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# <u>Table 3: Health equity: Outcomes</u>

||Indicator|<br>Definition|Main Data Source|
|---|---|---|---|
||Mortality rate, infant (deaths per<br>1,000 live births)|Deaths of children before their 1st birthday per 1,000 live births. Sample: children born up to 5 years<br>before the survey for full population mortality estimates, and up to 10 years before the survey for<br>wealth quintile specific mortality estimates|DHS|
|**_G_**|Mortality rate, under-5 (deaths<br>per 1,000 live births)|Deaths of children before their 5th birthday per 1,000 live births. Sample: children born up to 5 years<br>before the survey for full population mortality estimates, and up to 10 years before the survey for<br>wealth quintile specific mortality estimates|DHS|
|**_MD_**|Prevalence of stunting, height for<br>age (% of children under 5)|Percentage of children under 5 with a Height-for-Age z-score <-2 standard deviations from the<br>reference median (z-score calculated using WHO 2006 Child Growth Standards)|DHS, MICS|
||Prevalence of underweight,<br>weight for age (% of children<br>under 5)|Percentage of children under 5 with a Weight-for-Age z-score <-2 standard deviations from the<br>reference median (z-score calculated using WHO 2006 Child Growth Standards)|DHS, MICS|
||Prevalence of HIV, total (% of<br>population ages 15-49)|Percentage of population age 15-49 who had blood tests that are positive for HIV1 or HIV2|DHS|
||Height in meters, adults (age 18<br>and older)|Mean height in meters of population aged 18 and older|ECHP, ISSP, WHS|
||Height in meters, men (age 18<br>and older)|Mean height in meters of males aged 18 and older|ECHP, ISSP, WHS|
||Height in meters, women (age 18<br>and older)|Mean height in meters of females aged 18 and older|ECHP, ISSP, WHS|
||Height in meters, women (age 15-<br>49)|Mean height in meters of females aged 15-49|DHS|
||BMI, adults (age 18 and older)|Mean BMI of population aged 18 or older|ECHP, EHIS, ISSP,<br>STEPS, WHS|
||BMI, men (age 18 and older)|Mean BMI of male population aged 18 or older|ECHP, EHIS, ISSP,<br>STEPS, WHS|
|**_G_**|BMI, women (age 18 and older)|Mean BMI of female population aged 18 or older|ECHP, EHIS, ISSP,<br>STEPS, WHS|
|**_SD_**|BMI, women (age 15-49)|Mean BMI of female population aged 15-49 (excludes currently pregnant women and women having<br>given birth in the three months preceding the survey)|DHS|
||Prevalence of overweight, BMI (%<br>of population 18 and older)|<br>Percentage of population aged 18 or older with BMI above 25|ECHP, EHIS, ISSP,<br>STEPS, WHS|
||Prevalence of overweight among<br>men, BMI (% of males 18 and<br>older)|Percentage of male population aged 18 or older with BMI above 25|ECHP, EHIS, ISSP,<br>STEPS, WHS|
||Prevalence of overweight among<br>women, BMI (% of females age 18<br>and older)|Percentage of female population aged 18 or older with BMI above 25|ECHP, EHIS, ISSP,<br>STEPS, WHS|
||Prevalence of overweight among<br>women, BMI (% of females age<br>15-49)|Percentage of female population aged 15-49 with BMI above 25 (excludes currently pregnant women<br>and women having given birth in the three months preceding the survey)|DHS|
||Prevalence of obesity, BMI (% of<br>population 18 and older)|Percentage of population aged 18 or older with BMI above 30|ECHP, EHIS, ISSP,<br>STEPS, WHS|