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Health Ministry releases results from 1st phase of NFHS-4 survey

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released today the results from the first phase of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), 2015-16.

Findings for the 13 States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and two Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry show promising improvements in maternal and child health and nutrition.

Highlights of the report :

  • Fewer children are dying in infancy and early childhood.

  • Infant mortality has declined, rates below 51 deaths per 1,000 live births,lowest 10 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands to a high of 51 deaths per 1000 live births in Madhya Pradesh. 

  • Better care for women during pregnancy and childbirth contributes to reduction of maternal deaths and improved child survival.

  • More and more women now give birth in health care facilities and rates have more than doubled in some States in the last decade.

  • The total fertility rates, or the average number of children per woman, range from 1.2 in Sikkim to 3.4 in Bihar.

  • At least 6 out of 10 children have received full immunization in 12 of the 15 States / Union Territories.

  • The coverage of full immunization among children has increased substantially in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Sikkim, West Bengal and Meghalaya. 

  • There has been any increase in the use of modern family planning methods only in the States of Meghalaya, Haryana, and West Bengal. The decline is highest in Goa followed by Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

  • Fewer children under five years of age are now found to be stunted, showing intake of improved nutrition.

  • it is found that in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Meghalaya more than 40% of children are stunted.

  • Wasting is still very high by international standards in all of the States/Union Territories.

  • Anaemia has also declined, but still remains widespread. More than half of children are anaemic in ten of the 15 States/Union Territories. Similarly, more than half of women are anaemic in eleven States/Union Territories.

  • At least 3 in 10 women are overweight or obese in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Puducherry, and Tamil Nadu. 

  • Over two-thirds of households in every State/Union Territory have access to an improved source of drinking water.

  • Use of clean cooking fuel, which reduces the risk of respiratory illness and pollution, varies widely among the First Phase States/Union Territories, ranging from only about 18% of households in Bihar to more than 70% of households in Tamil Nadu and more than 80% of households in Puducherry and Goa.

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