Median Duration of Breastfeeding

200 • Nutrition of Children and Women Table 11.8 Micronutrient intake among mothers Among ever-married women age 15-49 with a child born in the past 5 years, the percentage who received a vitamin A dose in the first 2 months after the birth of the last child, the percent distribution by number of days they took iron tablets or syrup during the pregnancy of the last child, and the percentage who took deworming medication during the pregnancy of the last child, and among women age 15-49 with a child born in the past 5 years and who live in households that were tested for iodized salt, the percentage who live in households with iodized salt, by background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Background characteristic Percentage who received vitamin A dose postpartum 1 Number of days women took iron tablets or syrup during pregnancy of last birth Percentage of women who took deworming medication during pregnancy of last birth Number of women Among women with a child born in the last 5 years who live in households that were tested for iodized salt None 60 60-89 90+ Dont know missing Total Percentage living in households with iodized salt 2 Number of women Age 15-19 20.6 61.9 25.6 2.4 5.7 4.4 100.0 2.6 856 55.5 831 20-29 22.9 55.6 26.3 4.8 6.5 6.8 100.0 3.3 10,569 58.5 10,317 30-39 24.6 52.7 25.9 5.7 7.7 8.1 100.0 2.6 6,434 58.1 6,228 40-49 21.0 57.5 25.4 5.1 5.5 6.5 100.0 2.5 1,773 51.5 1,737 Residence Urban 29.6 48.4 30.1 5.8 8.2 7.4 100.0 2.9 4,559 82.9 4,421 Rural 21.3 57.1 24.8 4.8 6.3 7.0 100.0 3.1 15,073 50.0 14,693 Province 3 Kabul 29.3 42.7 33.7 6.5 9.9 7.2 100.0 4.0 2,385 90.7 2,293 Kapisa 40.8 51.2 39.1 5.5 3.9 0.2 100.0 1.2 129 76.1 125 Parwan 24.0 28.2 26.5 14.1 30.1 1.1 100.0 3.8 437 68.4 428 Wardak 14.9 33.2 31.4 8.0 2.6 24.8 100.0 0.8 249 62.7 243 Logar 36.1 42.2 30.4 24.3 3.1 0.0 100.0 2.5 276 63.9 267 Nangarhar 41.1 33.9 31.3 11.0 9.8 13.9 100.0 0.9 576 60.1 568 Laghman 50.1 39.3 54.1 1.8 4.0 0.8 100.0 5.4 428 86.3 421 Panjsher 37.2 40.4 55.4 0.6 0.2 3.4 100.0 15.1 26 78.8 25 Baghlan 67.1 49.5 28.2 6.7 7.8 7.8 100.0 0.9 504 41.7 496 Bamyan 11.5 37.0 49.6 4.8 5.6 3.0 100.0 4.8 206 71.0 203 Ghazni 30.8 73.0 9.7 1.3 0.2 15.8 100.0 11.9 638 51.7 624 Paktika 32.7 52.5 29.6 3.1 12.0 2.8 100.0 4.0 525 97.1 505 Paktya 26.9 55.5 23.6 1.2 0.2 19.5 100.0 1.8 347 74.6 335 Khost 8.5 58.4 26.4 1.3 1.0 12.9 100.0 4.8 580 41.0 579 Kunarha 23.1 68.0 11.5 2.8 1.4 16.3 100.0 1.9 421 31.0 237 Nooristan 0.6 96.3 1.1 0.1 0.1 2.5 100.0 0.0 184 46.0 183 Badakhshan 8.7 70.4 15.2 6.3 8.0 0.1 100.0 2.4 650 20.6 643 Takhar 15.9 75.8 17.3 2.6 3.7 0.6 100.0 0.2 751 33.3 745 Kunduz 10.5 52.8 13.4 7.3 19.7 6.8 100.0 2.9 760 47.5 749 Samangan 6.8 75.3 19.4 0.2 0.0 5.0 100.0 0.6 225 66.2 223 Balkh 36.4 49.1 37.4 6.1 4.6 2.7 100.0 0.3 1,232 53.6 1,229 Sar-E-Pul 11.0 66.0 14.5 5.7 13.7 0.1 100.0 0.5 430 52.1 424 Ghor 54.8 54.3 44.0 1.2 0.5 0.0 100.0 3.4 542 32.3 513 Daykundi 7.1 80.9 9.6 0.7 0.3 8.5 100.0 2.0 216 44.5 212 Urozgan 12.0 73.8 21.2 0.0 0.0 5.0 100.0 0.3 200 51.3 196 Kandahar 3.5 86.6 10.3 1.2 0.0 1.9 100.0 1.2 1,631 95.1 1,618 Jawzjan 21.1 83.5 14.2 0.3 0.9 1.1 100.0 1.1 398 54.3 397 Faryab 19.7 28.8 41.9 6.9 16.9 5.5 100.0 4.6 1,451 53.0 1,426 Helmand 6.1 69.3 1.5 0.0 0.9 28.4 100.0 3.8 568 65.6 555 Badghis 3.1 86.2 7.8 2.9 2.8 0.3 100.0 0.6 499 29.0 491 Herat 27.1 23.6 46.1 7.9 4.5 18.0 100.0 4.0 1,465 12.4 1,464 Farah 14.5 81.3 8.0 4.2 3.7 2.7 100.0 7.6 493 39.7 491 Nimroz 40.0 58.7 8.5 9.2 20.7 2.9 100.0 0.5 195 83.1 191 Education No education 21.5 58.5 24.6 4.5 5.5 6.9 100.0 2.9 16,279 55.1 15,855 Primary 28.9 43.0 31.1 7.9 9.8 8.2 100.0 1.4 1,596 61.3 1,565 Secondary 30.9 35.5 37.1 8.5 11.7 7.3 100.0 5.4 1,432 75.4 1,387 More than secondary 44.7 26.7 28.2 3.6 32.8 8.7 100.0 7.1 325 87.1 306 Wealth quintile Lowest 18.3 61.3 25.8 3.7 4.9 4.3 100.0 1.6 3,914 26.3 3,849 Second 18.5 60.7 22.0 4.1 5.5 7.7 100.0 3.2 3,964 45.1 3,883 Middle 20.9 56.9 24.8 4.5 6.0 7.8 100.0 3.3 4,020 59.0 3,881 Fourth 27.0 52.6 26.4 6.0 7.5 7.5 100.0 3.7 4,056 70.8 3,944 Highest 31.9 43.1 31.8 6.9 10.2 8.1 100.0 3.2 3,679 88.8 3,557 Total 23.2 55.1 26.1 5.0 6.8 7.1 100.0 3.0 19,632 57.6 19,113 1 In the first 2 months after delivery of last birth 2 Excludes women in households where salt was not tested 3 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates.