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. 2018 Sep 17;11(Suppl 1):41–53. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2018.1500133

Table A2.

Example of PHDI calculation for district ‘X’.

        Theoretical values
         
No.
Indicators
Values
Empirical values
Min
Max
Normalization
Weight
Proportion of weight
Index of indicators
Overall index and sub-indices
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m)
  Public Health Development Index (PHDI)                 0.61
  Reproductive and maternal health           15     0.56
1 Proportion of long-term method contraceptive use 19.5 19.5 0.0 100.0 0.2 5 0.33 0.07  
2 Proportion of antenatal care 63.8 63.8 0.0 100.0 0.6 5 0.33 0.21  
3 Prevalence of chronic malnutrition among women 11.5 88.5 25.3 100.0 0.8 5 0.33 0.28  
  Newborn and child health           26     0.67
4 Prevalence of underweight and severe underweight in children under five years of age 14.9 85.1 52.4 100.0 0.7 5 0.19 0.13  
5 Prevalence of stunting and severe stunting in children under five years of age 34.0 66.0 29.6 100.0 0.5 5 0.19 0.10  
6 The prevalence of obesity in children under five years of age 17.0 83.1 19.6 100.0 0.8 4 0.15 0.12  
7 Proportion of children under 5 years of age attending monthly growth monitoring in the last 6 months 66.0 66.0 0.0 100.0 0.7 4 0.15 0.10  
8 Proportion of complete basic immunization 48.1 48.1 0.0 100.0 0.5 4 0.15 0.07  
9 Proportion of first neonatal visits 95.1 95.1 0.0 100.0 1.0 4 0.15 0.15  
  Infectious diseases           13     0.78
10 Prevalence of pneumonia 1.9 98.1 80.4 100.0 0.9 5 0.38 0.35  
11 Prevalence of diarrhea among children under five years of age 12.4 87.7 35.4 100.0 0.8 4 0.31 0.25  
12 Prevalence of ARI among children under five years of age 33.9 66.1 16.2 100.0 0.6 4 0.31 0.18  
  Environmental health           6     0.57
14 Proportion of households with access to safe sanitation facilities 69.3 69.3 0.0 100.0 0.7 3 0.50 0.35  
13 Proportion of households with access to clean water 45.3 45.3 2.0 100.0 0.4 3 0.50 0.22  
  Non-communicable diseases           27     0.63
15 Prevalence of hypertension 15.7 84.3 58.4 100.0 0.6 5 0.19 0.12  
16 Prevalence of injury 6.4 93.6 74.8 100.0 0.7 5 0.19 0.14  
17 Prevalence of diabetes mellitus 1.9 98.1 95.2 100.0 0.6 5 0.19 0.11  
18 Prevalence of mental health disorder 6.5 93.5 51.6 100.0 0.9 4 0.15 0.13  
19 Prevalence of central obesity 32.2 67.8 39.4 100.0 0.5 4 0.15 0.07  
20 Prevalence of dental and mouth problems 28.8 71.2 48.5 100.0 0.4 4 0.15 0.07  
  Health risk behaviors           16     0.42
21 Proportion of daily smoking behavior 27.2 72.8 55.9 100.0 0.4 4 0.25 0.10  
22 Proportion of hand washing behavior 70.2 70.2 1.3 100.0 0.7 3 0.19 0.13  
23 Proportion of open defecation 88.1 88.1 6.7 100.0 0.9 3 0.19 0.16  
24 Proportion of inactive physical activity 20.8 20.8 5.5 100.0 0.2 3 0.19 0.03  
25 Proportion of proper teeth brushing 1.4 1.4 0.0 100.0 0.0 3 0.19 0.00  
  Health services provisions           20     0.63
26 Proportion of institutional delivery 97.6 97.6 0.0 100.0 1.0 4 0.20 0.20  
27 Proportion of sub-districts with sufficient number of GPs 20.0 20.0 0.0 100.0 0.2 5 0.25 0.05  
28 Proportion of village with sufficient number of health posts 82.4 82.4 0.0 100.0 0.8 4 0.20 0.16  
29 Proportion of midwife sufficiency 13.7 13.7 0.0 100.0 0.1 3 0.15 0.02  
30 Proportion of health insurance ownerships 97.7 97.7 0.2 100.0 1.0 4 0.20 0.20