Key Indicators

2014 Kenya Demographic

and Health Survey (KDHS)

Millennium Development Goals for 2015

Indicator

2014 KDHS Indicator

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Prevalence of underweight children under 5 years of age

Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

Net attendance ratio in primary education

Literacy rate of 15-24 year olds

Goal 3: Promote gender equality and womens

empowerment

Ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary, and tertiary

education

Goal 4: Reduce child mortality

Under-five mortality rate

Infant mortality rate
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles

Goal 5: Improve maternal health

Adolescent birth rate

Contraceptive prevalence rate
Antenatal care coverage
Births attended by skilled health professional

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other

diseases

Condom use at last high-risk sex

Population age 15-24 with comprehensive knowledge of HIV
Ratio of school attendance of orphans to school attendance of
non-orphans age 10-14

Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

Population using an improved water source

Population using an improved sanitation facility

Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for

development

Not applicable to 2014 KDHS

Educational Attainment of
Respondents Age 15-49
Percent of women and men age 15-49

Fertility Trends
Births per woman for the three-year period before the survey

*Data before 2003 exclude North Eastern region and several

northern districts in Eastern and Rift Valley regions.

Fertility by County

Births per woman for the three-year

period before the survey

Teenage Childbearing
by Education
Percent of women age 15-19 who are mothers or pregnant with their first child

Fertility Preferences of Married Women

Percent distribution of currently married women age 15-49 by desire for children

Current Use of Contraception

Percent of women age 15-49

Current Use of Contraception by County

Percent of currently married women age 15-49

currently using any method of family planning

Trends in Use of Contraception

Percent of currently married women age 15-49

Goal 5

*Data before 2003 exclude North Eastern region and several

northern districts in Eastern and Rift Valley regions.

Demand for Family Planning

Percent of currently married women age 15-49

Trends in Childhood Mortality

Deaths per 1,000 live births for the five-year period before the survey

Goal 4

*Data before 2003 exclude North Eastern region and several

northern districts in Eastern and Rift Valley regions.

Trends in Neonatal Mortality

Deaths per 1,000 live births for the five-year period before the survey
1993 KDHS*

1998 KDHS*

26

2003 KDHS

28

2008-09 KDHS

33

*Data before 2003 exclude North Eastern region and several

northern districts in Eastern and Rift Valley regions.

2014 KDHS

31
22

Summary of child mortality trends

Assistance during Delivery by County

Percent of live births in the five-year

period before the survey delivered by
a skilled provider (doctor, nurse, or
midwife)

Delivery in a Health Facility by County

Percent of live births in the five-year period

before the survey delivered in a health facility

Trends in Maternal Health

Percent of live births in the five-year period before the survey

Goal 5

*Skilled provider includes doctor, nurse, or midwife.

Postnatal Care (PNC)

Among women age 15-49 who had a live birth in the two years before the survey,
percent who had a postnatal checkup in the first two days after birth

Childhood Vaccinations
Percent of children age 12-23 months vaccinated

Pentavalent

Polio

Pneumococcal

Vaccination Coverage by County

Percent of children age 12-23 months

fully vaccinated
*Kirinyaga county figure based on fewer
than 25-49 unweighted cases.

Childhood Illnesses
Among children under 5 with symptoms of acute respiratory infection (ARI), fever, or diarrhoea,
percent whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider

Nutritional Status of Children

Percent of children under 5

26

11

*Based on the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards

Stunting by County

Percent of children under 5 who are stunted,

or too short for age

Trends in Nutritional Status of Children

Percent of children under 5

*Based on the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards

Breastfeeding Status Under 6 Months

Percent distribution of youngest children under 6 months who
are living with their mother by breastfeeding status

ITN Ownership by County

Percent of households with at least

one insecticide-treated net (ITN)

Ownership of and Access to ITNs

Percent of households

*Assuming one ITN covers 2 people

Percent of household
population

Use of ITNs
Percent who slept under an ITN
the night before the survey among
all households

Percent who slept under an ITN the

night before the survey among
households with at least one ITN

Intermittent Preventive Treatment

during Pregnancy (IPTp)
Percent of women age 15-49 with a live birth in the two years before the survey who:

Fever in Children
In the 2 weeks before the survey, 24% of
children under 5 had a fever.
72% were taken to a health facility or provider for
advice or treatment.
35% had blood taken from a finger or heel for
testing.
27% took antimalarial drugs.
23% took ACT.

Knowledge of HIV Prevention Methods

Percent of women and men age 15-49 who know that HIV can be prevented by:

Comprehensive Knowledge of HIV

among Youth by Residence
Percent of women and men age 15-24 with comprehensive knowledge* of HIV

*Comprehensive knowledge means knowing that the risk of getting HIV can be reduced by using condoms and
limiting sex to one uninfected partner, knowing that a healthy looking person can have HIV, and rejecting the two
most common local misconceptions about HIV prevention and transmission.

Multiple Sexual Partners

Percent of women and
men age 15-49 who had:

Among women and men

age 15-49 who had 2+
sexual partners in past 12
months, percent who:

Among women and men

age 15-49 who have ever
had sexual intercourse:

HIV Testing
Percent of women and men age 15-49

Recent HIV Testing by County: Women

Percent of women age 15-49 who were

tested for HIV in the past 12 months and
received their results

Recent HIV Testing by County: Men

Percent of men age 15-49 who were

tested for HIV in the past 12 months
and received their results

Trends in Recent HIV Testing

Percent of women and men age 15-49 who were tested for HIV
in the past 12 months and received their results

Experience of Domestic Violence

Percent of ever-married women and men age 15-49 who have ever experienced physical
or sexual violence committed by their spouse/partner

Female Circumcision
Percent of women age 15-49 who:

Percent of women age 15-49 circumcised

Female Circumcision by Age

1% of Kenyan women have ever

experienced fistula.

Key Findings
Women have an average of 3.9 children.
The contraceptive prevalence rate of any contraceptive
method among married women is 58%.
Infant mortality rate is 39 deaths per 1,000 live births and
under-five mortality rate is 52 deaths per 1,000 live
births.
61% of births were delivered in a health facility.
68% of children received are fully vaccinated.
26% of children under 5 are stunted (too short for age).
48% of Kenyan household population has access to an
ITN.
53% of women and 46% of men were tested for HIV in
past 12 months and received the results of the test.
21% of women in Kenya are circumcised.