Table 3.
Health indicators in Egypt for slum, all urban areas, urban governorates, rural, and national populations.
| Egypt interim DHS 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood mortality | Slum | All urban | Urban gov. | Rural | National |
| Neonatal mortality rate | 21.8 | 17.6 | NA | NA | 22.7 |
| Post-neonatal mortality rate | 10.0 | 5.5 | NA | NA | 15.1 |
| Infant mortality rate | 31.8 | 23.1 | 26.3 | 51.4 | 38.0 |
| Child mortality rate | 5.9 | 8.3 | NA | NA | 7.9 |
| Under-five mortality rate | 37.5 | 31.2 | 33.5 | 63.1 | 45.7 |
| Child health | |||||
| Stunting | 14.8 | 15.2 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 15.6 |
| Wasting | 0.9 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| Underweight | 6.3 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 8.6 |
| Vaccinated by 12 months (fully) | 93.0 | 87.6 | 87.2 | 86.7 | 87.5 |
| Prevalence of ARI/cough | 14.7 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 9.7 | 10.2 |
| Sought treatment of ARI/cough | 75.4 | 63.9 | 69.8 | 71.6 | 70.2 |
| Prevalence of diarrhea (all diarrhea) | 23.9 | 18.6 | 17.8 | 20.2 | 18.9 |
| Treatment of diarrhea | 47.2 | 43.1 | 39.8 | 45.5 | 45.7 |
| EBF (median, months) | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Full breastfeeding (median, months) | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| Maternal health | |||||
| Antenatal care | 77.1 | 80.9 | 83.9 | 60.3 | 68.7 |
| Tetanus vaccination (TT1+) | 70.4 | 63.4 | 75.4 | 44.9 | 43.4 |
| Skilled birth attendance | 84.0 | 89.7 | 90.2 | 59.0 | 69.4 |
| Health facility delivery | 79.3 | 82.6 | 82.5 | 47.7 | 59.0 |
| Postnatal care (mother, 2 days) | 47.1 | 49.1 | 42.3 | 23.6 | 29.1 |
| Postnatal care (child, 2 days) | 36.6 | 45.2 | 44.5 | 16.1 | 23.5 |
| Reproductive health | |||||
| Total fertility rate | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| Median age at first marriage | 20.6 | 21.5 | NA | 19.1 | 20.0 |
| Birth interval (Median # of months) | 38.2 | 40 | 39.8 | 34.1 | 35.5 |
| Median age at first birth (20–49 years) | 22.3 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 20.8 | 22.1 |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate (%) | 61.6 | 64.0 | 64.5 | 53.0 | 56.6 |
| Total demand for family planning (%) | 72.8 | 73.2 | 74.3 | 69.0 | 68.2 |
| Unmet need for family planning (%) | 7.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 12.0 | 11.2 |
| Teenage pregnancy (first) | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Teenage motherhood | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 5.6 |
| HIV, HCV, and FGC | |||||
| Knowledge of HIV/AIDS (awareness) | 97.9 | 98.6 | 97.9 | 83.9 | 89.6 |
| Knowledge of HIV transmission (1 way) | 83.5 | 86.9 | 86.2 | 67.2 | 76.2 |
| Knowledge of HCV (awareness) | 75.1 | 84.7 | 86.0 | 53.1 | 65.2 |
| Knowledge of HCV transmission | 53.4 | 60.3 | 62.8 | 46.7 | 55.9 |
| Married women circumcised | 98.1 | 95.8 | 91.3 | 98.8 | 97.0 |
| Women who support female circumcision | 69.7 | 57.8 | 50.5 | 81.8 | 71.1 |
| Women who want their daughter circumcised | 30.6 | 24.3 | 19.3 | 34.8 | 37.6 |
ARI, acute respiratory infections; HCV, hepatitis C virus; NA: indicator values were not computed in the respective data sources.