Health in Donga, Benin: official figures

For every 1,000 babies born in Donga in the five years before the 2021-2022 MICS, 33 died before their first birthday and 61 before their fifth; the under-five rate is 3rd lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 45 and 80). Department rates rest on fewer births and are less precise.

How many children in Donga are vaccinated?

20.6% of children aged 12 to 23 months in Donga had received all basic vaccines (BCG, three doses of polio and of DTP, and measles) in 2021-2022, 2nd lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 27.6%); 62.2% had the third DTP (pentavalent) dose and 54.0% the measles vaccine (Benin: 67.3% and 53.7%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

How many children in Donga are malnourished?

31.1% of children under five in Donga were stunted (too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition) in 2021-2022, 11.7% were wasted (too thin for their height) and 16.5% underweight; the stunting rate is 4th lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 36.5%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Do women in Donga give birth in a health facility?

89.0% of women in Donga who gave birth in the two years before the survey delivered in a health facility and 77.1% were helped by a doctor, nurse or midwife; the facility share is 5th lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 90.6% and 80.8%). 2.9% of births were by caesarean section (Benin: 5.7%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Do pregnant women in Donga get antenatal care?

50.6% of recent mothers in Donga had at least four antenatal visits during pregnancy, 6th lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 52.6%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Do children in Donga sleep under mosquito nets?

19.4% of children under five in Donga slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net the night before the 2021-2022 survey, the lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 50.4%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Can women in Donga get family planning?

Among married women in Donga who want to space or limit births, 25.0% had that need met by a modern contraceptive method in 2021-2022, 3rd lowest of the 12 departments (Benin: 31.8%).

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

How Donga compares with other departments

Under-five deaths per 1,000 live births (5 years before the survey) (2017-2022)

Donga ranks 10 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Under-five deaths per 1,000 live births (5 years before the survey)
6	Littoral	82
7	Collines	79
8	Mono	75
9	Atlantique	68
10	Donga	61
11	Borgou	56
12	Plateau	49

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Children 12-23 months with all basic vaccines (2021-22)

Donga ranks 11 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Children 12-23 months with all basic vaccines
6	Couffo	28.0%
7	Collines	27.0%
8	Plateau	23.2%
9	Alibori	22.3%
10	Atlantique	20.9%
11	Donga	20.6%
12	Borgou	16.5%

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Children under 5 stunted (2021-22)

Donga ranks 9 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Children under 5 stunted
6	Couffo	34.2%
7	Ouémé	33.9%
8	Mono	32.8%
9	Donga	31.1%
10	Atlantique	27.2%
11	Collines	26.1%
12	Littoral	22.6%

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

Births in a health facility (2 years before the survey) (2021-22)

Donga ranks 8 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Births in a health facility (2 years before the survey)
5	Atlantique	97.2%
6	Collines	95.0%
7	Atacora	89.1%
8	Donga	89.0%
9	Plateau	88.7%
10	Couffo	84.3%
11	Alibori	84.0%

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP) · saved copy

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Sources

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), with UNICEF (copy kept by the WHO/UNICEF JMP): Enquête par grappes à indicateurs multiples (MICS6-Bénin) 2021-2022, Rapport des résultats de l'enquête (revised December 2023): department rows of Tables SR.2.1, SR.2.3, SR.6.1W, CS.2, TM.2.1, TM.3.3, TM.4.2, TM.6.1, TM.6.2, TC.1.2, TC.6.7, TC.8.1, LN.2.3, LN.2.7, LN.4.1, PR.1.1, PR.2.1, PR.3.3, PR.4.1W, PR.7.1W, WS.1.2, WS.3.2 and DV.2.2, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b47fa901f5ed…)

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