NFHS-3, 2005-06

NFHS-3, 2005-06

Tuberculosis Tobacco and Alcohol use (life styles)

• In NFHS-3, information on persons in the household with TB comes from the household respondent

• Information on TB awareness, misconceptions, and stigma comes from the women’s and men’s questionnaires

• Prevalence of TB, primarily of medically treated (which is a more reliable measure of TB in the population)

334309

554526

445418

Women Men Total

Any Medically treated

NFHS-3, 2005-06

Per 100,000 persons

Since NFHS-2, reported TB has declined by 18%, but the level of medically treated TB has not changed

110

519

998

< 15 15-59 60+

NFHS-3, 2005-06

Per 100,000 persons

Age

307

469

418

Urban Rural Total

NFHS-3, 2005-06

Per 100,000 persons

804

735

598

605

545 58

558

357

7

446

525

461 48

3

425

409 41

8

371

359

331

329

324

311

280

268

231

201

171

166

136

96

1096

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

AR MN BH JH AS TR NA SK WB MG GJ MZ TN UP AP IN OR RJ MP UT HR MH CH KE DL PJ HP GO KA JKNFHS-3, 2005-06

Per 100,000 persons

NFHS-3, 2005-06

924

703

550

436 430 416

217

418

NFHS-3, 2005-06

Per 100,000 persons

92

95

82

90

85

92

Urban Rural Total

Women Men

NFHS-3, 2005-06

(Percentage)

62 64

4450 50

55

Urban Rural Total

Women Men

NFHS-3, 2005-06

52 51 51 52 51 52

Urban Rural Total

Women Men

NFHS-3, 2005-06

(Percentage)

85 89

7584

7986

Urban Rural Total

Women Men

NFHS-3, 2005-06

(Percentage)

1716 16 17 17 17

Urban Rural Total

Women Men

NFHS-3, 2005-06

(Percentage)

NFHS-3 demonstrates that use of solid fuels increases the TB level; the lowest prevalence is in households using clean fuels such as gas/electricity

Misconceptions about TB transmission are still high, suggesting the need for awareness campaigns

Programmes need to address higher prevalence groups such as older persons, persons in rural areas, and persons in the east and northeastern parts of India

NFHS-3, 2005-06

Tobacco and alcohol are important risk factors for morbidity and mortality among adults

Studies associate alcohol use with accidents/injuries and violence against women

Tobacco and alcohol use by women, especially during pregnancy, is a matter of concern since it entails serious reproductive risks

NFHS-3, 2005-06

7

50

13

61

11

57

Urban Rural Total

Women Men

NFHS-3, 2005-06

(Percentage)

• Tobacco use is only 11 percent among women, but nearly 1 in 10 pregnant and breastfeeding women also use tobacco

• Among women who smoke, over 9 in 10 smoked at least one cigarette/bidi in the past 24 hours

NFHS-3, 2005-06

61

48

40

32 31

28 2725

23

19

16 16

12 12 11 11

8 8 8

5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

MZ TR MN MG OR NA AR CH AS SK WB MP JH UP MH IN RJ BH GJ KA AP JK UT GO TN DL HR KE PJ HP

NFHS-3, 2005-06

83

7672

70 70 69 69 69 69 68 6764 63 62

60 6057

53 53

4846 45 44 43

40 40 40

34

28

62

74

57

3638

50

32

60

40

27

39

29

36

31

19

33

26

42

33

4036

18

40

28

3633

27

3431

21

14

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

MZ TR AS MN WB CH MG MP OR NA BH UP AR JH SK GJ RJ IN JK UT MH HR KA KE AP DL HP TN PJ GO

Any tobacco Cigarettes/bidisNFHS-3, 2005-06

More than two-thirds of men in 11 states use tobacco

NFHS-3, 2005-06

Men’s use of any tobacco increases by age (twice as high among adult men than adolescents)

Use is higher in the lowest wealth quintile (74%) and in rural areas (61%)

About 1 in 10 women use tobacco even during pregnancy and while breastfeeding

NFHS-3, 2005-06

36% of men chew paan masala, gutkha, or other tobacco

33% of men smoke cigarettes or bidis Among men and women who smoke, more

than 9 in 10 smoked at least one cigarette/bidi in the last 24 hours

Among men who smoke, 61% smoked more than 5 cigarettes/bidis in the past 24 hours

NFHS-3, 2005-06

1

31

3

33

2

32

Urban Rural Total

Women Men

NFHS-3, 2005-06

(Percentage)

Alcohol use by women is rare.

61

52

4947 47

45 4543 42 42 41 40 40 39 39 39 38

35 34 33 32 31 3028 28

25 24

19

16

13

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

AR CH MG AP MN KE SK PJ TN MZ TR OR GO NA JH UT AS BH WB DL IN MP HP HR KA UP MH RJ GJ JK

NFHS-3, 2005-06

(Percentage)

NFHS-3, 2005-06