Release of the 4th India National Family Health Survey

Written by: The DHS Program

18 Jul, 2018

We are pleased to announce the release of the 2015-16 India National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) Final Report and State Reports. This nationally-representative survey was conducted in over 600,000 households and interviewed both women and men to collect information on population, health, and nutrition indicators. NFHS-4, for the first time, also includes measurements of blood pressure and random blood glucose, and provides district-level estimates for all 640 districts, in addition to national and state-level estimates for most important indicators.

Download the 2015-16 NFHS-4 Final Report

State Reports for all 29 states have been released and are now available for download. The complete list of State Reports is shown below.

2015-16 NFHS-4 State Reports

Andhra Pradesh Jharkhand Punjab
Arunachal Pradesh Karnataka Rajasthan
Assam Kerala Sikkim
Bihar Madhya Pradesh Tamil Nadu
Chhattisgarh Maharashtra Telangana
Goa Manipur Tripura
Gujarat Meghalaya Uttar Pradesh
Haryana Mizoram Uttarakhand
Himachal Pradesh Nagaland West Bengal
Jammu & Kashmir Odisha  

Photo Credit: ⓒ 2015 Arvind Jodha, UNFPA, Courtesy of Photoshare

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  • The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program has collected, analyzed, and disseminated accurate and representative data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition through more than 400 surveys in over 90 countries. The DHS Program is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Contributions from other donors, as well as funds from participating countries, also support surveys. The project is implemented by ICF.

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