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Key Indicators: The Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (1996 NDHS- 2016 NDHS)
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NEPAL
Indicator	Characteristic	2016 DHS	2011 DHS	2006 DHS	2001 DHS	1996 DHS
Total fertility rate	Total	2.3	2.6	3.1	4.1	4.6
	Residence : Urban	2	1.6	2.1	2.1	2.9
	Residence : Rural	2.9	2.8	3.3	4.4	4.8
	Education : No education	3.3	3.7	3.9	4.8	5.1
	Education : Primary	2.7	2.7	2.8	3.2	3.8
	Education : Secondary	2.1	1.9	2.3	2.2	2.5
	Education : Higher	1.8	1.7	1.5	2.1	2.3
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	3.1	3.3	3.6	4.5	4.9
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	1.9	1.9	2.2	2.2	2.5
	Region : Eastern	2.4	2.5	3.1	3.8	4.1
	Region : Central	2.4	2.5	3	4.3	4.6
	Region : Western	2.2	2.5	3.1	3.5	4.7
	Region : Midwestern	2.5	3.2	3.5	4.7	5.5
	Region : Farwestern	2.2	2.8	3.5	4.7	5.2
	Region : Province 1	2.3
	Region : Province 2	3
	Region : Province 3	1.8
	Region : Province 4	2
	Region : Province 5	2.4
	Region : Province 6	2.8
	Region : Province 7	2.2
	Region : Mountain	3
	Region : Hill	2.1
	Region : Terai	2.5
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	3.2	4.1	4.7
	Wealth quintile : Second	2.5	3.1	3.6
	Wealth quintile : Middle	2.5	2.7	3.1
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	2.1	2.1	2.7
	Wealth quintile : Highest	1.6	1.5	1.9
Married women currently using any method of contraception (*Married women currently modern method of contraception)	Total	52.6	49.7	48	39.3	28.5
	Residence : Urban	54.8	59.6	60	62.2	50.1
	Residence : Rural	49.2	48.2	45.9	36.9	26.5
	Education : No education	58.2	52.8	49.3	36.6	26.4
	Education : Primary	50.4	47	45.5	41.8	30.8
	Education : Secondary	46.8	45.5	45.3	50.4	42.3
	Education : Higher	51.3	52.6	51.5	57.9	51.3
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	55.7	51.1	48.5	37.5	27
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	48.1	46.8	46.1	51.1	43.5
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	49.1	40.4	32.9	27.3	17.7
	Wealth quintile : Second	53.4	46.3	42.6	31.9	23.4
	Wealth quintile : Middle	49.6	48.2	49.2	35.2	24.7
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	50.1	52	52.8	42.3	29.2
	Wealth quintile : Highest	60.4	59.6	60.9	61.3	49.1
	Region : Eastern	54.1	46.4	50	45.8	30.8
	Region : Central	54.2	54.7	50	40.2	31
	Region : Western	46.1	46.1	40.9	36.9	26.5
	Region : Midwestern	52.7	46.9	45.5	35.7	26.9
	Region : Farwestern	57.3	51.9	51.7	30.7	20.8
	Region : Province 1	55.1
	Region : Province 2	47.7
	Region : Province 3	60.6
	Region : Province 4	48.5
	Region : Province 5	48
	Region : Province 6	51.1
	Region : Province 7	57.3
	Region : Mountain	54.6
	Region : Hill	53.9
	Region : Terai	51.4
	*Total	42.8	43.2	44.2	35.4	26
	Residence : Urban	44.2	49.8	54.2	56.3	45.1
	Residence : Rural	40.6	42.1	42.5	33.2	24.3
	Education : No education	51.8	48.8	46.4	33.5	24.5
	Education : Primary	42.4	40.5	41.9	37.7	27.8
	Education : Secondary	34.5	36.9	39.4	42.7	36.6
	Education : Higher	33.4	34.9	40.9	42.1	37.6
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	48.8	46.4	45.5	34.3	24.9
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	34.1	36.5	39.6	42.7	36.7
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	41.8	35.6	30.3	23.8	15.7
	Wealth quintile : Second	44.8	41.1	40.6	28.7	21.2
	Wealth quintile : Middle	42.6	43.3	46.8	31.7	23.2
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	41.7	45.3	48.2	38.9	26.6
	Wealth quintile : Highest	43	48.9	53.9	55.2	44.9
	Region : Eastern	41.7	36.2	44.8	37.9	26.8
	Region : Central	45.4	49.9	46.4	36.9	28.6
	Region : Western	34.9	38.7	36.6	34.3	25.2
	Region : Midwestern	46.4	42.8	43.1	33.8	24.2
	Region : Farwestern	48.1	47.1	49.5	28.8	19.6
	Region : Province 1	40.1
	Region : Province 2	42.2
	Region : Province 3	49.2
	Region : Province 4	37.3
	Region : Province 5	38.9
	Region : Province 6	44.5
	Region : Province 7	48.1
	Region : Mountain	42.6
	Region : Hill	42.4
	Region : Terai	43.1
Unmet need for family planning	Total	23.7	27.5	24.7	27.8	32.4
	Residence : Urban	22.7	20	19.7	15.9	21.1
	Residence : Rural	25.3	28.7	25.6	29	33.4
	Education : No education	17.9	22.8	21.7	28.3	32.2
	Education : Primary	26.4	31	27.7	29	37.1
	Education : Secondary	30.2	33.5	32.1	23.9	29.4
	Education : Higher	23.2	27.1	24.4	18.7	19
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	20.6	25.2	23	28.4	32.8
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	28.2	32.3	31.2	23.4	28.1
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	27	31.9	32.1	33.7	38.2
	Wealth quintile : Second	23.7	28.6	26.8	30.9	35
	Wealth quintile : Middle	24.3	28.9	22.7	30.8	32.2
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	23.8	26.8	23.3	25.7	31.9
	Wealth quintile : Highest	20.5	22.4	19.2	17	23.7
	Region : Eastern	23.9	30.5	23.8	24	29.6
	Region : Central	20.1	22	22.2	26.8	32
	Region : Western	29.3	34.6	32.4	30.8	35.4
	Region : Midwestern	26.3	26.9	25.7	29.6	32.3
	Region : Farwestern	21.3	24.6	20.5	31.2	34.1
	Region : Province 1	24.9
	Region : Province 2	20.6
	Region : Province 3	19.8
	Region : Province 4	30
	Region : Province 5	27.9
	Region : Province 6	25.7
	Region : Province 7	21.3
	Region : Mountain	22.8
	Region : Hill	25.5
	Region : Terai	22.4
Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods	Total	56	55.9	60.9	52.8	42.8
	Residence : Urban	57	62.5	68	72	63.3
	Residence : Rural	54.5	54.8	59.5	50.4	40.5
	Education : No education	67.9	64.6	65.5	51.7	41.9
	Education : Primary	55.2	51.8	57.3	53.3	40.9
	Education : Secondary	44.7	46.7	50.8	57.5	51
	Education : Higher	44.8	43.8	53.9	55	53.5
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	63.9	60.9	63.7	52	41.7
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	44.7	46.2	51.2	57.3	51.3
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	55	49.2	46.5	39	28.1
	Wealth quintile : Second	58.1	54.8	58.4	45.7	36.3
	Wealth quintile : Middle	57.7	56.1	65.1	48	40.7
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	56.4	57.5	63.3	57.1	43.6
	Wealth quintile : Highest	53.2	59.7	67.3	70.5	61.6
	Region : Eastern	53.4	47.1	60.8	54.3	44.3
	Region : Central	61.1	65	64.2	55.1	45.4
	Region : Western	46.3	48	49.9	50.6	40.7
	Region : Midwestern	58.7	58	60.5	51.8	40.9
	Region : Farwestern	61.1	61.6	68.6	46.6	35.8
	Region : Province 1	50.1
	Region : Province 2	61.8
	Region : Province 3	61.2
	Region : Province 4	47.5
	Region : Province 5	51.3
	Region : Province 6	57.9
	Region : Province 7	61.1
	Region : Mountain	55.1
	Region : Hill	53.4
	Region : Terai	58.5
Median age at first marriage [Women]: 25-49	Median age at first marriage [Women]: 25-50	17.9	17.5	17	16.7	16.2
	Residence : Urban	18.3	18.5	17.8	17.6	17.2
	Residence : Rural	17.2	17.4	16.9	16.6	16.1
	Education : No education	16.8	16.6	16.6	16.4	16
	Education : Primary	17.4	17.3	17.1	17.2	16.6
	Education : Secondary	19	19.2	19	18.6	18.7
	Education : Higher	22.3	23.2	21.9	22	23.4
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	17	16.8	16.7	16.5	16
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	20	20	19.5	18.9	19.4
	Region : Eastern	18.4	18.7	17.5	17.5	16.9
	Region : Central	17.7	17	16.8	16.3	15.9
	Region : Western	18	17.7	17.4	17.2	16.5
	Region : Midwestern	17.6	17.1	16.6	16.5	16
	Region : Farwestern	17.3	16.6	16.7	16	15
	Region : Province 1	19.4
	Region : Province 2	16.3
	Region : Province 3	19.4
	Region : Province 4	18.4
	Region : Province 5	17.7
	Region : Province 6	17.3
	Region : Province 7	17.3
	Region : Mountain	18.1
	Region : Hill	18.7
	Region : Terai	17.2
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	17.5	17	16.9
	Wealth quintile : Second	17.4	17.1	16.7
	Wealth quintile : Middle	17.1	17	16.7
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	17.8	17.5	16.8
	Wealth quintile : Highest	19.5	19.1	18.3
Median age at first sexual intercourse [Women]: 25-49	Total	17.9	17.7	17	16.7	16.3
	Residence : Urban	18.3	18.6	18	17.6	17.3
	Residence : Rural	17.3	17.5	16.9	16.6	16.3
	Education : No education	16.9	16.7	16.7	16.4	16.1
	Education : Primary	17.4	17.5	17.2	17.2	16.7
	Education : Secondary	18.9	19.3	19.1	18.6	18.8
	Education : Higher	22.3	23.3	21.9	22	23.2
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	17	16.9	16.7	16.5	16.2
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	20	20	19.6	18.9	19.5
	Region : Eastern	18.5	18.9	17.6	17.5	17.1
	Region : Central	17.8	17.2	16.8	16.4	16
	Region : Western	18	17.8	17.5	17.2	16.6
	Region : Midwestern	17.6	17.3	16.7	16.5	16.1
	Region : Farwestern	17.4	16.7	16.7	16	15.4
	Region : Province 1	19.3
	Region : Province 2	16.5
	Region : Province 3	19.3
	Region : Province 4	18.4
	Region : Province 5	17.7
	Region : Province 6	17.3
	Region : Province 7	17.4
	Region : Mountain	18
	Region : Hill	18.7
	Region : Terai	17.3
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	17.6	17.1	16.9
	Wealth quintile : Second	17.4	17.2	16.7
	Wealth quintile : Middle	17.3	17.1	16.7
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	17.8	17.7	16.8
	Wealth quintile : Highest	19.5	19.3	18.4
Infant mortality rate	Total	32	46	48	64	78
	Residence : Urban	32	38	37	50	61
	Residence : Rural	47	55	64	79	95
	Education : No education	50	62	69	85	98
	Education : Primary	39	53	58	61	80
	Education : Secondary	30	37	31	42	58
	Education : Higher	17	31	12	9	15
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	46	60	67	81	96
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	26	36	29	39	53
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	50	61	71	86	96
	Wealth quintile : Second	45	56	62	88	107
	Wealth quintile : Middle	42	55	70	77	104
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	31	53	51	73	85
	Wealth quintile : Highest	20	32	40	53	64
	Region : Eastern	33	47	45	78	79
	Region : Central	38	52	52	77	86
	Region : Western	36	53	56	60	84
	Region : Midwestern	42	58	97	73	115
	Region : Farwestern	58	65	74	112	124
	Region : Province 1	31
	Region : Province 2	43
	Region : Province 3	29
	Region : Province 4	23
	Region : Province 5	42
	Region : Province 6	47
	Region : Province 7	58
	Region : Mountain	57
	Region : Hill	32
	Region : Terai	41
Under-five mortality rate	Total	39	54	61	91	118
	Residence : Urban	39	45	47	66	82
	Residence : Rural	55	64	84	112	143
	Education : No education	60	73	93	121	149
	Education : Primary	43	62	67	74	99
	Education : Secondary	34	41	35	53	65
	Education : Higher	21	32	12	22	25
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	54	70	88	114	144
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	30	40	32	50	61
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	62	75	98	130	156
	Wealth quintile : Second	54	66	83	125	164
	Wealth quintile : Middle	46	64	91	104	155
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	36	59	63	97	118
	Wealth quintile : Highest	24	36	47	68	83
	Region : Eastern	40	55	60	105	113
	Region : Central	46	60	68	111	138
	Region : Western	39	57	73	84	119
	Region : Midwestern	50	73	122	111	178
	Region : Farwestern	69	82	100	149	179
	Region : Province 1	36
	Region : Province 2	52
	Region : Province 3	36
	Region : Province 4	27
	Region : Province 5	45
	Region : Province 6	58
	Region : Province 7	69
	Region : Mountain	63
	Region : Hill	38
	Region : Terai	49
Pregnancy-related mortality ratio	Total	259 (CI: 151 -366)		281 (CI: 178 -384)		543 (CI: 397 -688)
Maternal mortality ratio	Total	239 (CI: 134 -345)
Place of delivery: Health facility	Total	62.3	40.6	19.1	9.8	7.6
	Residence : Urban	72.7	77.2	50.1	46.2	43.8
	Residence : Rural	50.4	36.9	14.9	7.5	5.1
	Education : No education	43.2	24.2	8.1	4.6	3.8
	Education : Primary	52.8	36.5	19.5	12.5	10.7
	Education : Secondary	73	59.3	39.7	33.5	31.8
	Education : Higher	89.7	83.5	80.8	59.6	72.2
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	47	28	10.9	5.9	4.7
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	78.1	63.6	44.3	36	36.5
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	38.7	13.9	4.6	2.6	1.7
	Wealth quintile : Second	52.9	28.4	9.7	3.1	3.5
	Wealth quintile : Middle	65.7	43.4	12.9	5.7	4.8
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	73.2	56.2	24.7	10.6	6.2
	Wealth quintile : Highest	90.3	84.1	57.6	39.2	29.9
	Region : Eastern	64.1	47.7	17.6	11.4	7.2
	Region : Central	58.9	39.1	26.4	12.4	11.3
	Region : Western	66.2	43.1	19.3	10.3	7.4
	Region : Midwestern	56.1	34.8	15.1	3.6	2.7
	Region : Farwestern	73.6	33.9	9.1	6.6	3.9
	Region : Province 1	63.5
	Region : Province 2	52.6
	Region : Province 3	72.5
	Region : Province 4	72.9
	Region : Province 5	64.9
	Region : Province 6	40.6
	Region : Province 7	73.6
	Region : Mountain	44.7
	Region : Hill	64.8
	Region : Terai	62.9
	Total	57.4	35.3	17.7	9
	Residence : Urban	68.6	71.3	47.8	44.6
	Residence : Rural	44.2	31.6	13.5	6.6
	Education : No education	36.4	19.3	7.9	4.2
	Education : Primary	49.2	31.5	18.9	12
	Education : Secondary	71.5	56.7	40	33.3
	Education : Higher	89	81.3	77.6	63.5
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	41.1	22.9	10.4	5.4
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	76.7	60.8	44.1	35.8
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	33.9	11.4	4.3	2.3
	Wealth quintile : Second	46.6	23.3	9.3	3
	Wealth quintile : Middle	57.6	35.4	11.9	5.5
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	69.5	51.9	21.7	9
	Wealth quintile : Highest	89.6	77.9	55	36.5
	Region : Eastern	61.4	39.6	16.6	9.7
	Region : Central	53.5	35.7	24.2	11.7
	Region : Western	61.7	38	17.4	9.4
	Region : Midwestern	49.7	29.1	13.6	3.8
	Region : Farwestern	66.4	29	8.5	6.1
	Region : Province 1	62.2
	Region : Province 2	44.6
	Region : Province 3	70.7
	Region : Province 4	68.3
	Region : Province 5	59.4
	Region : Province 6	35.6
	Region : Province 7	66.4
	Region : Mountain	41.7
	Region : Hill	61
	Region : Terai	56.9
Received all 8 basic vaccinations	Total	77.8	87	82.8	65.6	43.3
	Residence : Urban	78.5	90	86.3	74.9	71.1
	Residence : Rural	77	86.6	82.4	65	41.5
	Education : No education	67.8	78.1	74.3	57	38.1
	Education : Primary	75.8	94.6	88.2	83.2	56
	Education : Secondary	81.5	93.6	97.8	89	73.2
	Education : Higher	94.1	96.4	100
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	71	83.2	77.8	61.5	40.1
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	85.1	94.1	98.1	90	74.9
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	76.6	84.5	68	54.2	32.4
	Wealth quintile : Second	77.2	83.9	82.4	62.4	34.6
	Wealth quintile : Middle	70.9	84	87.1	64.5	40.8
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	84.8	91.5	90.7	74.7	51
	Wealth quintile : Highest	81.6	95.7	93.5	81.6	71.1
	Region : Eastern	80.6	87.7	86.2	73.8	45.2
	Region : Central	71.1	83.1	78.3	60	43.2
	Region : Western	83.1	91.2	88.9	64.8	51
	Region : Midwestern	78.6	84.7	80.8	69.9	39
	Region : Farwestern	83.4	93.7	80.5	59.7	32.5
	Region : Province 1	79.4
	Region : Province 2	65.2
	Region : Province 3	85.3
	Region : Province 4	92.7
	Region : Province 5	78.3
	Region : Province 6	74.9
	Region : Province 7	83.4
	Region : Mountain	74.1
	Region : Hill	88
	Region : Terai	71.3
Treatment of diarrhea: Either ORS or RHF	Total	57.7	43.4	28.2	30.7	28.6
	Residence : Urban	58	46.6	28.8	37.7	46.2
	Residence : Rural	57.3	43.1	28.1	30.3	27.6
	Education : No education	54.4	44.1	22	27.3	25.8
	Education : Primary	51.7	37.5	28.5	37.4	40.5
	Education : Secondary	57.5	47	38.3	44.5	42
	Education : Higher	76.5	40.6
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	53.3	42.1	23.6	28.8	27.6
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	64.2	46.1	41.7	47.1	41.7
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	54.2	43.9	17.6	25.1	22
	Wealth quintile : Second	48.9	40.2	24.8	26.4	25.9
	Wealth quintile : Middle	59.2	39.8	30.6	30	32.7
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	62.8	55.3	36.7	37.7	26.9
	Wealth quintile : Highest	65.2	38.4	37.5	43.4	48.1
	Region : Eastern	58.8	49.1	31.2	36.1	35.7
	Region : Central	56.1	41.7	25.2	26.1	29.1
	Region : Western	61.7	36	25.9	30.9	26.8
	Region : Midwestern	63.7	49.6	35.3	28.4	25.3
	Region : Farwestern	41.7	43.1	28.4	35	25
	Region : Province 1	58.7
	Region : Province 2	55.2
	Region : Province 3	57.8
	Region : Province 5	57.6
	Region : Province 6	82.4
	Region : Province 7	41.7
	Region : Hill	53.6
	Region : Terai	58.9
	Total	61.3	44.9	29.3	32.2
	Residence : Urban	61.1	48.7	29.3	45.6
	Residence : Rural	61.6	44.5	29.3	31.4
	Education : No education	56.3	44.8	24	29.1
	Education : Primary	56.7	39.6	26	39
	Education : Secondary	61	48.5	41.7	44.8
	Education : Higher	83	48.1
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	56.4	43.3	24.5	30.6
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	68.7	48.4	45	46.9
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	55.5	46.5	17.9	26.6
	Wealth quintile : Second	53.1	42.9	29.3	26.8
	Wealth quintile : Middle	63.5	39.1	29.9	32.3
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	63.1	56.7	38.3	38.1
	Wealth quintile : Highest	74.1	41.6	39.6	47.7
	Region : Eastern	61.2	52.7	30.8	38.7
	Region : Central	59.6	39.7	27	27.2
	Region : Western	64.2	38.6	25.7	33.8
	Region : Midwestern	68.9	52.3	37.9	27.5
	Region : Farwestern	50.9	49.1	31.1	35.5
	Region : Province 1	61.6
	Region : Province 2	56.4
	Region : Province 3	64.7
	Region : Province 5	60.7
	Region : Province 6	84.8
	Region : Province 7	50.9
	Region : Hill	60.9
	Region : Terai	60.7
Children stunted	Total	35.8	40.5	49.3	57.2	56.6
	Residence : Urban	32	26.7	36.3	42.7	45.6
	Residence : Rural	40.2	41.8	51.1	58.2	57.3
	Education : No education	45.7	47.6	57.7	61.5	60.5
	Education : Primary	36.7	40.6	46.3	50.5	48.7
	Education : Secondary	30	30.6	29.7	41.7	35
	Education : Higher	21.1	22.8	16	34.8	18.4
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	42.5	45.6	55.1	59.7	58.9
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	27.4	29.4	28.2	39.7	33.3
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	49.2	56	61.6	67.6	64.5
	Wealth quintile : Second	38.7	45.7	54.9	61.3	61
	Wealth quintile : Middle	35.7	34.5	50.4	54.3	58.1
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	32.4	30.5	39.8	53.1	52.2
	Wealth quintile : Highest	16.5	25.8	31	42.1	39.8
	Region : Eastern	32.6	37	40.2	50.8	46.9
	Region : Central	34.7	38.2	50	58.5	59.2
	Region : Western	37.5	37.4	50.4	57.5	59.6
	Region : Midwestern	42	50.3	57.9	62	56.8
	Region : Farwestern	35.9	46.4	52.5	59.9	60.7
	Region : Province 1	32.6
	Region : Province 2	37
	Region : Province 3	29.4
	Region : Province 4	28.9
	Region : Province 5	38.5
	Region : Province 6	54.5
	Region : Province 7	35.9
	Region : Mountain	46.8
	Region : Hill	32.3
	Region : Terai	36.7
Children wasted	Total	9.6	10.9	12.6	11.2	14.8
	Residence : Urban	9.2	8.2	7.5	9	9.2
	Residence : Rural	10	11.2	13.3	11.4	15.1
	Education : No education	12.3	13.3	14.6	12.8	16
	Education : Primary	8.9	11.3	8.4	9.3	10.8
	Education : Secondary	8.5	6.4	11.4	6.1	9.5
	Education : Higher	7.2	11.5	7.9	2.8	7.1
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	11.1	12.7	13.2	12.2	15.3
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	8.1	7.2	11	5.1	9.3
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	8.6	12.5	11.5	12.7	15.7
	Wealth quintile : Second	9.1	10.7	15.1	13	16.9
	Wealth quintile : Middle	10.6	12.9	15.2	12.1	17.5
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	11.3	8.8	12.8	9.7	14.5
	Wealth quintile : Highest	7.3	7.4	7	6.9	6.5
	Region : Eastern	13.1	10.2	10	8.8	12.9
	Region : Central	9.8	11.6	13.8	15.5	14.6
	Region : Western	6	10.4	10.9	8.1	12.7
	Region : Midwestern	8.6	11.3	11.6	8.9	17.6
	Region : Farwestern	9.2	10.9	16.7	12.6	19.2
	Region : Province 1	11.8
	Region : Province 2	14.3
	Region : Province 3	4.2
	Region : Province 4	5.8
	Region : Province 5	7.6
	Region : Province 6	7.2
	Region : Province 7	9.2
	Region : Mountain	6.1
	Region : Hill	6.3
	Region : Terai	12.1
Children underweight	Total	27	28.8	38.6	42.7	42.3
	Residence : Urban	23.4	16.5	23.2	27.9	24.6
	Residence : Rural	31.1	30	40.7	43.8	43.5
	Education : No education	36.7	38.4	46.6	47.8	46.5
	Education : Primary	28	26.1	31.1	34.5	30.9
	Education : Secondary	21.3	18.1	24	25.8	22.3
	Education : Higher	13.7	8.6	11.3	19.6	8.5
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	33.5	34.8	43	45.6	44.5
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	19	16.5	22.6	23.9	20.9
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	32.9	40.3	47	51.3	49.8
	Wealth quintile : Second	28.1	31.6	45.9	47	47.1
	Wealth quintile : Middle	33	28.8	41.7	44.6	46.4
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	23.5	22.9	31	37.5	38.4
	Wealth quintile : Highest	11.4	10.1	18.9	25.2	21.4
	Region : Eastern	26.5	25.4	32.8	36.3	35.3
	Region : Central	28	29.5	38.3	46.7	44.5
	Region : Western	23.7	23.2	38.6	38.7	40.9
	Region : Midwestern	29.1	36.9	43.4	45.6	43.5
	Region : Farwestern	28.2	32.6	43.7	47.6	50.3
	Region : Province 1	24.5
	Region : Province 2	36.6
	Region : Province 3	13.4
	Region : Province 4	14.9
	Region : Province 5	27.2
	Region : Province 6	35.5
	Region : Province 7	28.2
	Region : Mountain	28.5
	Region : Hill	18.1
	Region : Terai	32.5
Median duration of exclusive breastfeeding	Total	4.2	4.3	2.5	4.1	4.7
	Residence : Urban	3.9	3.4	2.2	0.8	3.9
	Residence : Rural	4.5	4.3	2.6	4.3	4.8
	Education : No education	4.3	5.2	2.5	4.6	5
	Education : Primary	4.5	4.7	3.7	3	4.8
	Education : Secondary	3.8	3.3	2.2	2.6	3.2
	Education : Higher	4.4	2.8	1.4	4.1	3.7
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	4.4	5	2.9	4.3	5
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	4	3.2	2.1	2.7	3.3
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	4.9	4.6	3.6	4.5	5.3
	Wealth quintile : Second	3.7	4.6	2.4	3.4	4.8
	Wealth quintile : Middle	4.5	4.7	2.8	4.6	5.5
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	3.7	4.3	2.2	5	4.4
	Wealth quintile : Highest	3.6	2.3	1.8	2.4	3.7
	Region : Eastern	3.5	3.6	2.3	3.8	4.4
	Region : Central	3.6	4.8	2.2	4.3	4.7
	Region : Western	4.9	3.6	3.2	3.4	4.2
	Region : Midwestern	4.9	4	3.4	4.9	5.4
	Region : Farwestern	5.2	5.5	3.1	3.7	5.6
	Region : Province 1	3.3
	Region : Province 2	3.7
	Region : Province 3	3.6
	Region : Province 4	4.6
	Region : Province 5	4.9
	Region : Province 6	5.4
	Region : Province 7	5.2
	Region : Mountain	4.7
	Region : Hill	4
	Region : Terai	4.2
Women receiving an HIV test and receiving test results in the last 12 months	Residence : Urban	4.7	3.9
	Residence : Rural	3.4	2.7
	Education : No education	1.9	1.7
	Education : Primary	2.8	2.3
	Education : Secondary	5.1	3.4
	Education : Higher	9.1	7.9
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	2.2	1.9
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	6.3	4.2
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	3.5	2.8
	Wealth quintile : Second	3.3	1.9
	Wealth quintile : Middle	3.3	1.8
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	4.2	3.5
	Wealth quintile : Highest	6.7	4.2
	Total 15-49	4.3	2.9
	Region : Eastern	2.9	2.3
	Region : Central	3.5	1.9
	Region : Western	4.9	2.7
	Region : Midwestern	4.7	4.4
	Region : Farwestern	8.9	6.4
	Region : Province 1	3.3
	Region : Province 2	1.3
	Region : Province 3	5
	Region : Province 4	4.3
	Region : Province 5	5.8
	Region : Province 6	2.9
	Region : Province 7	8.9
	Region : Mountain	3.1
	Region : Hill	5.3
	Region : Terai	3.5
Men receiving an HIV test and receiving test results in the last 12 months	Total	8.1	7.5
	Residence : Urban	8.5	9.7
	Residence : Rural	7.2	7
	Education : No education	3.9	1.9
	Education : Primary	5.8	3.6
	Education : Secondary	9.6	9.7
	Education : Higher	8.5	10.1
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	5.2	2.9
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	9.3	9.8
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	5.3	3.9
	Wealth quintile : Second	3.5	3.5
	Wealth quintile : Middle	9.2	7.9
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	10.6	9
	Wealth quintile : Highest	9.7	10.4
	Total 15-49	8.1	7.5
	Region : Eastern	9.6	7.7
	Region : Central	8.4	7.3
	Region : Western	6	8.4
	Region : Midwestern	6.1	6.6
	Region : Farwestern	10	6.7
	Region : Province 1	8
	Region : Province 2	11.2
	Region : Province 3	7.6
	Region : Province 4	6.3
	Region : Province 5	6
	Region : Province 6	5.4
	Region : Province 7	10
	Region : Mountain	9
	Region : Hill	7.9
	Region : Terai	8.1
Physical or sexual violence committed by husband/partner	Residence : Urban	23.4	25.4
	Residence : Rural	25.6	29.1
	Education : No education	32.1	36.1
	Education : Primary	26.4	24.1
	Education : Secondary	16.2	19.7
	Education : Higher	11.9	15.3
	Education (2 groups) : No education or primary	30.4	32.8
	Education (2 groups) : Secondary or higher	14.9	18.8
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	22.7	30.4
	Wealth quintile : Second	26.5	31.3
	Wealth quintile : Middle	29.5	35.8
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	24.9	28.6
	Wealth quintile : Highest	17.1	16.5
	Total 15-49	24.3	28.2
	Region : Eastern	23.9	32.2
	Region : Central	28.6	28.8
	Region : Western	19.5	20.3
	Region : Midwestern	23.6	31.5
	Region : Farwestern	20.2	23.8
	Region : Province 1	20.4
	Region : Province 2	35.2
	Region : Province 3	22.6
	Region : Province 4	13.1
	Region : Province 5	26.9
	Region : Province 6	17.7
	Region : Province 7	20.2
	Region : Mountain	16.2
	Region : Hill	17.9
	Region : Terai	30.6
Women with secondary or higher education	Residence : Urban	56.8	63.7	52.1	37.9	36.5
	Residence : Rural	38.6	39.2	25.1	10.6	6.5
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	33.4	16.4	12.4	3.8	1.4
	Wealth quintile : Second	41.9	26.7	15.9	4.8	2.3
	Wealth quintile : Middle	39.1	35.3	19.5	7.4	4.3
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	53.1	51.4	35.6	12.4	9
	Wealth quintile : Highest	77.2	74.6	59	39	30
	Total 15-49	50	42.8	29.3	13.2	9
	Region : Eastern	51.4	50.3	32.7	16.5	11.5
	Region : Central	47.3	39	27.4	11.5	9.7
	Region : Western	57.1	48.1	35.9	18.1	10
	Region : Midwestern	46	35.6	25	9.2	5.8
	Region : Farwestern	46.9	34.2	22.9	6.3	3.7
	Region : Province 1	56.6
	Region : Province 2	29.3
	Region : Province 3	61.1
	Region : Province 4	61.7
	Region : Province 5	50.2
	Region : Province 6	45.4
	Region : Province 7	46.9
	Region : Mountain	44.4
	Region : Hill	57.8
	Region : Terai	44
Women who are literate	Residence : Urban	75.2	82.8	75.8	64
	Residence : Rural	58.8	64	50.6	32.2
	Wealth quintile : Lowest	58.7	44.1	36.7	20.6
	Wealth quintile : Second	63.5	52.9	42.6	23.2
	Wealth quintile : Middle	58.9	60.9	45.9	28
	Wealth quintile : Fourth	70.4	76.5	62	37.4
	Wealth quintile : Highest	90.4	91	81.4	69.1
	Total 15-49	69.1	66.7	54.5	35.3
	Region : Eastern	67.9	71.9	55.9	38.1
	Region : Central	64.5	59.6	50.5	27.9
	Region : Western	78.1	77	64.6	50.9
	Region : Midwestern	71.6	62.2	54.7	32.4
	Region : Farwestern	67	61.2	48.1	24.4
	Region : Province 1	77.7
	Region : Province 2	38.5
	Region : Province 3	82
	Region : Province 4	86.4
	Region : Province 5	72.6
	Region : Province 6	66.2
	Region : Province 7	67
	Region : Mountain	64.3
	Region : Hill	80.8
	Region : Terai	59.8
Households with electricity	Total	90.5	76.3	51.2	24.6	17.9
	Residence : Urban	94.2	97	90.1	85.7	78.4
	Residence : Rural	84.5	72.9	43.2	17.4	12.1
	Region : Eastern	90.3	80	48.8	27.8	15.2
	Region : Central	95	76.8	58.1	29.1	28.5
	Region : Western	94.1	86.1	61.3	30.2	16.7
	Region : Midwestern	75.1	58.6	47	7.6	7
	Region : Farwestern	85.2	63.6	21.3	11.5	4.4
	Region : Province 1	90.3
	Region : Province 2	89.9
	Region : Province 3	97.9
	Region : Province 4	95.6
	Region : Province 5	88.2
	Region : Province 6	67.5
	Region : Province 7	85.2
	Region : Mountain	84.6
	Region : Hill	91.2
	Region : Terai	90.7

Total fertility rate 15-49	Total fertility rate for the three years preceding the survey for age group 15-49 expressed per woman
Married women currently using any method of contraception	Percentage of currently married or in union women currently using any method of contraception
Married women currently using any modern method of contraception	Percentage of currently married or in union women currently using any modern method of contraception
Unmet need for family planning	Percentage of currently married or in union women with an unmet need for family planning
Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods	Percentage of demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods is calculated as the number of currently married women using modern methods of family planning divided by the number of currently married women with demand for family planning (either with unmet need or currently using any family planning)
Median age at first marriage [Women]: 25-49	Median age at first marriage or union in years among women age 25-49
Median age at first sexual intercourse [Women]: 25-49	Median age at first sexual intercourse in years among women age 25-49
Infant mortality rate	Probability of dying before the first birthday (in the ten years preceding the survey [five years for Total]) per 1,000 live births
Under-five mortality rate	Probability of dying before the fifth birthday (in the ten years preceding the survey [five years for Total]) per 1,000 live births
Place of delivery: Health facility	Percentage of live births in the five (or three) years preceding the survey delivered at a health facility
Received all 8 basic vaccinations	Percentage of children 12-23 months who had received all 8 basic vaccinations
Treatment of diarrhea: Either ORS or RHF	Percentage of children born in the five (or three) years preceding the survey with diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey who received either oral rehydration solution (ORS) or recommended home fluids (RHF)
Children stunted	Percentage of children stunted (below -2 SD of height for age according to the WHO standard)
Children wasted	Percentage of children wasted (below -2 SD of weight for height according to the WHO standard)
Children underweight	Percentage of children underweight (below -2 SD of weight for age according to the WHO standard)
Median duration of exclusive breastfeeding	Median duration of exclusive breastfeeding (months)
Children under 5 who slept under an insecticide-treated net (ITN)	Percentage of children under age five who slept under an insecticide treated net (ITN) the night before the survey
HIV prevalence among women	Percentage HIV positive among adult women who were tested. Data are shown with lower and upper bounds of the confidence intervals showing the range of the estimate with 95% probability. Starting around 2015 The DHS Program changed the HIV testing algorithm to add a confirmatory test for all EIA positive specimens. This change may affect trends in HIV prevalence estimates in some countries.
HIV prevalence among men	Percentage HIV positive among adult men who were tested. Data are shown with lower and upper bounds of the confidence intervals showing the range of the estimate with 95% probability. Starting around 2015 The DHS Program changed the HIV testing algorithm to add a confirmatory test for all EIA positive specimens. This change may affect trends in HIV prevalence estimates in some countries.
HIV prevalence among general population	Percentage HIV positive among adult respondents who were tested. Data are shown with lower and upper bounds of the confidence intervals showing the range of the estimate with 95% probability. Starting around 2015 The DHS Program changed the HIV testing algorithm to add a confirmatory test for all EIA positive specimens. This change may affect trends in HIV prevalence estimates in some countries.
Women receiving an HIV test and receiving test results in the last 12 months	Percentage of women who received an HIV test in the 12 months preceding the interview and received the test results
Men receiving an HIV test and receiving test results in the last 12 months	Percentage of men who received an HIV test in the 12 months preceding the interview and received the test results
Pregnancy-related mortality ratio	Pregnancy-related mortality ratio for the seven years preceding the survey expressed per 1,000 women-years of exposure. Pregnancy-related deaths are deaths during pregnancy, delivery and in the two months following delivery, including deaths due to accidents or violence
Maternal mortality ratio	Maternal mortality ratio for the seven years preceding the survey expressed per 100,000 live births, calculated as the age-adjusted maternal mortality rate times 100 divided by the age-adjusted general fertility rate. Maternal deaths are deaths to adult females during pregnancy, delivery or in the 42 days following delivery, excluding those due to accidents or violence.
Women circumcised (FGC)	Percentage of women circumcised (women who experienced female genital cutting (FGM))
Physical or sexual violence committed by husband/partner	Percentage of ever married women who have ever experienced physical or sexual violence committed by their husband or partner
Women who are literate	Percentage of women who are literate
Women with secondary or higher education	Percentage of women with secondary or higher education
Households with electricity	Percentage of households with electricity
ICF International, 2015. The DHS Program STATcompiler. Funded by USAID. https://www.statcompiler.com. November 13 2017