B Afghanistan - Demographic and Health Survey 2015

Child Health • 171 Table 10.4 Vaccinations in first year of life Percentage of children age 12-59 months at the time of the survey who received specific vaccines by age 12 months, and percentage with a vaccination card seen by the interviewer, by current age of child, Afghanistan 2015 Age in months BCG Pentavalent 1 Polio 2 Measles All basic vaccinations 3 No vaccinations Percentage with a vaccination card seen Number of children 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 12-23 73.0 71.2 65.3 55.0 56.2 83.7 76.4 62.8 50.6 38.2 14.0 56.4 5,708 24-35 64.0 60.9 54.6 43.8 48.6 77.2 69.7 56.5 45.1 30.7 19.6 38.0 6,598 36-47 60.9 56.1 51.6 42.0 46.6 73.6 68.0 55.3 43.3 27.8 23.2 28.8 6,282 48-59 55.7 50.9 46.6 36.8 38.9 69.5 64.1 52.6 36.5 21.7 25.2 20.1 5,902 Total 63.6 60.0 54.7 44.6 47.7 76.6 70.2 57.3 45.0 30.0 20.0 35.6 24,489 Note: Information was obtained from the vaccination card or, if there was no written record, from the mother. For children whose information is based on the mother’s report, the proportion of vaccinations given during the first year of life is assumed to be the same as for children with a written record of vaccinations. 1 Pentavalent is DPT-HepB-Hib. 2 Polio 0 is the polio vaccination given at birth. 3 BCG, measles, and three doses each of pentavalent and polio vaccine excluding polio vaccine given at birth 172 • Child Health Table 10.5 Prevalence and treatment of symptoms of ARI Among children under age 5, the percentage who had symptoms of acute respiratory infection ARI in the 2 weeks preceding the survey and among children with symptoms of ARI, the percentage for whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider and the percentage who received antibiotics as treatment, according to background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Background characteristic Among children under age 5: Among children under age 5 with symptoms of ARI: Percentage with symptoms of ARI 1 Number of children Percentage for whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider 2 Percentage who received antibiotics Number of children Age in months 6 10.0 3,095 71.1 49.8 308 6-11 14.7 2,720 64.0 60.7 400 12-23 13.9 5,708 67.3 61.5 792 24-35 14.8 6,598 54.5 52.1 977 36-47 11.3 6,282 61.4 53.5 708 48-59 10.7 5,902 58.5 48.1 631 Sex Male 12.9 15,605 62.4 55.2 2,017 Female 12.2 14,699 60.4 53.4 1,800 Mother’s smoking status Smokes cigarettestobacco 13.2 769 61.2 60.3 101 Does not smoke 12.6 29,460 61.5 54.2 3,715 Missing 0.3 75 Cooking fuel Electricity or gas 9.9 9,089 70.7 55.8 904 Kerosene 1 Coallignite 14.5 99 14 Charcoal 4.5 176 8 Woodstraw 3 13.7 15,015 60.2 50.9 2,052 Animal dung 14.1 5,751 55.4 61.7 814 Other fuel 17.9 130 41.9 68.9 23 No food cooked in household 4.0 20 1 Missing 1.0 22 Residence Urban 11.8 7,040 65.1 50.7 834 Rural 12.8 23,264 60.4 55.4 2,983 Province 4 Kabul 6.9 3,677 52.8 47.4 252 Kapisa 15.8 211 50.7 54.2 33 Parwan 2.6 688 18 Wardak 17.3 329 57.1 50.8 57 Logar 1.4 417 6 Nangarhar 18.2 972 68.6 56.8 177 Laghman 16.0 770 76.3 58.5 124 Panjsher 0.9 39 Baghlan 26.3 700 37.8 36.2 184 Bamyan 9.3 314 51.3 57.3 29 Ghazni 0.4 778 3 Paktika 2.5 856 93.0 86.2 21 Paktya 7.7 578 75.5 30.0 44 Khost 7.8 991 46.8 93.4 78 Kunarha 4.3 704 49.4 70.0 31 Nooristan 9.1 303 47.1 49.0 28 Badakhshan 17.6 870 22.9 26.0 153 Takhar 9.2 1,187 34.2 65.9 110 Kunduz 9.4 1,177 60.8 75.5 111 Samangan 5.7 345 74.7 48.5 20 Balkh 15.2 1,874 63.8 67.3 285 Sar-E-Pul 3.6 596 21 Ghor 28.3 846 58.2 56.6 239 Daykundi 7.5 308 12.2 23.8 23 Urozgan 6.7 385 93.5 66.5 26 Kandahar 24.0 2,751 60.1 50.4 660 Jawzjan 18.4 569 50.4 56.9 105 Faryab 10.0 2,281 66.7 96.8 229 Helmand 7.7 893 87.2 66.7 69 Badghis 13.5 723 61.6 75.4 97 Herat 27.3 2,046 85.6 33.1 558 Farah 2.4 810 62.6 49.6 19 Nimroz 2.4 290 7 Mother’s education No education 12.9 25,261 61.1 54.0 3,256 Primary 13.1 2,429 62.1 53.0 319 Secondary 9.5 2,130 63.9 64.1 203 More than secondary 7.9 484 77.7 47.6 38 Continued…