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Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey ... - Measure DHS

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ciated with the educational attainment <strong>and</strong> wealthstatus of the mother. Women with secondary orhigher education have less than half the numberof children born among women with no education(3.1 <strong>and</strong> 6.7 children per woman, respectively).Women in households in the lowestwealth quintile have an average of 7.2 births,compared with 3.4 births for women in householdsin the highest wealth quintile.Initiation of Childbearing. About one in fourwomen age 15-19 have begun childbearing: 18percent are mothers <strong>and</strong> 5 percent are pregnantwith their first child. This figure is slightly lowerthan that reported in the 2004-05 T<strong>DHS</strong> (26 percent).The percentage of young women who havebegun childbearing is higher among rural women(26 percent) than urban women (16 percent). Inthe Mainl<strong>and</strong>, adolescent childbearing is mostcommon in the Southern Zone (34 percent) <strong>and</strong>least common in the Northern Zone (16 percent).Eight percent of women in Zanzibar have startedchildbearing; 10 percent in Pemba <strong>and</strong> 7 percentin Unguja.CHILD HEALTHPrevalence of Anaemia. The 2007-08 THMIStested the haemoglobin of children age 6-59months. Eight percent of children in Mainl<strong>and</strong>tested positive for severe anaemia (haemoglobinconcentration of less than 7.0 grams per decilitre)compared with 5 percent in Zanzibar. The prevalenceof anaemia varies little by urban-rural residence,but there are large variations across regionsin Mainl<strong>and</strong> <strong>Tanzania</strong>. The prevalence ofsevere anaemia is highest in Ruvuma (18 percent),Morogoro (14 percent), Mara (13 percent,<strong>and</strong> Shinyanga (11 percent).Childhood Mortality. The infant mortality ratefor the period 2004-2008 is 58 deaths per 1,000live births. This is a decline from 68 deaths per1,000 live births reported for the period 2002-2005 in the 2004-05 T<strong>DHS</strong>. The child mortalityrate is 36 deaths per 1,000, lower than the infantmortality rate, implying that the main contributingfactors to infant mortality are neonatal <strong>and</strong>post-neonatal mortality. The under-five mortalityrate for the period 2004-2008 is 91 per 1,000 livebirths. This rate is an improvement from the2004-05 T<strong>DHS</strong>, which estimated under-five mortalityat 112 deaths per 1,000 live births.Shorter birth intervals are associated with highermortality. Infant mortality for children born lessthan two years after the preceding birth is 159per 1,000 live births, compared with 77 deathsper 1,000 live births for children born four ormore years after the preceding sibling.KNOWLEDGE OF TUBERCULOSISMost women <strong>and</strong> men age 15-49 in <strong>Tanzania</strong>have heard of tuberculosis. However, only abouthalf of women <strong>and</strong> 60 percent of men know howTB is transmitted. Seventy-eight percent ofwomen <strong>and</strong> 84 percent of men believe that tuberculosiscan be cured. Stigma towards TB patientsappears not to be widespread in <strong>Tanzania</strong>, withonly 24 percent of women <strong>and</strong> 16 percent of mensaying that they would keep a family member‘ssickness secret.ORPHANHOODA majority of children under age 18 live withboth parents (61 percent), but 16 percent livewith neither parent. Eleven percent of childrenhave lost one or both parents <strong>and</strong> 1 percent ofchildren have lost both parents. Urban childrenunder age 18 are more likely than rural childrento have one or both parents dead (13 percent <strong>and</strong>9 percent, respectively).About 8 percent of children are considered to bevulnerable. A vulnerable child is a child belowthe age of 18 years whose parent is very sick (3percent), or who lives in a household where anadult (a parent or other household member) isvery sick (7 percent), or who lives in a householdin which a very sick adult had died in the 12months preceding the survey (1 percent). Anadult is considered very sick if he/she is too ill towork or undertake normal activities for a periodof at least three months during the past 12months.Overall, about 18 percent of children under age18 in <strong>Tanzania</strong> are classified as orphans <strong>and</strong> vulnerablechildren (OVCs). This figure is not comparablewith that from the 2003-04 THIS becausethe THIS did not use the same categories of informationon children as the THMIS.xx Summary of Findings

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