19	0	− 1
Rumphi	61	64	73	45	70	70	70	− 16	6	− 3
Salima	40	42	49	43	42	43	42	3	0	− 6
Thyolo	48	58	58	40	60	60	62	− 8	2	2
Zomba	41	51	49	69	70	70	71	28	19	21

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