Health in Zou, Benin: official figures

For every 1,000 babies born in Zou in the five years before the 2021-2022 MICS, 70 died before their first birthday and 104 before their fifth; the under-five rate is 2nd highest of the 12 departments (Benin: 45 and 80). Department rates rest on fewer births and are less precise.

How many children in Zou are vaccinated?

50.9% of children aged 12 to 23 months in Zou had received all basic vaccines (BCG, three doses of polio and of DTP, and measles) in 2021-2022, the highest of the 12 departments (Benin: 27.6%); 77.6% had the third DTP (pentavalent) dose and 75.6% 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 Zou are malnourished?

40.3% of children under five in Zou were stunted (too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition) in 2021-2022, 6.4% were wasted (too thin for their height) and 19.8% underweight; the stunting rate is 5th highest 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 Zou give birth in a health facility?

97.7% of women in Zou who gave birth in the two years before the survey delivered in a health facility and 84.2% were helped by a doctor, nurse or midwife; the facility share is 3rd highest of the 12 departments (Benin: 90.6% and 80.8%). 6.4% 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 Zou get antenatal care?

67.0% of recent mothers in Zou had at least four antenatal visits during pregnancy, 3rd highest 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 Zou sleep under mosquito nets?

73.8% of children under five in Zou slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net the night before the 2021-2022 survey, 2nd highest 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 Zou get family planning?

Among married women in Zou who want to space or limit births, 35.8% had that need met by a modern contraceptive method in 2021-2022, 3rd highest 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 Zou compares with other departments

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

Zou ranks 2 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Under-five deaths per 1,000 live births (5 years before the survey)
1	Couffo	125
2	Zou	104
3	Alibori	87
4	Ouémé	87
5	Atacora	82
6	Littoral	82
7	Collines	79

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)

Zou ranks 1 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Children 12-23 months with all basic vaccines
1	Zou	50.9%
2	Littoral	35.2%
3	Mono	30.6%
4	Atacora	30.5%
5	Ouémé	30.5%
6	Couffo	28.0%
7	Collines	27.0%

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)

Zou ranks 5 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Children under 5 stunted
2	Plateau	48.3%
3	Atacora	46.4%
4	Alibori	41.1%
5	Zou	40.3%
6	Couffo	34.2%
7	Ouémé	33.9%
8	Mono	32.8%

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)

Zou ranks 3 of 12, highest first.

Rank	Region	Births in a health facility (2 years before the survey)
1	Ouémé	99.2%
2	Littoral	97.8%
3	Zou	97.7%
4	Mono	97.3%
5	Atlantique	97.2%
6	Collines	95.0%
7	Atacora	89.1%

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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