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2015 Demographic and Health Survey

AFGHANISTAN

Maternal Health: Health Facility Delivery48% of births are delivered in a health facility. Facility delivery is more likely in urban areas (76%) than in rural areas (40%).

Delivery in a Health Facility by Residence

Percent of live births in the five years before the survey delivered in a health facility

Total Urban Rural

48

76

40

Maternal Health: Antenatal Care (ANC)59% of women receive ANC from a skilled provider. Nearly all (94%) of women with more than secondary education receive ANC from a skilled provider, compared to 55% of women with no education.

Antenatal Care from a Skilled Provider by Education

Percent of ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in the five years before the survey who received antenatal care from a doctor,

nurse, midwife, or auxiliary nurse/midwife

Total No education

Primary Secondary More than secondary

59 5571

8094

FertilityAfghan women have an average of 5.3 children.

Women in urban areas have fewer children (4.8) than women in rural areas (5.4).

Family Planning2 in 10 currently married women use a

modern method of family planning. Modern method use is slightly higher in urban areas

than in rural ares.

Total Fertility Rate by ResidenceBirths per woman for the three-year period before the survey

Total Urban Rural

5.3 4.85.4

Current Use of Modern Methods by Residence

Percent of currently married women age 15-49 using a modern method of family planning

Total Urban Rural

2029

17

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Iodized Salt57% of Afghan households use iodized salt.

Urban households are nearly twice as likely as rural households to use iodized salt.

Iodized Salt in Households by Residence

Percent of households with salt tested that had iodized salt

Total Urban Rural

57

82

48

Child Vaccination46% of children age 12-23 months have

received all basic vaccines. Basic vaccination coverage ranges from a low of 1% in Nooristan

to a high of 75% in Paktika.

Vaccination Coverage by Province

Afghanistan 46%

Percent of children age 12-23 months who received all basic vaccines

Kabul

KapisaParwan

Wardak Logar

Laghman

Panjsher

Baghlan

Bamyan

Ghazni

Paktika Zabul

Khost

Kunarha

Nooristan

Badakhshan

Farah

Herat

Badghis

Helmand Nimroz

Faryab

Jawzjan

Kandahar

Urozgan

Daykundi

Ghor

Sar-E-Pul

Balkh

Samangan

KunduzTakhar

Paktya

Nangarhar

0-25%

26-50%

51-75%

No data