Measure Dhs MEASURE DHS: Quality Information to plan, monitor and improve population, health, and nutrition programs
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Rwanda
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This page displays a listing of selected indicators from recent surveys in the selected country. Additional indicator statistics and customized querying capabilities are available from the STATcompiler database. HIV/AIDS related indicator statistics and customized querying capabilities are available from the HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Database.

Selected indicators for Rwanda.

Indicator  1992  2000  2005  2007-08
Percentage of women with no education 38.0 29.4 23.4 22.2
Percentage of women with access to newspaper, television and radio   1.6 1.4  
Total fertility rate (children per women) 6.2 5.8 6.1 5.5
Percentage of teenagers who have begun childbearing 10.5 6.8 4.1 5.7
Percentage of married women currently using any method of family planning 21.2 13.2 17.4 36.4
Percentage of married women currently using any modern method of family planning 12.9 5.7 10.3 27.4
Median age at first marriage for women age 25-49 (years) 20.0 20.7 20.7  
Median age at first sex for women age 25-49 (years) 19.7 20.1 20.3  
Percentage of married women who want no more children 36.7 33.7 42.7 49.2
Percentage of married women with an unmet need for family planning 38.8 35.6 37.9  
Mean ideal number of children 4.2 4.9 4.3 3.3
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) 85.0 107.4 86.1 62.3
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) 150.8 196.2 152.4 102.6
Percentage of live births receiving antenatal care from a trained health professional 94.4 92.3 94.3 95.8
Percentage of live births delivered at a health facility 25.5 26.5 28.2 45.2
Percentage of live births receiving assistance at delivery from a trained health professional 25.9 26.7 28.4 52.1
Percentage of children fully immunized 86.3 76.0 75.2 80.4
Percentage of children with acute respiratory infection or fever taken to a health facility 30.0 15.5 27.9 28.0
Percentage of children with diarrhea who received either ORS or RHS 35.7 19.5 18.6 30.8
Median exclusive breastfeeding duration (months) 5.5 5.0 5.8  
Percentage of children underweight (-2 SD) 29.4 24.5 22.6  
Percentage of children stunted (-2 SD) 48.7 42.4 45.1  
Percentage of children wasted (-2 SD) 3.8 6.8 4.0  


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