Key Findings of Afghanistan Demographic Health Survey

2015

Najibullah Safi, MD, MSc. HPMDG of Preventive Medicines an PHC

MoPH, AfghanistanTuesday, May 17, 2016

Introduction• First DHS in Afghanistan• Data collection: June 2015 – Feb 2016• Provincial estimates available for 33 out of 34 provinces • In Zabul province only 7 out of 30 cluster were surveyed• Households surveyed: 25,974• Response rate 98%

• Male interviewed: 11,778 • Response rate 91%

• Female interviewed: 30,404• Response rate 97%

Characteristics of respondents

15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-490

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20.7 21.4

14.6 15.1

10.6 11.4

1.3

10.8

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18.7 18

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15.7

Age Groups %

Female Male

• Marital status (male 99.3% female 97.3%

• Residence• Urban 23.3%• Rural 76.7%

• Illiteracy rate • Female 83.5%• Male 50.6%

Maternal health

• Total fertility rate 5.3 • Urban 4.8• Rural 5.4

• % of women age 15-19 who had a live birth 8%• Family planning

• CPR (all methods) 22.5%• Urban 34.9%• Rural 18.7%

• Unmet need for family planning 24.5%• Delivery by skilled provider 51% (urban 79%, rural 42%)• Institutional delivery 48% (urban 76%, rural 40)• TT 53%

Child health

Infant Mortality Under 5 Mortality 0

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66

87

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45

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Deaths per 1,000 live births

2001-2005 2006-2010 2011-2015

• BCG 73.7%• Penta 57.7%• Measles 60.4%• % of ARI treated in health facilities

61.6• % of fever treated in health

facilities 54.2% • % of diarrhea treated in health

facilities 54.2• Exclusive breastfeeding under 6

months 42%

Other indicators

• HIV prevention • 9.1% of women and 33.2% of men had Knowledge of HIV prevention • % of women respondents know where to get HIV test 8.7• % of women ever tested 0.6• % of men respondents know where to get HIV test 29.7• % of men ever tested 5

• Cancer • %of households with members diagnosed with cancer 2.8%

Conclusion

• The result provided a comparable baseline for most of key health indicators • Significant improvement in health status• Detail result including indicators related to maternal mortality will be

released in 4 months time