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Summary Table of Findings<br />

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and Millennium Development Goals<br />

(MDG) Indicators, Afghanistan, 2010-2011<br />

Topic<br />

CHILD MORTALITY<br />

MICS4<br />

Indicator<br />

Number<br />

MDG<br />

Indicator<br />

Number Indicator Value Unit<br />

Child mortality 1.1 4.1 Under-five mortality rate 102 per thousand<br />

NUTRITION<br />

1.2 4.2 Infant mortality rate 74 per thousand<br />

Nutritional status 1.8 Underweight prevalence<br />

Breastfeeding and<br />

infant feeding<br />

2.1a Moderate and Severe (- 2 SD) 25.0 percent<br />

2.1b Severe (- 3 SD) 10.6 percent<br />

Stunting prevalence<br />

2.2a Moderate and Severe (- 2 SD) 51.6 percent<br />

2.2b Severe (- 3 SD) 34.1 percent<br />

Wasting prevalence<br />

2.3a Moderate and Severe (- 2 SD) 13.9 percent<br />

2.3b Severe (- 3 SD) 7.2 percent<br />

2.4 Children ever breastfed 93.4 percent<br />

2.5 Early initiation of breastfeeding 53.6 percent<br />

2.6 Exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months 54.3 percent<br />

2.7 Continued breastfeeding at 1 year 87.8 percent<br />

2.8 Continued breastfeeding at 2 years 69.4 percent<br />

2.9 Predominant breastfeeding under 6<br />

69.2 percent<br />

months<br />

2.10 Duration of breastfeeding 23.7 percent<br />

2.11 Bottle feeding 28.2 percent<br />

2.12 Introduction of solid, semi-solid or soft 20.1 percent<br />

foods<br />

2.13 Minimum meal frequency 17.8 percent<br />

2.14 Age-appropriate breastfeeding 36.7 percent<br />

2.15 Milk feeding frequency for non-breastfed<br />

children<br />

59.5 percent<br />

Salt iodization 2.16 Iodized salt consumption 20.4 percent<br />

Vitamin A 2.17 Vitamin A supplementation (children<br />

under age 5)<br />

50.6 percent<br />

Anaemia Child Anaemia prevalence 33.7 percent<br />

CHILD HEALTH<br />

Non-pregnant women anaemia<br />

21.4 percent<br />

prevalence<br />

Pregnant women anaemia prevalence 16.3 percent<br />

Vaccinations 3.1 Tuberculosis immunization coverage 64.2 percent<br />

3.2 Polio immunization coverage 48.0 percent<br />

3.3 Immunization coverage for diphtheria,<br />

40.2 percent<br />

pertussis and tetanus (DPT)<br />

3.4 4.3 Measles immunization coverage 55.5 percent<br />

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