Namibia Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS 2000)

Annex 2

 

KEY RESULTS OF THE 2000 NDHS AND COMPARATIVE DATA

 

 

 

2000

NDHS

1992 NDHS

% Change

1992-2000

South Africa 1998

Tanzania

1999

Mortality Rates

 

 

 

 

 

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) (per 1000 live births):

38

57

-23

45

108

Under-5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) (per 1000 live births):

62

83

-25

59

161

Child Mortality Rate (CMR) (per 1000 live births):

25

28

-11

15

60

Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) (per 100,000 births):

271

225

+20

150

 

Child Health Card:

 

 

 

 

 

Carried by % of children aged 12-23 months

74

70

+6

75

74

Immunisation Coverage, Children 12-23 months (%):

 

 

 

 

 

BCG:

90

91

-1

97

93

DPT 3:

79

70

+13

76

81

Polio 3:

77

70

+10

72

80

Measles:

80

76

+5

82

78

All:

65

58

+12

63

68

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

 

 

 

 

 

TFR 15-49:

4.2

5.4

-22

2.9

5.6

TFR 15-44:

4.0

5.2

-23

2.9

5.4

Women’s Tetanus Toxoid Injections:

% who received at least one TT inject. during pregnancy

 

85

 

61

 

+39

 

59

 

22

Contraceptive prevalence (%)

 

 

 

 

 

All women:

37.8

23.3

+62

61

22.3

Currently married women:

43.7

28.9

+51

56

25.4

Antenatal Care

 

 

 

 

 

% provided by doctor/nurse:

91

87

+5

94

93

Assistance at Delivery

 

 

 

 

 

% provided by doctor/nurse:

78

68

+15

84

36

% provided by doctor:

12

14

-14

30

7.4

% provided by nurse:

66

54

+22

54

28.4

Vit A Supplementation

 

 

 

 

 

% children aged 6-59 months who have received Vit. A

54

N/A

N/A

N/A

14

Oral Rehydration

 

 

 

 

 

% of children with diarrhoea given ORS

61

64

-5

51

55

Breastfeeding

 

 

 

 

 

% of infants given exclusive breastfeeding 0-3 months:

26

29

-10

10

40

Not breastfed 0-3 months:

7

4

+75

17

2

Malnutrition (% of children under 5 years)

 

 

 

N/A

 

Moderately stunted:

24

28

-14

N/A

44

Severely stunted:

8

8

0

N/A

17

Moderately wasted:

9

9