National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) 2019-20 Union Territory Fact Sheet: Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

The fact sheet states that 93.2 per cent of the population in rural areas of the union territory lived in households with an ‘improved’ source of drinking water. An ‘improved’ sanitation facility was used by only 65.8 per cent of the surveyed population.

As high as 99.5 per cent of the population in rural areas and 99.9 per cent in urban areas resided in households with access to electricity.

Around 79.9 per cent of households in the union territory used clean fuel like electricity, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas or biogas for cooking. The figures were higher in urban areas (95.2 per cent) than in rural areas (62.6 per cent).

The total fertility rate was noted to be 1.8 children per women during NFHS-5.

The fact sheet states that 75.6 per cent of women (aged 15-49 years) and 92.5 per cent of men (aged 15-49 years) were literate in the union territory. Respondents were considered literate if they had finished education till Class 9 and higher or if they were able to read a complete sentence or a part of it.

As per the fact sheet, the infant mortality rate in the union territory was 31.8 deaths (before the age of one year) per 1,000 live births. The under-five mortality rate during the same period was recorded at 37 deaths (before the age of five years) per 1,000 live births.

Among women (aged 15-49 years) who are currently married, 68 per cent use any form of contraceptive method for family planning. This is a steep increase from the 36.2 per cent reported in NFHS-4.

Among those who gave birth in the five years preceding the survey, the percentage of women who consumed iron folic acid for 180 days or more when they were pregnant was noted to be 37.2 per cent in rural areas and 35.2 per cent in urban areas. The fact sheet states that there has been an increase by 10 per cent in this indicator since NFHS-4.

About 94.9 per cent of children within the ages of 12-23 months were fully vaccinated against tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio and measles, the fact sheet states. This is a considerable increase from the figure recorded in NFHS-4 – 50.5 per cent.

In the union territory, 39.4 per cent of children under the age of five years were stunted (too short for their age), an increase since the NFHS-4 numbers of 37.2 per cent.

The percentage of children under the age of five years who were wasted (too thin for their height) decreased from 26.7 per cent in NFHS-4 to 21.6 per cent in NFHS-5.

Among children aged 6-59 months, 75.8 per cent were anaemic. Prevalence of anaemia among men and women (aged 15-49 years) was also considerably high in the union territory – 24.6 per cent among men and 62.5 per cent among women.

The fact sheet states that 25.3 per cent of women had comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS, while 28.1 per cent per cent of men had similar knowledge.

The percentage of women (aged 18-49 years) who reported experiencing violence from their spouse decreased from 30 per cent in NFHS-4 to 16.8 per cent in NFHS-5. The percentage of young women (18-29 years) who experienced sexual violence before the age of 18 years also fell from 6.4 per cent to 4.3 per cent during the same period.

Focus and Factoids by Devanshi Parekh.

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