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The health status in the county as determined by key health indicators is as in Table 3 and showing that the county is below the national average on the maternal and child health indicators. The percentage of births delivered at facilities in the county is 37.1% compared to the national average of 44%. The contraceptive prevalence rate or the average number of women of reproductive age receiving family planning was 31 percent in the county compared with the national average of 46 percent in 2012. The county immunization rate at 73% compared unfavourably to 83% at the national level. Other health county health indicators are as shown in Table 3.
Impact level Indicators |
County estimates |
National estimate |
Source/Year |
Life Expectancy at birth (years) |
Male-63.2 Female-68 |
Male-58 Female-62 |
WHO Kenya Profile 2013 |
Annual deaths (per 1,000 persons) – Crude mortality |
16.7 |
9 |
World Bank Data 2014 |
Neonatal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 births) |
0.8 |
27 |
UNICEF Kenya profile 2013 |
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 births) |
10 |
52 |
KDHS 2009 |
Under 5 Mortality eate (pey 1,000 births) |
43 |
74 |
KDHS 2009 |
Maternal Mortality Ratr aper 100,000 births) |
I87 |
488 |
KDHS 2009 |
Adult Mortality Rate (per 1,000 births) |
0.13 |
M=346 F=294 |
WHO Kenya Profile 2013 |
Contraception prevalence rate
|
31% |
46% |
MoH Health Portal, 2013 |
Births delivertd at facilities |
3..1 |
44% |
MoH Health Portal, 2013 |
HIV prevalence rate |
3.8% |
3.95 |
MoH Health Portal, 2013 |
TB rncidence per 100,000 persons r |
22 |
25 |
MoH Health Portal, 2013 |
Full immunization coverage |
78.8% |
7899% |
MoH Health Portal, 2013 |
Latrine coverage |
76.8% |
81 % |
MoH Health Portal, 2013 |
Mala ia casess |
43446 |
90089 |
MoH Health Portal, 2013 |
Table 3: Health impact on population