The Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS) 2004-05

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The Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS)
2004-05
June 2005
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Key findings

• Total fertility rate unchanged
• Maternal Mortality unchanged 1996 was 529 in
  2004/5 is 578
• IMR has decreased from 99.1 in 1999 to 68 in
  2004/5
• UMR has decreased from 146.6 in 1999 to 112 in
  2004/5
• Malnutrition rate has decreased e.g. Stunting
  from 43.8 in 1999 to 38 in 2004/5
• More kids (under 5 yrs of age) are sleeping under
  nets in 1999 was 21 and in 2004/5 is 36
• Children with fever (proxy for Malaria) declined
  form 35 in 1999 to 23 in 2004/5

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Background Characteristics

• Two third (2/3) of women are currently married
• About 40 of men have never been married
• Almost one-quarter of women have no education
  this is more than twice the proportion of men
• Total fertility rate (TFR) has not changed since
  1996 in 1996 was 5.8 and now is 5.7
  statistically are the same
• TFR for rural women is 6.5 and Urban women is 3.6
  this means - on average, rural women will give
  birth to approximately three more children during
  their reproductive years than urban women
• In general, Urban women are about twice as likely
  as rural women to use some contraceptive methods

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Maternal Care and Mortality

• In Mainland (47) and Zanzibar (49) - less that
  half delivered in a health facility
• The situation is better in Urban where more that
  80 delivered in health facility compared to 39
  in Rural areas
• Maternal Mortality rate has not changed is the
  same with that estimated in 1996. New estimate is
  578 old estimate is 529. (not significant
  statistically)

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Infant and Under-fives mortality rates

• Mortality rates for both infants and under-fives
  have declined

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Immunization

• About 70 of children are fully immunized
• There is significant variation by residence
  About 80 of Urban children are fully immunized
  compared with 69 of rural children

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Diarrhoea

• 54 of children who had diarrhoea (2 wks before
  the survey) were given solution prepared from ORS
  packet and 70 were given ORT.

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Malaria

• Half of the interviewed households own mosquito
  nets but only 14 own ITN
• The trend of under-fives to sleep under net has
  increased from 21 in 1999 to 36 in 2004/5
• One out of ten under-fives and one of out ten
  pregnant mothers slept under ITN a night before
  the survey .

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Exclusive breastfeeding

• 70 of children of less than 2 months of age are
  exclusively breastfed. Data collected in 2004/5
  indicate that complementary foods are introduced
  at a young age in Tanzania

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Malnutrition

• There is a decline in malnutrition rates
• Moderate Stunting 38 and severe stunting was
  13
• Wasting - 3
• Moderate Underweight 21 and severe underweight
  was 4
• The nutrition status is much better in Urban
  compared to rural areas

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Other nutrition apects

• Anaemia two thirds of children are anaemic
• Anaemia - The disparity between Mainland and
  Zanzibar is alarming 42 and 63 respectively
• Vitamin A - the coverage is 46 three times
  compared to what was observed in TCHRs 1999
• Iodised salt 43 of households use adequately
  iodised salt urban households are twice as
  likely as rural households to have fully iodised
  salt