NFHS-3

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Key Indicators for Uttaranchal from NFHS-3 Residence Education

NFHS-3 (2005-2006) Urban Rural No education2 < 8 years complete2 8-9 years complete2 10 years complete and above2 NFHS-2 (1998-99) NFHS-1 (1992-93) Key Indicators for Uttaranchal from NFHS-3

Marriage and Fertility

1. Women age 20-24 married by age 18 (%) 22.6 16.3 24.7 49.9 43.0 22.5 4.2 25.9 na Response rates section Trends in Contraceptive use

2. Men age 25-29 married by age 21 (%) 21.3 7.1 30.0 * 42.9 36.8 8.1 na na Number Response

3. Total fertility rate (children per woman) 2.55 2.21 2.67 3.62 2.68 2.32 2.00 2.61 na interviewed rates Urban Rural Total

4. Women age 15-19 who were already mothers or pregnant at the time of the survey (%) 6.2 1.7 7.8 26.5 6.7 5.0 0.9 na na Households 2,659 97.5 NFHS-2 57 39 43

5. Median age at first birth for women age 25-49 20.5 21.5 20.3 19.3 19.9 20.1 23.3 20.1 na Women (age 15-49) 2,953 91.2 NFHS-3 65 57 59

6. Married women with 2 living children wanting no more children (%) 86.3 87.5 85.7 77.4 88.6 83.1 91.3 71.8 na Men (age 15-54) 983 81.5

6a. Two sons 93.0 93.0 93.0 86.6 95.8 * 96.2 93.2 na

6b. One son, one daughter 91.3 91.7 91.1 86.7 86.4 87.3 95.4 70.2 na Population and Household Profile Trends in Any Antenatal Care

6c. Two daughters 49.4 60.7 40.6 * * * 62.6 35.4 na Total Urban Rural

Family Planning (currently married women, age 15–49) Population aged 6+ that is literate 75.7 83.1 72.8 Urban Rural Total

Current use Households by residence (%) 100.0 28.2 71.8 NFHS-2 82 36 45

7. Any method (%) 59.3 65.3 57.2 58.4 61.3 52.7 62.7 43.1 na Mean household size 5.0 4.8 5.0 NFHS-3 92 69 75

8. Any modern method (%) 55.5 59.2 54.2 55.1 57.2 50.2 57.5 40.4 na

8a. Female sterilization (%) 32.1 20.4 36.3 41.9 40.8 28.6 14.4 27.3 na Percentage of households that: Trends in Institutional Deliveries

8b. Male sterilization (%) 1.8 2.7 1.5 2.0 2.9 1.1 1.3 3.8 na Have electricity 80.0 95.0 74.1

8c. IUD (%) 1.5 2.7 1.0 0.5 1.5 2.2 2.6 1.6 na Use piped drinking water 66.3 85.5 58.7 Urban Rural Total

8d. Pill (%) 4.2 4.7 4.0 2.8 3.8 4.3 6.3 1.4 na Have access to a toilet 56.7 93.7 42.2 NFHS-2 42 16 21

8e. Condom (%) 15.7 28.5 11.2 8.1 8.2 14.1 32.2 6.2 na Live in a pucca house 48.8 83.1 35.3 NFHS-3 60 29 36

Unmet need for family planning Have a motorized vehicle 22.3 39.8 15.5

9. Total unmet need (%) 11.3 10.3 11.7 9.1 14.1 16.9 10.3 21.0 na Have a television 61.0 81.3 53.0 Trends in Vaccination Coverage

9a. For spacing (%) 4.6 3.4 5.0 3.3 5.3 8.0 4.4 10.5 na Own agricultural land 55.8 15.6 71.5

9b. For limiting (%) 6.7 6.9 6.7 5.8 8.8 9.0 5.9 10.5 na Urban Rural Total

Maternal and Child Health NFHS-2 45 40 41

Maternity care (for births in the last 3 years) Education NFHS-3 67 57 60

10. Mothers who had at least 3 antenatal care visits for their last birth (%) 44.8 71.5 36.2 21.2 35.7 41.6 80.9 19.7 na Percent distribution of respondents by level of education

11. Mothers who consumed IFA for 90 days or more when they were pregnant with their last child (%) 26.2 43.0 20.8 8.9 14.2 23.9 55.5 na na Women Men Trends in Children's Nutritional Status

12. Births assisted by a doctor/nurse/LHV/ANM/other health personnel (%)1 41.5 64.6 34.4 21.5 38.8 28.5 76.2 34.6 na No education 33 12

13. Institutional births (%)1 36.0 59.9 28.6 15.6 30.8 25.3 71.2 20.6 na <8 years complete 17 18 Stunted Wasted Underweight

14. Mothers who received postnatal care from a doctor/nurse/LHV/ANM/other health personnel within 2 days of delivery for their last birth (%)1 30.2 52.3 23.1 11.8 22.8 17.4 64.2 na na 8-9 years complete 17 26 NFHS-2 47 8 42

Child immunization and vitamin A supplementation1 10 years complete and above 34 45 NFHS-3 32 16 38

15a. Children 12-23 months fully immunized (BCG, measles, and 3 doses each of polio/DPT) (%) 60.0 67.2 57.4 40.4 50.8 64.1 86.4 40.9 na Media Exposure Figure Trends in Infant Mortality

15b. Children 12-23 months who have received BCG (%) 83.5 84.4 83.2 66.6 88.8 89.1 98.5 76.8 na Percentage with regular exposure to media Urban Rural Total

15c. Children 12-23 months who have received 3 doses of polio vaccine (%) 80.3 82.8 79.4 63.9 88.8 80.9 95.5 62.4 na Women 15-49 Men 15-49

15d. Children 12-23 months who have received 3 doses of DPT vaccine (%) 67.1 68.7 66.5 45.5 60.0 69.7 95.5 56.1 na Urban 90 91

15e. Children 12-23 months who have received measles vaccine (%) 71.6 75.0 70.3 56.6 65.4 69.7 94.0 56.0 na Rural 66 78 NFHS-2 14 44 38

16. Children age 12-35 months who received a vitamin A dose in last 6 months (%) 15.6 19.7 14.1 9.4 11.3 18.8 23.7 na na Total 73 83 NFHS-3 17 50 42

Treatment of childhood diseases (children under 3 years)1

17. Children with diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks who received ORS (%) 35.6 45.2 32.6 21.7 * * 60.8 31.5 na Trends in Fertility Trends in HIV/AIDS Knowledge

18. Children with diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks taken to a health facility (%) 64.8 71.0 62.8 64.0 * * 66.8 64.0 na Total fertility rate Urban Rural Total

19. Children with acute respiratory infection or fever in the last 2 weeks taken to a health facility (%) 71.6 80.0 69.5 71.5 * * 82.1 na na Women

Child Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children1

20. Children under 3 years breastfed within one hour of birth (%) 32.9 29.1 34.2 33.9 34.1 26.2 34.9 24.1 na NFHS-2 2.6 NFHS-2 78 24 36

21. Children age 0-5 months exclusively breastfed (%) 31.2 * 35.1 36.4 * * 27.6 na na NFHS-3 2.6 NFHS-3 85 57 64

22. Children age 6-9 months receiving solid or semi-solid food and breastmilk (%) 51.6 * 51.4 39.4 * * 54.5 na na Men

23. Children under 3 years who are stunted (%) 31.9 18.4 36.3 41.1 31.8 34.5 19.5 46.6 na NFHS-3 94 90 91

24. Children under 3 years who are wasted (%) 16.2 11.0 17.8 19.4 8.6 27.7 9.9 7.6 na

25. Children under 3 years who are underweight (%) 38.0 29.4 40.8 49.8 36.7 49.7 18.2 41.8 na

Nutritional Status of Ever-Married Adults (age 15-49)

26. Women whose Body Mass Index is below normal (%) 25.7 11.1 30.8 32.8 26.7 28.3 13.0 32.4 na

27. Men whose Body Mass Index is below normal (%) 21.8 13.2 25.6 35.3 34.0 23.8 9.9 na na

28. Women who are overweight or obese (%) 16.0 30.5 11.0 8.2 14.6 15.3 29.3 9.2 na

29. Men who are overweight or obese (%) 11.4 18.6 8.2 7.3 6.6 5.8 18.3 na na

Anaemia among Children and Adults

30. Children age 6-35 months who are anaemic (%) 61.5 60.2 62.0 64.9 67.9 64.2 53.2 77.4 na

31. Ever-married women age 15-49 who are anaemic (%) 47.6 44.3 48.8 49.3 51.2 46.3 43.6 45.6 na

32. Pregnant women age 15-49 who are anaemic (%) 45.2 45.7 45.0 51.0 * 43.9 31.2 49.8 na

33. Ever-marrried men age 15-49 who are anaemic (%) 26.1 20.1 28.8 39.5 35.6 25.4 17.2 na na

Knowledge of HIV/AIDS among Ever-Married Adults (age 15-49)

34. Women who have heard of AIDS (%) 64.3 84.5 57.2 37.2 66.8 75.1 98.3 35.6 na

35. Men who have heard of AIDS (%) 91.0 93.7 89.7 62.5 87.8 96.9 100.0 na na

36. Women who know that consistent condom use can reduce the chances of getting HIV/AIDS (%) 52.2 71.7 45.3 25.6 47.9 63.0 89.5 na na

37. Men who know that consistent condom use can reduce the chances of getting HIV/AIDS (%) 81.4 84.8 79.6 42.0 71.3 90.6 95.8 na na

Women’s Empowerment

38. Currently married women who usually participate in household decisions (%) 47.9 60.4 43.4 44.2 47.9 36.1 58.9 na na

39. Ever-married women who have ever experienced spousal violence (%) 27.9 22.8 29.8 39.6 33.8 22.7 8.6 na na



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* Not shown; based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases

1. Based on the last 2 births in the 3 years before the survey; 2. For children, the education refers to the mother’s education. Children with missing information on the mother’s education are not included in the education columns.

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A new programme for newborn care
Special Correspondent
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New VISTAS: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launching the Navjat Shishu Suraksha Karyakram in Jaipur on Tuesday.
JAIPUR: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad launched “Navjaat Shishu Suraksha Karyakram” to address important interventions of care at birth as a national initiative to reduce neonatal deaths here on Tuesday. The nation-wide programme will provide basic institutional newborn care and resuscitation to the infants. The interventions covered in the proposed programme include prevention of hypothermia, prevention of infection, early initiation of breast-feeding and basic newborn resuscitation.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Azad said the objective was to have one person trained in basic newborn care at every delivery, which would help prevent a significant number of newborn deaths and ensure survival of the newborn babies.
Mr. Azad pointed out that 22 lakh children below five years of age die across the country every year as a result of birth asphyxia, sepsis, premature births and hypothermia. Most of these deaths occur within the first few days of birth, he added.
The NSSK will train healthcare providers at the district hospitals, community health centres and primary health centres in the interventions at birth with the application of the latest available scientific methods aimed at significantly reducing the infant mortality ratio.
The Health and Family Welfare Ministry will organise district level trainers’ training programme for 10 States and master trainers’ training programmes in other States and Union Territories. The States will be expected to roll out training for medical officers, nurses and auxiliary nurse midwives on their own.
Mr. Azad affirmed that the proposed new programme would fill a critical existing gap and address the major causes of neonatal mortality. “The NSSK will have two important components of training and infrastructure to address the needs at the grassroots,” he said.
The sick newborn care units with 10 to 12 beds at district hospitals, newborn stabilisation units with four beds at community health centres and “newborn corners” at primary health centres 0are also proposed to be established across the country within the next one year.
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