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. 2016 Dec 2;9:10.3402/gha.v9.33163. doi: 10.3402/gha.v9.33163

Table 4.

Health indicators in India for Mumbai slums, Mumbai non-slums, Mumbai, all urban areas, rural, and national populations

IDHS 2005–06

Childhood mortality Slum Non-slum Mumbai Urban Rural National
 Infant mortality rate 24.9 40.1 30.3 41.5 62.2 57
 Under-five mortality rate 32.7 43.6 36.6 51.7 82.0 74.3
Child health
 Stunting (<–2SD) 47.4 41.5 45.4 39.6 50.7 48.0
 Wasting (<–2SD) 16.1 16.4 16.2 16.9 20.7 19.8
 Underweight (<–2SD) 36.1 25.8 32.6 32.7 45.6 42.5
 Vaccinated by 12 months (fully) 68.7 72.5 69.8 57.6 38.6 36.3
 Prevalence of ARI/cough 1.6 1.7 1.7 5.1 6.0 5.8
 Prevalence of diarrhea (all diarrhea) 6.8 4.7 6.1 8.9 9.0 9.0
 Prevalence of fever 9.8 6.0 8.5 14.0 15.1 14.9
 Children age 0–71 months covered by AWC service 48.6 19.2 25.2 NA NA 81.1
 Children 0–71 months received any AWC service 15.7 6.3 14.0 23.4 34.8 32.9
 Prevalence of anemia in children (any) 50.2 46.9 49.1 63.0 71.5 69.5
Maternal health
 Antenatal care (3+) 90.3 93.0 91.3 89.1 67.5 74.2
 Tetanus vaccination (TT2+) 89.7 91.5 90.3 86.4 72.6 76.3
 Received all recommended ANC care 18.3 22.1 19.7 NA NA 15.0
 Skilled birth attendance 92.5 82.2 85.7 73.5 37.5 46.6
 Health facility delivery 83.3 91.2 86.0 67.5 28.9 38.7
 Postnatal care ( within 2 days) 62.3 76.9 67.5 61.0 28.6 37.3
Reproductive health
 Total fertility rate 1.9 1.4 1.68 2.06 3.0 2.7
 Contraceptive prevalence rate (%) 51.4 61.1 55.5 55.8 45.3 56.3
 Teenage pregnancy (first) 2.7 0.0 1.5 2.4 4.6 3.9
 Teenage motherhood 7.1 2.9 5.2 6.3 14.5 12.1
 Physical or sexual violence ever (women) 22. 9 14. 7 19. 3 28.3 36.1 33.5
HIV, TB, health care
 Knowledge of HIV/AIDS (awareness) 92.5 95.6 93.9 83.2 50.0 57
 Knowledge of HIV/AIDS (comprehensive) 40.0 54.8 46.5 30.3 11.0 17.3
Heard of TB (women) 94.9 96.5 95.6 92.2 81.9 85.3
 Source of health care – public medical sector 25.4 20.9 23.4 29.6 36.8 34.4
Other diseases and conditions
 Obesity (women) (BMI>30) 7.7 8.7 8.1 6.1 1.3 2.8
 Underweight (women) (BMI<18.5) 23.1 21.4 22.4 25 40.6 35.6
 Anemia in women (any) 46.0 47.9 46.8 50.9 57.4 56.2
 No. of females per 100,000 with medically treated TB 810 482 667 246 337 309
 No. of women per 100,000 who have diabetes 1,174 1,236 1,201 1,374 641 881
 No. of women per 100,000 who have asthma 1,897 1,331 1,648 1,648 1,719 1,696
 No. of women per 100,000 who have thyroid disorders 542 856 680 1,339 758 949
 Percentage of men who use any kind of tobacco 45.9 34.6 41.3 28.7 35 32.7
 Percentage of men who drink alcohol 36.2 28.7 33. 1 30.9 32.5 32.0

ARI, acute respiratory infections; ANC, antenatal care; AWC, anganwadi centre.