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Field	Value
Data last updated	May 27, 2024
Metadata last updated	August 22, 2024
Created	October 8, 2023
Format	CSV
License	Open Data Commons Attribution License
Additional info	Note: Indicator estimates for NFHS-4 are not shown in this table since no comparable estimates are available from NFHS-4 in this district due to district boundary changes or a newly formed district. Major indicators are highlighted in grey. LHV = Lady health visitor, ANM = Auxiliary nurse midwife ( ) Based on 25-49 unweighted cases * Percentage not shown; based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases Population living in households with an improved drinking-water source: - Piped water into dwelling or yard or plot piped to neighbour public tap or standpipe tube well or borehole protected dug well protected spring rainwater tanker truck cart with small tank bottled water community RO plant Population living in households that use an improved sanitation facility: - Flush to piped sewer system flush to septic tank flush to pit latrine flush to don’t know where ventilated improved pit VIP or biogas latrine pit latrine with slab twin pit or composting toilet which is not shared with any other household This indicator does not denote access to toilet facility completely Households using clean fuel for cooking: - Electricity LPG or natural gas biogas Women who are literate: - Refers to women who completed standard 9 or higher and women who can read a whole sentence or part of a sentence Women age 15-24 years who use hygienic methods of protection during their menstrual period: - Locally prepared napkins sanitary napkins tampons and menstrual cups are considered to be hygienic methods of protection Any method, Any modern method: - Any method includes other methods that are not shown separately Any modern method includes other modern methods that are not shown separately Total unmet need, Unmet need for spacing: - Unmet need for family planning refers to fecund women who are not using contraception but who wish to postpone the next birth spacing or stop childbearing altogether limiting Specifically women are considered to have unmet need for spacing if they are - - At risk of becoming pregt not using contraception and either do not want to become pregnant within the next two years or are unsure if or when they want to become pregnant - - Pregnant with a mistimed pregnancy - - Postpartum amenorrhoeic for up to two years following a mistimed birth and not using contraception - - Women are considered to have unmet need for limiting if they are - - At risk of becoming pregnant not using contraception and want no more children - - Pregnant with an unwanted pregnancy - - Postpartum amenorrhoeic for up to two years following an unwanted birth and not using contraception Women who are classified as infecund have no unmet need because they are not at risk of becoming pregnant Unmet need for family planning is the sum of unmet need for spacing plus unmet need for limiting Current users ever told about side effects of current method - Based on current users of female sterilization IUDPPIUD injectables and pills who started using that method in the past 5 years Mothers whose last birth was protected against neonatal tetanus: - Includes mothers with two injections during the pregnancy for their last birth or two or more injections the last within 3 years of the last live birth or three or more injections the last within 5 years of the last birth or four or more injections the last within 10 years of the last live birth or five or more injections at any time prior to the last birth Home births that were conducted by skilled health personnel, Births attended by skilled health personnel: - Doctor or nurse or LHV or ANM or midwife or other health personnel Children age 12-23 months fully vaccinated based on information from either vaccination card or mother's recall: - Vaccinated with BCG measles containing vaccine MCV or MRM or MR or Measles and 3 doses each of polio excluding polio vaccine given at birth and DPT or penta vaccine Children age 12-23 months fully vaccinated based on information from vaccination card only: - Among children whose vaccination card was shown to the interviewer percentage vaccinated with BCG measles or containing vaccine MCV or MR or MMR or Measles and 3 doses each of polio excluding polio vaccine given at birth and DPT or penta vaccine Children age 12-23 months who have received 3 doses of polio vaccine: - Not including polio vaccination given at birth Children age 12-23 months who have received 3 doses of rotavirus vaccine: - Since rotavirus is not being provided across all states and districts the levels should not be compared Children under age 3 years breastfed within one hour of birth: - Based on the last child born in the 3 years before the survey Children under age 6 months exclusively breastfed, Children age 6-8 months receiving solid or semi-solid food and breastmilk, Breastfeeding children age 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet, Non-breastfeeding children age 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet, Total children age 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet: - Based on the youngest child living with the mother Breastfeeding children age 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet, Non-breastfeeding children age 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet, Total children age 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet: - Breastfed children receiving 4 or more food groups and a minimum meal frequency non breastfed children fed with a minimum of 3 Infant and Young Child Feeding. Practices fed with other milk or milk products at least twice a day a minimum meal frequency that is receiving solid or semisolid food at least twice a day for breastfed infants 68 months and at least three times a day for breastfed children 923 months and solid or semisolid foods from at least four food groups not including the milk or milk products food group 1 Children under 5 years who are stunted (height-for-age) Children under 5 years who are wasted (weight-for-height), Children under 5 years who are underweight (weight-for-age): - Below 2 standard deviations based on the WHO standard Children under 5 years who are severely wasted (weight-for-height): - Below 3 standard deviations based on the WHO standard Children under 5 years who are overweight (weight-for-height): - Above 2 standard deviations based on the WHO standard Women whose Body Mass Index BMI is below normal BMI <18.5 kg per m2, Women who are overweight or obese BMI >=25.0 kg per m2: - Excludes pregnant women and women with a birth in the preceding 2 months Non-pregnant women age 15-49 years who are anaemic <12.0 g dl, Pregnant women age 15-49 years who are anaemic <11.0 g dl, All women age 15-49 years who are anaemic, All women age 15-19 years who are anaemic: - Haemoglobin in grams per decilitre g dl Among children prevalence is adjusted for altitude Among women prevalence is adjusted for altitude and for smoking status if known As NFHS uses the capillary blood for estimation of anaemia the results of NFHS5 need not be compared with other surveys using venous blood Blood sugar level Women high 141 to 160 mg dl, Blood sugar level Women very high >160 mg dl, Blood sugar level Men high 141 to 160 mg dl, Blood sugar level Men very high >160 mg dl: - Random blood sugar measurement
Data extraction page	http://rchiips.org/nfhs/districtfactsheet_NFHS-5.shtml
Data insights	General Insights can be drawn: What is the percentage of women who have access to antenatal care services in rural areas? How does the average life expectancy in urban areas compare to that in rural areas? What is the trend in contraceptive use among women aged 15-49 over the past decade? Which states have the highest and lowest prevalence of stunting among children under the age of five? What is the relationship between maternal education and child immunization rates? How does the prevalence of anemia differ by age and gender? What is the proportion of households with access to improved sanitation facilities in urban areas? How does the prevalence of HIV/AIDS vary by gender and age group? What is the average number of children ever born to women in different age groups and educational backgrounds? What is the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults in different income groups?
Data last updated	2020-21
Data retreival date	2022-01-01 00:00:00
Datastore active	True
District no	698
Frequency	Quinquennial
Granularity	District
Has views	True
Id	b8ac1c23-d13f-4a91-aa4c-a056605f9115
Idp ready	True
Lgd mapping	yes
Methodology	Data is obtained from district fact sheets for key indicators maintained on NFHS website by accessing them directly using the names of the state and districts. Obtained data is then LGD mapped for state and district.
Mimetype	text/csv
No indicators	104
Package id	591d88dd-23f4-4b43-8d65-a5e4bc617293
Position	0
Size	665 KiB
Sku	mohfw-nfhs-dt-qq-eie
State	active
States uts no	34
Tags	['Health Surver', 'Population Health', 'Family Planning', 'Maternal Health\n Child Health', 'Demographic Data', 'HIV Prevention']
Url type	upload
Years covered	2014-15, 2019-20
Methodology	Data is obtained from district fact sheets for key indicators maintained on NFHS website by accessing them directly using the names of the state and districts. Obtained data is then LGD mapped for state and district.
Indicators
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Granularity Level	District
Data Extraction Page	http://rchiips.org/nfhs/districtfactsheet_NFHS-5.shtml
Data Retreival Date	2022-01-01 00:00:00
Data Last Updated	2020-21
Sku	mohfw-nfhs-dt-qq-eie
Dataset Frequency	Quinquennial
Years Covered	2014-15, 2019-20
No of States/UT(s)	34
No of Districts	698
No of Tehsils/blocks
No of Gram Panchayats
Additional Information	Note: Indicator estimates for NFHS-4 are not shown in this table since no comparable estimates are available from NFHS-4 in this district due to district boundary changes or a newly formed district. Major indicators are highlighted in grey. LHV = Lady health visitor, ANM = Auxiliary nurse midwife ( ) Based on 25-49 unweighted cases * Percentage not shown; based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases Population living in households with an improved drinking-water source: - Piped water into dwelling or yard or plot piped to neighbour public tap or standpipe tube well or borehole protected dug well protected spring rainwater tanker truck cart with small tank bottled water community RO plant Population living in households that use an improved sanitation facility: - Flush to piped sewer system flush to septic tank flush to pit latrine flush to don’t know where ventilated improved pit VIP or biogas latrine pit latrine with slab twin pit or composting toilet which is not shared with any other household This indicator does not denote access to toilet facility completely Households using clean fuel for cooking: - Electricity LPG or natural gas biogas Women who are literate: - Refers to women who completed standard 9 or higher and women who can read a whole sentence or part of a sentence Women age 15-24 years who use hygienic methods of protection during their menstrual period: - Locally prepared napkins sanitary napkins tampons and menstrual cups are considered to be hygienic methods of protection Any method, Any modern method: - Any method includes other methods that are not shown separately Any modern method includes other modern methods that are not shown separately Total unmet need, Unmet need for spacing: - Unmet need for family planning refers to fecund women who are not using contraception but who wish to postpone the next birth spacing or stop childbearing altogether limiting Specifically women are considered to have unmet need for spacing if they are - - At risk of becoming pregt not using contraception and either do not want to become pregnant within the next two years or are unsure if or when they want to become pregnant - - Pregnant with a mistimed pregnancy - - Postpartum amenorrhoeic for up to two years following a mistimed birth and not using contraception - - Women are considered to have unmet need for limiting if they are - - At risk of becoming pregnant not using contraception and want no more children - - Pregnant with an unwanted pregnancy - - Postpartum amenorrhoeic for up to two years following an unwanted birth and not using contraception Women who are classified as infecund have no unmet need because they are not at risk of becoming pregnant Unmet need for family planning is the sum of unmet need for spacing plus unmet need for limiting Current users ever told about side effects of current method - Based on current users of female sterilization IUDPPIUD injectables and pills who started using that method in the past 5 years Mothers whose last birth was protected against neonatal tetanus: - Includes mothers with two injections during the pregnancy for their last birth or two or more injections the last within 3 years of the last live birth or three or more injections the last within 5 years of the last birth or four or more injections the last within 10 years of the last live birth or five or more injections at any time prior to the last birth Home births that were conducted by skilled health personnel, Births attended by skilled health personnel: - Doctor or nurse or LHV or ANM or midwife or other health personnel Children age 12-23 months fully vaccinated based on information from either vaccination card or mother's recall: - Vaccinated with BCG measles containing vaccine MCV or MRM or MR or Measles and 3 doses each of polio excluding polio vaccine given at birth and DPT or penta vaccine Children age 12-23 months fully vaccinated based on information from vaccination card only: - Among children whose vaccination card was shown to the interviewer percentage vaccinated with BCG measles or containing vaccine MCV or MR or MMR or Measles and 3 doses each of polio excluding polio vaccine given at birth and DPT or penta vaccine Children age 12-23 months who have received 3 doses of polio vaccine: - Not including polio vaccination given at birth Children age 12-23 months who have received 3 doses of rotavirus vaccine: - Since rotavirus is not being provided across all states and districts the levels should not be compared Children under age 3 years breastfed within one hour of birth: - Based on the last child born in the 3 years before the survey Children under age 6 months exclusively breastfed, Children age 6-8 months receiving solid or semi-solid food and breastmilk, Breastfeeding children age 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet, Non-breastfeeding children age 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet, Total children age 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet: - Based on the youngest child living with the mother Breastfeeding children age 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet, Non-breastfeeding children age 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet, Total children age 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet: - Breastfed children receiving 4 or more food groups and a minimum meal frequency non breastfed children fed with a minimum of 3 Infant and Young Child Feeding. Practices fed with other milk or milk products at least twice a day a minimum meal frequency that is receiving solid or semisolid food at least twice a day for breastfed infants 68 months and at least three times a day for breastfed children 923 months and solid or semisolid foods from at least four food groups not including the milk or milk products food group 1 Children under 5 years who are stunted (height-for-age) Children under 5 years who are wasted (weight-for-height), Children under 5 years who are underweight (weight-for-age): - Below 2 standard deviations based on the WHO standard Children under 5 years who are severely wasted (weight-for-height): - Below 3 standard deviations based on the WHO standard Children under 5 years who are overweight (weight-for-height): - Above 2 standard deviations based on the WHO standard Women whose Body Mass Index BMI is below normal BMI <18.5 kg per m2, Women who are overweight or obese BMI >=25.0 kg per m2: - Excludes pregnant women and women with a birth in the preceding 2 months Non-pregnant women age 15-49 years who are anaemic <12.0 g dl, Pregnant women age 15-49 years who are anaemic <11.0 g dl, All women age 15-49 years who are anaemic, All women age 15-19 years who are anaemic: - Haemoglobin in grams per decilitre g dl Among children prevalence is adjusted for altitude Among women prevalence is adjusted for altitude and for smoking status if known As NFHS uses the capillary blood for estimation of anaemia the results of NFHS5 need not be compared with other surveys using venous blood Blood sugar level Women high 141 to 160 mg dl, Blood sugar level Women very high >160 mg dl, Blood sugar level Men high 141 to 160 mg dl, Blood sugar level Men very high >160 mg dl: - Random blood sugar measurement
Number of Indicators	104
Insights from the dataset	General Insights can be drawn: What is the percentage of women who have access to antenatal care services in rural areas? How does the average life expectancy in urban areas compare to that in rural areas? What is the trend in contraceptive use among women aged 15-49 over the past decade? Which states have the highest and lowest prevalence of stunting among children under the age of five? What is the relationship between maternal education and child immunization rates? How does the prevalence of anemia differ by age and gender? What is the proportion of households with access to improved sanitation facilities in urban areas? How does the prevalence of HIV/AIDS vary by gender and age group? What is the average number of children ever born to women in different age groups and educational backgrounds? What is the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults in different income groups?
IDP Ready	Yes
LGD Mapping	Yes