Cameroon (CMR) - Demographics, Health & Infant Mortality

Since its inception in 1995, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, known as MICS, has become the largest source of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on women and children worldwide. In countries as diverse as Costa Rica, Mali and Qatar, trained fieldwork teams conduct face-to-face interviews with household members on a variety of topics – focusing mainly on those issues that directly affect the lives of children and women.

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Cameroon

Key demographic indicators

Trends in under-five mortality rate in Cameroon

Child health

Careseeking for ARI – percentage of children (under age 5) with acute respiratory infection symptoms whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider

Diarrhoea treatment – percentage of children (under age 5) with diarrhoea who received ORS (packets or pre-packaged fluids)

ITN use by children – percentage of children (under age 5) who slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net the night prior to the survey

Percentage of households with at least one insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN)

Percentage of surviving infants who received the third dose of DTP-containing vaccine

Percentage of children who received the 2nd dose of measles-containing vaccine, as per administered in the national schedule

Child protection

Percentage of children under age 5 whose births are registered

Percentage of women (aged 20-24 years) married or in union before age 18

Percentage of children (aged 5-17 years) engaged in child labour (economic activities and household chores)

Percentage of children (aged 1-14 years) who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers

Percentage of women (aged 15-49 years) who consider a husband to be justified in hitting or beating his wife for at least one of the specified reasons

Percentage of men (aged 15-49 years) who consider a husband to be justified in hitting or beating his wife for at least one of the specified reasons

Percentage of girls and women (aged 15-49 years) who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM)

Child survival

Under-five mortality rate

Under-five deaths

Infant mortality rate

Neonatal mortality rate

Under-five mortality rate (Female)

Under-five mortality rate (Male)

Early childhood

Percentage of children aged 36-59 months attending an early childhood education programme

Percentage of children (aged 24-59 months) with whom any adult household member has engaged in 4 or more activities to provide early stimulation and responsive care in the last 3 days

Percentage of children (aged 24-59 months) whose father has engaged in 4 or more activities to provide early stimulation and responsive care in the last 3 days

Percentage of children under age 5 who have 3 or more children’s books

Percentage of children under age 5 who play with 2 or more types of playthings

Percentage of children under age 5 left alone or under the supervision of another child younger than 10 years of age for more than 1 hour at least once in the last week

Education

Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age

Adjusted net attendance rate for children of primary school age

Adjusted net attendance rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age

Adjusted net attendance rate for youth of upper secondary school age

Completion rate for children of primary school age

Youth literacy rate for 15-24 years

HIV/AIDS

Per cent of pregnant women living with HIV receiving effective ARVs for PMTCT (excludes single-dose nevirapine)

Estimated number of new HIV infections (children aged 0-19 years)

Reported number of children (aged 0-14 years) receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART)

Per cent of young people (aged 15-24 years) who were tested for HIV in the last 12 months and received the result of the last test (Female)

Per cent of young people (aged 15-24 years) who were tested for HIV in the last 12 months and received the result of the last test (Male)

Estimated number of new HIV infections (adolescents and young people aged 15-24 years)

Maternal and newborn health

Postnatal care for mothers – percentage of women (aged 15-49 years) who received postnatal care within 2 days of giving birth (Female)

Antenatal care 4+ visits – percentage of women (aged 15-49 years) attended at least four times during pregnancy by any provider (Female)

Skilled birth attendant – percentage of deliveries attended by skilled health personnel (Female)

C-section rate – percentage of deliveries by cesarean section

Early childbearing – percentage of women (aged 20-24 years) who gave birth before age 18 (Female)

Maternal mortality ratio (number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) (Female)

Postnatal care for newborns – percentage of newborns who have a postnatal contact with a health provider within 2 days of delivery

Nutrition

Early initiation of breastfeeding

Exclusive breastfeeding (0-5 months)

Continued breastfeeding (20-23 months)

Height-for-age <-2 SD (stunting), Modeled Estimates

Vitamin A Supplementation, two-dose coverage

Iodized salt consumption (>0 ppm) among all tested households

Sanitation

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services

Proportion of population using basic sanitation services

Proportion of population using at least basic sanitation services

Proportion of population using limited sanitation services

Drinking water

Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services

Proportion of population using basic drinking water services

Proportion of population using at least basic drinking water services

Proportion of population using limited drinking water services

Proportion of population using unimproved drinking water sources

Proportion of population using surface water

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