Table 2.
Health indicators in Kenya for slums, rural, urban, Nairobi, and national populations
| KDHS 2003 | KDHS 2014 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood mortalitya | NCSS 2000 Slum |
Rural | Urban | Nairobi | National | NCSS 2012 Slum |
Rural | Urban | Nairobi | National |
| Neonatal mortality rate | 30.4 | 34.0 | 26.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 14.4 | 21.0 | 26.0 | 39.0 | 22.0 |
| Post-neonatal mortality rate | 60.9 | 44.0 | 36.0 | 35.0 | 44.0 | 24.9 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Infant mortality rate | 91.0 | 79.0 | 61.0 | 67.0 | 77.0 | 39.2 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 55.0 | 39.0 |
| Child mortality rate | 65.2 | 41.0 | 35.0 | 30.0 | 41.0 | 40.6 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 14.0 |
| Under-five mortality rate | 151.0 | 117.0 | 93.0 | 95.0 | 115.0 | 79.8 | 56.0 | 57.0 | 22.0 | 52.0 |
| Child health | ||||||||||
| Vaccinated by 12 months (all) | 41.3 | 56.4 | 58.7 | 63.1 | 56.8 | 45.2 | 77.4 | 83.0 | 81.2 | 79.4 |
| Prevalence of fever | 67.9 | 40.8 | 39.8 | 38.5 | 40.6 | 17.2 | 25.9 | 21.7 | 18.7 | 24.4 |
| Treatment of fever | 63.5 | 43.6 | 53.6 | 56.3 | 45.5 | 65.0 | 62.6 | 62.3 | 63.3 | 62.5 |
| Prevalence of ARI/cough | 43.8 | 18.9 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 18.4 | 24.6 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 8.5 |
| Sought treatment of ARI/cough | 66.3 | 43.6 | 53.6 | 56.3 | 45.5 | 66.6 | 66.7 | 63.6 | 65.2 | 65.7 |
| Prevalence of diarrhea (all types) | 30.8 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 20.2 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 15.6 | 15.2 |
| Treatment of diarrhea | 57.8 | 29.5 | 30.7 | 35.0 | 29.7 | 42.7 | 58.1 | 56.7 | 57.4 | 57.6 |
| Maternal health | ||||||||||
| Antenatal care | 96.0 | 86.8 | 93.2 | 95.4 | 88.1 | 96.2 | 94.0 | 97.8 | 97.6 | 95.5 |
| Tetanus vaccination (TT2 +) | 61.0 | 50.6 | 57.2 | 55.3 | 51.9 | 62.3 | 47.6 | 56.5 | 60.3 | 51.1 |
| Skilled birth attendance | 52.3 | 34.5 | 72.0 | 79.0 | 41.6 | 82.6 | 50.4 | 82.4 | 89.1 | 61.8 |
| Health facility delivery | 54.3 | 33.2 | 70.2 | 77.9 | 40.1 | 83.0 | 49.5 | 82.0 | 88.7 | 61.2 |
| Reproductive health | ||||||||||
| Total fertility rate | 4.0 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
| Median age at 1st marriage | 20.2 | 19.3 | 21.4 | 22.1 | 19.7 | 22.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 22.1 | 20.2 |
| Median age at 1st sex (25–49) | 16.3 | 17.4 | 18.6 | 19.2 | 17.8 | 19.0 | 17.3 | 18.8 | 17.8 | 17.4 |
| Birth interval (median, months) | 34.1 | 32.1 | 36.0 | 34.9 | 32.6 | 36.3 | 34.7 | 41.0 | 43.7 | 36.3 |
| Median age at first birth (20–49) | 19.9 | 19.4 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 19.8 | 20.0 | 19.7 | 21.3 | 22.2 | 20.3 |
| Current use of contraception | 39.0 | 29.2 | 39.9 | 44.3 | 31.5 | 40.1 | 50.9 | 56.9 | 58.3 | 53.2 |
| Total demand for family planning | 66.5 | 65.8 | 66.1 | 68.1 | 65.8 | 78.8 | 75.2 | 75.9 | 73.4 | 75.5 |
| Unmet need for family planning | 23.3 | 26.6 | 17.2 | 16.0 | 24.5 | 23.7 | 20.2 | 13.4 | 11.1 | 17.5 |
| HIV/AIDS | ||||||||||
| HIV/AIDS awareness | 93.4 | 98.3 | 99.2 | 99.6 | 98.5 | 90.3 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.7 |
| Knowledge – abstinence | 35.7 | 77.8 | 83.5 | 86.2 | 79.2 | 47.8 | 83.2 | 83.9 | 82.8 | 83.5 |
| Knowledge – being faithful | 31.0 | 78.9 | 85.2 | 88.7 | 80.5 | 21.2 | 90.4 | 93.3 | 94.7 | 91.6 |
| Knowledge – condom use | 56.4 | 58.3 | 69.2 | 75.2 | 61.0 | 71.7 | 77.1 | 83.7 | 86.8 | 79.8 |
| Correct perception of HIV status | 89.7 | 88.7 | 93.6 | 90.9 | 84.7 | 92.2 | 86.2 | 91.8 | 92.2 | 88.5 |
| Knowledge of vertical trans. | 91.8 | 70.2 | 76.5 | 77.4 | 71.8 | 88.8 | 87.8 | 89.7 | 91.4 | 88.5 |
| Use condom at higher-risk sex | 25.4 | 19.5 | 33.0 | 31.7 | 23.9 | 32.0 | 29.6 | 58.7 | 45.7 | 42.8 |
| Ever tested for HIV (women) | 27.1 | 13.4 | 24.7 | 28.8 | 16.2 | 93.5 | 82.2 | 88.7 | 90.9 | 84.9 |
a
Rural, urban, and Nairobi mortality rates are for the 10 years preceding the survey while national estimates is for 5-year period. NCSS is also 5-year period.