Table 1 Definition of indicators
Indicator | Definition | Data sources |
|---|---|---|
Health outcomes | ||
Under-5 mortality | The probability that a child born in the given year will die before reaching the age of 5 years, expressed in terms of under-5 deaths per 1,000 live births | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
AIS: 2011 | ||
Census: 1991, 2002 | ||
Percentage of children under 5 who are underweight | The proportion of children aged 6–59 months who are underweight, as defined by weighing two or more standard deviations below the international anthropometric reference population median of weight for age | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
IHS: 1992–1993 | ||
UNHS: 1999–2000 | ||
UNPS: 2009–2010, 2010–2011 | ||
Prevalence of stunting among children under 5 | The proportion of children aged 6–59 months who are stunted, as defined by weighing two or more standard deviations below the international anthropometric reference population median of height for age | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
IHS: 1992–1993 | ||
UNHS: 1999–2000 | ||
UNPS: 2009–2010, 2010–2011 | ||
Malaria interventions | ||
Insecticide-treated net (ITN) ownership | The proportion of households that owned at least one ITN | DHS: 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
Netmark: 2000, 2006 | ||
ITN use by children under 5 | The proportion of children under 5 who slept under an ITN during the night before the survey | DHS: 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
Netmark: 2000, 2006 | ||
UNHS: 2005–2006, 2009–2010 | ||
Indoor residual spraying (IRS) | The proportion of households that were sprayed with an insecticide-based solution in the last 12 months | DHS: 2006, 2011 |
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
ITN ownership or IRS | The proportion of households that owned at least one ITN or were sprayed with an insecticide-based solution in the last 12 months, or both | DHS: 2006, 2011 |
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
ITN use or IRS | The proportion of children under 5 who slept under an ITN during the night before the survey, or lived in a household that received IRS in the last 12 months, or both | DHS: 2006, 2011 |
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
Percentage of febrile children under 5 who received artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) | The proportion of children under 5 with a fever in the last two weeks who received ACTs | DHS: 2006, 2011 |
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
Percentage of antimalarials provided that were ACTs | The proportion of malaria treatments that were ACTs and given to children under 5 with fever in the last two weeks | DHS: 2006, 2011 |
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
Childhood immunizations | ||
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunization (BCG, 0–12; BCG, u5) | The proportion of children (1) aged 0–12 months or (2) aged under 5 who were vaccinated against tuberculosis | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
IHS: 1992–1993 | ||
UNHS: 1999–2000 | ||
UNSDS: 2004, 2008 | ||
Measles immunization | The proportion of children aged 12–24 months who received measles vaccination | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
IHS: 1992–1993 | ||
UNHS: 1999–2000 | ||
UNPS: 2009–2010, 2010–2011 | ||
UNSDS: 2004, 2008 | ||
Oral polio immunization, three doses (OPV3) | The proportion of children aged 12–59 months who received three doses of OPV | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
IHS: 1992–1993 | ||
UNHS: 1999–2000 | ||
UNSDS: 2004, 2008 | ||
Pentavalent immunization | The proportion of children aged 12–59 months who received three doses of the pentavalent vaccine, which includes protection against diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus, hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type b | DHS: 2006, 2011 |
UNSDS: 2004, 2008 | ||
Other key MCH interventions | ||
Antenatal care, one and four visits (ANC1 and ANC4) | The proportion of women aged 15–49 who gave birth in the given year and had one/four or more antenatal visits attended by skilled personnel (doctor, nurse, midwife, or clinical officer) at a health facility during the corresponding pregnancy | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
AIS: 2011 | ||
IHS: 1992–1993 | ||
UNHS: 1999–2000 | ||
Percentage of women who received two or more doses of the tetanus toxoid vaccine during pregnancy | The proportion of women aged 15–49 who received two or more doses of the tetanus toxoid vaccine during their last pregnancy | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
UNHS: 1999–2000 | ||
Skilled birth attendance | The proportion of women 15–49 who gave birth in the given year and delivered with a skilled birth attendant (a doctor, nurse, midwife, or clinical officer) | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
UNHS: 1999–2000 | ||
Exclusive breastfeeding | The proportion of children aged 0–5 months who consumed only breast milk the night before the survey | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
Receipt of oral rehydration salts in response to diarrhea (ORS) | The proportion of children under 5 who had diarrhea in the past two weeks and who received ORS | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
Care at health facility after suspected acute respiratory infection | The proportion children under 5 who had a cough and difficulty breathing or a fever in the past 2 weeks, and for whom treatment was sought at a health facility or from a health provider | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
Socioeconomic factors | ||
Household electricity | The proportion of households with functional electricity | Census: 1991, 2002 |
DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 | ||
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
AIS: 2011 | ||
UNPS:2010–2011 | ||
Female headship of households | The proportion of households with a female head of household | Census: 1991, 2002 |
DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 | ||
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
AIS: 2011 | ||
IHS: 1992–1993 | ||
UNHS: 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2005–2006, 2009–2010 | ||
UNPS: 2009–2010, 2010–2011 | ||
UNSDS: 2004, 2008 | ||
Household size | The mean number of members per household | Census: 1991, 2002 |
DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 | ||
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
AIS: 2011 | ||
IHS: 1992–1993 | ||
UNHS: 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2005–2006, 2009–2010 | ||
UNPS: 2009–2010, 2010–2011 | ||
UNSDS: 2004, 2008 | ||
Educational attainment of women aged 15–44 | The mean years of schooling for women aged 15–44 | Census: 1991, 2002 |
DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 | ||
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
AIS: 2011 | ||
IHS: 1992–1993 | ||
UNHS: 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2005–2006, 2009–2010 | ||
UNPS: 2009–2010, 2010–2011 | ||
UNSDS: 2004, 2008 | ||
Improved dwelling wall type | The proportion of households with dwelling walls constructed with an improved material | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
AIS: 2011 | ||
UNHS: 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2005–2006, 2009–2010 | ||
UNPS: 2009–2010, 2010–2011 | ||
UNSDS: 2004, 2008 | ||
Improved sanitation | The proportion of households with improved sanitation | DHS: 2006, 2011 |
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
UNHS: 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2005–2006, 2009–2010 | ||
UNPS: 2009–2010, 2010–2011 | ||
UNSDS: 2004, 2008 | ||
Improved water source | The proportion of households using an improved water source | DHS: 1995, 2000–2001, 2006, 2011 |
MIS: 2009–2010 | ||
AIS: 2011 | ||
UNHS: 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2005–2006, 2009–2010 | ||
UNPS: 2009–2010, 2010–2011 | ||
UNSDS: 2004, 2008 | ||