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Table 2 Urban and rural comparisons of mosquito bed nets and ITNs ownership and usage

From: Can malaria vector control accelerate the interruption of lymphatic filariasis transmission in Africa; capturing a window of opportunity?

Country

Year

Households (%) with at least one type of bed net

Households (%) with at least one ITN

Children (%) < 5 years slept under any bed net

  

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Angola

2000

-

-

-

-

10.8

9.6

Angola

2006

34.0

31.3

29.1

25.9

19.2

22.0

Angola

2011

41.5

33.5

39.0

31.8

30.7

25.2

CAR

2000

-

-

-

-

48.2

19.8

CAR

2006

54.0

25.9

26.1

11.2

52.4

21.7

Chad

2004

-

-

-

-

77.2

61.0

Chad

2006

-

-

-

-

57.5

18.6

Congo

2005

82.0

68.3

8.0

8.0

76.8

59.7

Congo

2011

86.4

79.6

18.9

39.7

83.8

76.8

DRC

2001

-

-

-

-

15.0

10.3

DRC

2007

37.8

21.5

12.4

7.1

26.0

14.3

Equat. Guinea

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Eritrea

2002

28.3

37.3

-

-

14.3

11.0

Gabon

2000

-

-

-

-

-

-

The Gambia

2000

-

-

-

-

45.4

35.8

The Gambia

2005

48.5

69.6

34.0

64.0

54.6

67.6

Guinea

2005

27.5

26.5

1.0

0.3

15.7

11.0

Guinea-Bissau

2000

-

-

-

-

74.7

63.4

Guinea-Bissau

2006

81.5

77.8

34.5

48.9

79.9

70.5

Liberia

2007

31.3

29.9

-

-

-

-

Liberia

2009

44.5

52.7

42.0

51.8

25.6

28.2

STP

2000

-

-

-

-

60.4

27.1

STP

2006

58.4

37.3

44.1

25.4

61.8

41.0

STP

2008

75.2

61.1

69.2

52.4

72.9

52.3

Sudan

2000

-

-

-

-

25.8

20.6

Zambia

1999

-

-

-

-

8.5

4.7

Zambia

2001

34.9

23.4

16.1

12.4

21.9

13.7

Zambia

2007

64.3

64.4

52.6

53.7

35.0

32.8

Zambia

2008

66.2

73.6

58.8

63.9

42.8

49.3

Zimbabwe

2005

34.4

12.8

11.0

7.2

16.1

3.2

Zimbabwe

2010

46.9

38.2

23.2

31.6

18.8

11.6

  1. Note: Data are based on DHS, MIS, MIC national survey reports available between 2000 and 2010.