Health statistics 45% open

Kenya

What data is expected?

Key national indicators on health outcomes and reproductive health. At minimum we assess national aggregates, split by sex, age, disease type and other criteria from our research handbook.

  • Immunization rates
  • Disease prevalence
  • Maternal mortality rate
  • Infant mortality rate
  • Fertility rate
  • Stunting rate
  • Over-/ underweight rate
  • Disaggregation by sex/age
  • None of the above

How open is the data?

All answers

Question Answer Comment
Available free of charge Yes
Downloadable Yes
Publicly available Yes
Openly licenced No no clear indication
Up-to-date No Can't determine this since the listed datasets in B2 are closed.
In an open and machine-readable format pdf reports
Digital data No The answer is no since this data is not openly accessible by the public.
Print data No
location https://www.knbs.or.ke/publications/ - collection of statistical publications, https://www.knbs.or.ke/download/2014-kenya-demographic- - 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey. Immunization rates dataset available for children (page 111-117), Disease prevalence (page 235), Maternal mortality rate (page 329), Infant mortality rate (page 111-117), Fertility rate (page 66), Stunting rate + Over-/underweight rate (page 160, 162)
Collected by government Yes
findable_steps Review of initial submiss
characteristics Immunization rates, Disease prevalence, Maternal mortality rate, Infant mortality rate, Fertility rate, Stunting rate, Over-/ underweight rate, Disaggregation by sex/age Most of the health data, including that listed in B2 exists within a closed database. This is collected by the Ministry of health and Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. This data is closed. However, the ministry has made an effort to make open a searchable open repository on all the health facilities in Kenya (not listed). This is accessible via https://kmhfl.health.go.ke/#/home.
Controlled access Yes
Collector name Kenya National Bureau of Statistics ; Ministry of Health (MoH) Kenya The data is available from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics .

Meta data

Data location   https://www.knbs.or.ke/publications/ - collection of statistical publications
   https://www.knbs.or.ke/download/2014-kenya-demographic- - 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey. Immunization rates dataset available for children (page 111-117), Disease prevalence (page 235), Maternal mortality rate (page 329), Infant mortality rate (page 111-117), Fertility rate (page 66), Stunting rate + Over-/underweight rate (page 160, 162)
Data licence   Unknown
Data format   Unknown
Reviewer   Codrina Maria Ilie
Submitters   Paul Mungai
Last modified   Wed Jun 13 2018 14:00:15 GMT+0000 (UTC)