Indicator definitions and metadata, 2008

Mortality and burden of disease | Health service coverage | Risk factors | Health systems resources

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Mortality and burden of disease

Mortality

• Life expectancy at birth (years)
• Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth (years)
• Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
• Infant mortality rate per 1000 live births
• Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births)
  
  Infant mortality rate per 1000 live births
• Adult mortality (probability of dying between 15 to 60 years per 1000 population)
• Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births)
• Deaths due to HIV/AIDS (per 100 000 population)
• Deaths due to tuberculosis (per 100 000 population)
• Age-standardized mortality rates by cause (per 100 000 population)
• Distribution of years of life lost by broader causes (percentage of total)
• Distribution of causes of death among children aged < 5 years (percentage of total)

Morbidity

• Prevalence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population)
• Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population per year)
• HIV prevalence among adults aged ≥ 15 years (per 100 000 population)
• Number of confirmed cases of poliomyelitis

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HEALTH SERVICE COVERAGE

• Antenatal care coverage (percentage)
• Births attended by skilled health personnel (percentage)
• Births by caesarean section (percentage)
• Immunization coverage among 1-year-olds
• Children 6-59 months who received vitamin A supplementation (percentage)
• Children aged < 5 years sleeping under insecticide-treated bednets (percentage)
• Children aged <5 years who received any antimalarial for fever (percentage)
• Children aged < 5 years with ARI symptoms taken to facility (percentage)
• Children < 5 years with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration therapy (percentage)
• Contraceptive prevalence rate (percentage)
• Women who have had PAP smear (percentage)
• Women who have had mammography (percentage)
• HIV-infected pregnant women receiving antiretroviral therapy for PMTCT (percentage)
• Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people with advanced HIV infections (percentage)
• Tuberculosis detection rate under DOTS (percentage)
• Tuberculosis treatment success under DOTS (percentage)

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RISK FACTORS

• Access to improved drinking-water sources and to improved sanitation (percentage)
• Population using solid fuels (percentage)
• Low birthweight newborns (percentage)
• Children aged <5 years
• Adults aged ≥ 15 years who are obese (percentage)
• Per capita recorded alcohol consumption (litres of pure alcohol) among adults (≥15 years)
• Prevalence of current tobacco use among adults aged ≥ 15 years (percentage)
• Prevalence of current tobacco use among adolescents (13-15 years) (percentage)
• Prevalence of condom use by young people (15-24 years) at higher risk sex (percentage)

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HEALTH SYSTEMS RESOURCES

• Human resources for health
• National health accounts