According to NFHS-5, Women aged 15 years and above who consume alcohol (%) in Nagaland decreased from 3.3 2015-16 (NFHS-4) to a negligible 0.9 in 2019-20. (Representative Image: pixabay.com)
Morung Express News
Dimapur | December 16
Females hardly consume alcohol in Nagaland, a national health survey of household revealed, though it was not so for their male counterpart.
According to the fifth National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) released by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on December 12, Women aged 15 years and above who consume alcohol (%) decreased from 3.3 in NFHS-4 (2015-16) to a negligible 0.9 in 2019-20.
Consumption in rural and urban areas was 0.7 and 1.5 respectively.
The case was different for males, though it also shows a decline among the cohort.
24% of men aged 15 years and above consume alcohol in Nagaland, as per the survey. However, it was a decline from 38.8% in 2015-16 (NFHS-4).
The consumption was 26.8% in urban areas and 22.5% in rural areas.
Tobacco usage declines but high among men
According to the survey, ‘men who use any kind of tobacco’ have declined considerably during the two survey period, but consumption remains high among the male population.
A total of 48.4% male respondents (aged 15 years and above) revealed use of use any kind of tobacco in 2029-20, a fall from 69.2 in 2015-16.
Among the females, it declined from 27.4 in 2015-16 to 12.6 in 2019-20.
NFHS-5 fieldwork for Nagaland was conducted from July 15, 2019 to December 6, 2019 by Research and Development Initiative (RDI) Pvt. Ltd. Information was gathered from 10,112 households, 9,694 women, and 1,456 men, as per the report.
