(a) whether phase-II of the National Family Health Survey has been completed;
(b) if so, the highlights thereof;
(c) whether the Government instituted two critical surveys at district and household levels which formed part of the main Survey; and
(d) if so, the details in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE(INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI N.T. SHANMUGAM)
(a) National Family Health Survey Phase - II has been conducted in 26 States (except in Tripura) during 1998-99. The survey in Tripura could not be conducted due to disturbed situation.
(b) The preliminary reports in respect of the above survey for 18 States have so far been brought out. The main highlights of this surveys are as follows:
i. The Infant Mortality Rate was very high in Uttar Pradesh (87), followed by Madhya Pradesh (86), Bihar (73) and very low in Kerala(16).
ii. The Contraceptive Prevalence Rate varied from 87% in Punjab to 25% in Bihar.
iii. The percentage of women who received Iron & Folic Acid tablets was highest in Kerala (95%) and lowest in Bihar (24%).
iv. The percentage of institutional deliveries varied from 93% in Kerala, 91% in Goa, 80% in Tamil Nadu to 16% in Uttar Pradesh and 15% in Bihar.
v. The percentage of fully immunised children was highest (83%) each in Himachal Pradesh and Goa followed by Kerala (79%), Maharashtra (78%) and Tamil Nadu (78%) and was very low in Madhya Pradesh (22%), Uttar Pradesh (21%), Rajasthan (16%) and Bihar (11%).
(c) & (d): District level surveys are not a part of this survey. There were two different surveys conducted under Reproductive and Child Health Programme.