NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider World Health Organization (WHO)Microdata access: Register Geography Namibia (NAM) Coverage type Country Time period covered 03/2003 - 10/2003 Series or system World Health Survey (WHS) Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalGPS coordinates (GIS)HouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeVerbal autopsy Summary The Namibia WHS focuses on the health system and population health. It covers household demographics, health care services and expenditures, ambulatory services, health insurance coverage, and individual health status. Keywords Adult mortality, Alcohol use, Alcohol use disorders, Ambulances, Amputation, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Antiretroviral therapy, Anxiety, Appetite loss, Assets, Asthma, Back pain, Breathing difficulty, Cataracts, Causes of death, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, Crime, DTP vaccines, Dental care, Dentists, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Disability, Drownings, Drug consumption, Edentulism, Education, Education expenditures, Electricity, Emergency care, Employment, Exposure to forces of nature, Eye examinations, Falls, Family composition, Family size, Fatigue, Fertility, Food expenditures, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, Gynecology, HIV and AIDS, Health behaviors, Health care access, Health care costs, Health care expenditures, Health care services, Health care use, Health education, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health status, Hearing loss, Height, Homicide, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Household heat, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Immunization, Income, Infant mortality, Injuries, Insecticide-treated bednets, Insulin, Intentional injuries, Ischemic heart disease, Languages, Limited mobility, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Marital status, Maternal care, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Medical tests, Medicines, Mental health symptoms, Mobility aids, Mortality, Musculoskeletal diseases, Nurses, Occupations, Oral conditions, Osteoarthritis, Outpatient facilities, Pain, Pap smears, Paralysis, Personal caregivers, Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Physical activity, Physicians, Place of delivery, Poisonings, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Prostheses and implants, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Road traffic injuries, Rose Angina Questionnaire, Safety, Sanitation, Schizophrenia, Screening mammography, Seizures, Sexual behavior, Skilled birth attendants, Suicide, Symptoms, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Traditional healers, Traditional medicine, Training programs, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Unintentional injuries, Unipolar depressive disorders, Upper respiratory infections, VCT, Vaccination cards, Vegetables, Verbal autopsy, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Vomiting, Organized violence, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight, Weight change, Household water treatment, Body mass index, FFQ, Occupation codes Citation Contributors World Health Organization (WHO) Funders World Health Organization (WHO) Publisher World Health Organization (WHO) Publication year 2005 Suggested citation World Health Organization (WHO). Namibia World Health Survey 2003. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization (WHO), 2005. GHDx Entry last modified on: Dec 14, 2023