2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS)

Key Indicators

Millennium Development Goals for 2015

Indicator 2014 KDHS Indicator

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger • Prevalence of underweight children under 5 years of age

Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education • Net attendance ratio in primary education • Literacy rate of 15-24 year olds

Goal 3: Promote gender equality and women’s empowerment

• Ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary, and tertiary education

Goal 4: Reduce child mortality • Under-five mortality rate • Infant mortality rate • Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles

Goal 5: Improve maternal health • Adolescent birth rate • Contraceptive prevalence rate • Antenatal care coverage • Births attended by skilled health professional

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

• Condom use at last high-risk sex • Population age 15-24 with comprehensive knowledge of HIV • Ratio of school attendance of orphans to school attendance of

non-orphans age 10-14

Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability • Population using an improved water source • Population using an improved sanitation facility

Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Not applicable to 2014 KDHS

Educational Attainment of Respondents Age 15-49

Percent of women and men age 15-49

Fertility Trends Births per woman for the three-year period before the survey

*Data before 2003 exclude North Eastern region and several northern districts in Eastern and Rift Valley regions.

Fertility by County

Births per woman for the three-year period before the survey

Teenage Childbearing

by Education Percent of women age 15-19 who are mothers or pregnant with their first child

Fertility Preferences of Married Women Percent distribution of currently married women age 15-49 by desire for children

Current Use of Contraception Percent of women age 15-49

Current Use of Contraception by County

Percent of currently married women age 15-49 currently using any method of family planning

Trends in Use of Contraception Percent of currently married women age 15-49

Goal 5

*Data before 2003 exclude North Eastern region and several northern districts in Eastern and Rift Valley regions.

Demand for Family Planning Percent of currently married women age 15-49

Trends in Childhood Mortality Deaths per 1,000 live births for the five-year period before the survey

Goal 4

*Data before 2003 exclude North Eastern region and several northern districts in Eastern and Rift Valley regions.

Trends in Neonatal Mortality

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Deaths per 1,000 live births for the five-year period before the survey

*Data before 2003 exclude North Eastern region and several northern districts in Eastern and Rift Valley regions.

Summary of child mortality trends

Assistance during Delivery by County

Percent of live births in the five-year period before the survey delivered by a skilled provider (doctor, nurse, or midwife)

Delivery in a Health Facility by County

Percent of live births in the five-year period before the survey delivered in a health facility

Trends in Maternal Health Percent of live births in the five-year period before the survey

*Skilled provider includes doctor, nurse, or midwife.

Goal 5

Postnatal Care (PNC)

Among women age 15-49 who had a live birth in the two years before the survey, percent who had a postnatal checkup in the first two days after birth

Childhood Vaccinations Percent of children age 12-23 months vaccinated

Pentavalent Polio Pneumococcal

Vaccination Coverage by County

Percent of children age 12-23 months fully vaccinated *Kirinyaga county figure based on fewer than 25-49 unweighted cases.

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Childhood Illnesses Among children under 5 with symptoms of acute respiratory infection (ARI), fever, or diarrhoea,

percent whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider

Nutritional Status of Children Percent of children under 5

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*Based on the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards

Stunting by County

Percent of children under 5 who are stunted, or too short for age

Trends in Nutritional Status of Children

Percent of children under 5

*Based on the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards

Breastfeeding Status Under 6 Months Percent distribution of youngest children under 6 months who

are living with their mother by breastfeeding status

ITN Ownership by County

Percent of households with at least one insecticide-treated net (ITN)

Ownership of and Access to ITNs

Percent of households Percent of household

population

*Assuming one ITN covers 2 people

Use of ITNs Percent who slept under an ITN

the night before the survey among all households

Percent who slept under an ITN the night before the survey among

households with at least one ITN

Intermittent Preventive Treatment during Pregnancy (IPTp)

Percent of women age 15-49 with a live birth in the two years before the survey who:

Fever in Children

In the 2 weeks before the survey, 24% of

children under 5 had a fever.

• 72% were taken to a health facility or provider for

advice or treatment.

• 35% had blood taken from a finger or heel for

testing.

• 27% took antimalarial drugs.

• 23% took ACT.

Knowledge of HIV Prevention Methods Percent of women and men age 15-49 who know that HIV can be prevented by:

Comprehensive Knowledge of HIV among Youth by Residence

Percent of women and men age 15-24 with comprehensive knowledge* of HIV

*Comprehensive knowledge means knowing that the risk of getting HIV can be reduced by using condoms and limiting sex to one uninfected partner, knowing that a healthy looking person can have HIV, and rejecting the two most common local misconceptions about HIV prevention and transmission.

Multiple Sexual Partners

Percent of women and men age 15-49 who had:

Among women and men age 15-49 who had 2+

sexual partners in past 12 months, percent who:

Among women and men age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse:

HIV Testing Percent of women and men age 15-49

Recent HIV Testing by County: Women

Percent of women age 15-49 who were tested for HIV in the past 12 months and received their results

Recent HIV Testing by County: Men

Percent of men age 15-49 who were tested for HIV in the past 12 months and received their results

Trends in Recent HIV Testing Percent of women and men age 15-49 who were tested for HIV

in the past 12 months and received their results

Experience of Domestic Violence Percent of ever-married women and men age 15-49 who have ever experienced physical

or sexual violence committed by their spouse/partner

Female Circumcision Percent of women age 15-49 who:

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Key Findings

• Women have an average of 3.9 children. • The contraceptive prevalence rate of any contraceptive

method among married women is 58%. • Infant mortality rate is 39 deaths per 1,000 live births and

under-five mortality rate is 52 deaths per 1,000 live births.

• 61% of births were delivered in a health facility. • 68% of children received are fully vaccinated. • 26% of children under 5 are stunted (too short for age). • 48% of Kenyan household population has access to an

ITN. • 53% of women and 46% of men were tested for HIV in

past 12 months and received the results of the test. • 21% of women in Kenya are circumcised.