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Afghanistan Special Demographic and Health Survey 2010

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Afghanistan Mortality Survey 2010
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Afghanistan (AFG)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
April, 2010 - December, 2010
Series or system 
DHS Special Demographic and Health Survey (Special DHS)
Data type
Survey: Community - Cross-sectional - Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Urban-rural representative - Verbal autopsy
Summary 

The 2010 Afghanistan Special Demographic Health Survey collected data on mortality and causes of death, specifically focused on maternal mortality. The survey also collected information on causes and determinants of mortality for adults, child, and infants by age, sex, and wealth status. The sample of 22,351 women was drawn from a nationally representative sample of 24,032 households. The survey included four questionnaires:

  • A household questionnaire used in all sample households.
  • Each identified death that occurred in selected households was followed with one of three verbal autopsy questionnaires, depending on the age of death: 0-28 days, 29 days to 11 years, and 12 years and above.
  • A woman's questionnaire administered to all women ages 12 to 49.
  • A cluster level questionnaire gathered information from the head of the village or another knowledgeable informant.
Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Anemia, Animal injuries, Antenatal care, Assets, Asthma, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood tests, Blood transfusions, Breastfeeding, Burns, Caesarean section, Cancers, Causes of death, Child mortality, Cleft lip and cleft palate, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Condoms, Congenital anomalies, Contraceptive implants, Cooking fuels, Cough, Death certificates, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Domestic migration, Drownings, Edema, Education, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Epilepsy, Ethnicity, Falls, Family planning, Fever, Folic acid supplements, HIV and AIDS, Headache, Health care access, Heart disease, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Hypertension, IUDs, Immunization, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Injuries, Intentional injuries, Iron supplements, Land ownership, Languages, Live births, Livestock, Malnutrition, Marital status, Marriage age, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Mortality, Multiple births, Neck pain, Oral rehydration therapy, Pain, Paralysis, Parental survival, Peptic ulcer disease, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Physical examinations, Place of delivery, Poisonings, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Preterm birth, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Road traffic injuries, Sanitation, Sexual sterilization, Sibling survival, Siblings, Skilled birth attendants, Skin diseases, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Symptoms, Telephones, Tetanus, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco use, Traditional birth control, Traditional healers, Traditional medicine, Tuberculosis, Urine tests, Varicella, Verbal autopsy, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Vomiting, Water supply, Weight change

Citation

Contributors 
Ministry of Public Health (Afghanistan)
Central Statistics Organization (Afghanistan)
ICF Macro
Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR)
World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO-WHO)
Funders 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Department for International Development (DFiD) (United Kingdom)
Health Metrics Network
Publisher 
ICF International
Suggested citation 
Central Statistics Organization (Afghanistan), ICF Macro, Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Ministry of Public Health (Afghanistan), World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO-WHO). Afghanistan Special Demographic and Health Survey 2010. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International.

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