Introduction state/union territory (UT). Like NFHS-4, NFHS-5 also provides district-level estimates f allow comparisons over time. However, NFHS-5 includes some new topics, such as preschool education, disability, access to a toilet facility, death registration, bathing practices during menstruation, and meth The 2019-21 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), the fifth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and each state and union territory. NFHS-5 is the fifth in a series of nation-wide surveys conducted by the International Institute for Population Sciences for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It provides data on population, health and nutrition indicators for 707 districts of India, covering topics such as fertility, family planning, infant and child mortality, maternal and child health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, women's empowerment and domestic violence. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India.
