Comparison of cities using the urban health index: an analysis of demographic and health survey data from 2003-2013

We performed an analysis of 57 (mostly capital) cities in 54 countries using data available from the Demographic and Health Surveys between 2003 and 2013. Using the approach of the Urban Health Index(UHI), we computed the UHI using 9 indicators from three domains (environment, women’s education, and childhood immunizations) to characterize the urban health of the 57 cities; the majority from Africa.