Government of India

1 Government of India Ministry of Healthand FamilyWelfareCOMPENDIUM OF FACT SHEETS India AND 14 STATES/UTs (Phase-11) National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) 2019-21 *yF{gq qffi{qrMANSUKH IviANDAVIYAEr{s4 si qfreR EiqIuIE { q{ Edc([. ff'CR? EGIRM inister for Heolth & Fomily Welforeond Chemicols & FerlilizersGovernment of lndioIt gives me immense pleasure to release the key findings of the Fifth Round ofthe National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 2019-21 for India and 14 StatesfuTs included in Phase-II of the this compendium ofFactsheets, I am told, that the highlights for India and l4 States/UTs on key indicators providing StatefuT wise estimates on population,health, family planning and nutrition related key indicators like fertility,mortality, maternal, child and adult health, women and child nutrition, domesticviolence, etc.)]}}}}}

2 Have been presented. For a maj ority of these key indicators , thedistrict level estimates are also available. These indicators throw light onimportant aspects of family well-being of the population of different hope the data generated under NFHS-5 will be utilized to track the progress ofSustainable Development Goals (SDGs). I also hope that these estimates wouldenable the Govemment and the stakeholders to arrive at informed decision-making and policy interventions related to areas of health, population resources,and nutritional levels of women and children, and help in taking corrective6(MansuMandaviya)rFqkq: x8, q{+r, fiqlq rrsr, ai tGd - llmll.}

3 Offlce: 348, A-Wing, Nirmon Bhowon, New Delhi - Il00l IIele.: (O): +91-I l-2306166'1, 23063513 'Ielefox : 23062358\aJIr@e {AMESSAGE measures and policy decisions in the right gtiDrtERQa 1lti qft-{n u'-m* fuIFrEr{Qq Si qfsn 6- IUI riTrfrqGovernment of lndiaDepartment of Health and Family WelfareMinistry of Health and Family Welfareqiliq qqiFOREWORDThe National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) conducted under the aegis of the Ministryof Health & Family Welfare has played a crucial role in providing the Government of lndia andthe stakeholders with reliable inputs to monitor the progress of various flagship programmes aswell as achieve the vision of the National Health Policy.}}}

4 The NFHS-S, with a reference period2019-2021 would provide vital information on reproductive and child health, fertility and familyplanning, health insurance, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, non-communicable diseases and many otherrelated issues. The compendium of fact sheets covers lndia and 14 States/UTs in Phase-ll. ltprovides a useful demographic and health database which will facilitate a stock taking ofgovernment programmes, and the progress made towards achieving the SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDG) by the years, NFHS has expanded its scope and coverage to fill the gap in the datarequirements of the Government of entities outside the Government and researchers in the fieldof population and health.

5 Like in the previous round, NFHS-S has adopted a modular approachto arrive at estimates of crucial indicators at the State /UT level and a subset of these indicatorsat the district level. This compendium of fact sheets for Phase-ll of NFHS-S releases findingsfor lndia and 14 States/UTs. The estimates of some of the major indicators are also availableat the district level. I hope this crucial information will be effectively utilized for right large-scale survey like NFHS-5 could be accomplished and conducted successfully atthe All lndia level and remaining '14 Phase-ll States/UTs only because of the extensive supportand involvement of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, lnternational lnstitute forPopulation Sciences (llPS), the Chairman & members of the Technical and AdministrativeCommittees, USAID and lCF.

6 I greatly appreciate the support and contribution of all who havehelped to accomplish this ambitious taskPlace : New DelhiDate :22 September 2021(Rajesh Bhushan)a*r?xTRoom No. '156, A-Wing, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-110 011 Tele : (O) 011-23061863, 23063221, Fax : 011-23061252, E-mail: TcuI, sTr$crsqfusRAJESH BHUSHAN, IASSECRETARYot-zfro'rs ttGI, {. Sheel, qBs gs frlTr fttvro ( )Additional Secretary & Mission Director (NHM)qr{f, ({6'rIwnea 1'{ qfr{R 6,aTM {TrfrqftqIvr r+<, rd of lndiaMinistry of Health & Family WelfareNirman Bhavan, New Delhi - 11001'loo2rilid il[iI am delighted to note that the NFHS-5 fact sheets presenting key indicators on Population,Health and Nutrition for India and 14 StatesfuTs included in Phase-ll are available for the use ofStatesfuTs and Ministry of Health & Family welfare as with previous rounds, the much-awaitedNFHS-5 estimates will help understand the current levels of achievements and track the progresson key indicators .)]}}}}}}

7 These results will be critical to assess the performance ofthe various flagshipprogftrmmes launched by the Govemment in recent years and will also help to devise and framenew policies and plans for the findings from NFHS have always provided valuable pointers to assess the extent ofutilization of various services extended by the Govemment, particutarly in the field of Matemaland Child Health (MCH). Also. the findings from previous rounds were instrumental in fiamingseveral programmes and interventions to tackle the issues identified for sub-optimal performanceon some of the key indicators , specially for improving MCH, adolescent health, child , NFHS-5 results information on several new aspects including, expanded domains ofchild immunization, components of micro-nutrients to children.

8 Frequency of alcohol andtobacco use, additional components of Non-communicable diseases CNCD) and expanded ageranges for measuring hypertension and diabetes among all aged l5 years or above etc. This willgive the necessary pointers for further strengthen of the programmes and identify areas for newstrategies and significant conlribution of NFHS-S is to provide recent estimates ol 30 SDG healthindicators for tracking the progress made towards achieving the SDGs by the year wish to compliment the NFHS team at MoHFW and IIPS for making this valuable contributionto the development of public health systems in lndia.

9 (Vikas Sheel)FIES qIiKIFNQI qr{dTele : 011-2306 3693, Telefax : 0'11-2306 3687, E+nail : ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Second phase of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) has been completed in 14 States/UTs with joint efforts and involvements of numerous organizations and individuals at different survey stages during the difficult period of COVID-19 pandemics. With the completion of both the phrases of NFHS-5, the all India factsheet is also available for the use. At the outset, we would like to express our deep sense of gratitude to the officials of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India , New Delhi, for their overall guidance and support.}

10 I wish to place on record our sincere thanks to Shri. Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary Health and Family Welfare, Ms. Vandana Gurnani, former Additional Secretay and Mission Director, Dr. D. S. Gangwar, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser and Shri. Vikas Sheel, Additional Secretay and Mission Director for their guidance, support, and contribution to the survey. I want to place our deep sense of gratitude to Ms. Sandhya Krishnamurthy, DG (Stats.), Shri. Ojha, DDG (Stats.), Ms. Nivedita Gupta, former CD (Stats.), and Ms. Nidhi Satija, JD (Stats.)