Ethiopia - Harar Urban HDSS INDEPTH Core Dataset 2012-2016 (Release 2018)

Ethiopia Harar Urban HDSS INDEPTH Core Dataset 2012-2016 (Release 2018)

Demographic Surveillance This dataset contains rounds of 1 to 11 of demographic surveillance data covering the period from 1 Sep. 2012 to 31 Dec. 2015. Two rounds of data collection took place every year except in 2012 whereby only one round of data collection was done from Sep. to Dec. 2012 (for four months). This might give you an inflated indicators particularly on birth rate, sex ratio, and life expectancy. In each round an update of all individuals in the system was done in addition to the regular checks for events that change the population structure.

ID Number INDEPTH.ET042.CMD2016.v1

Scope

This study represents the total of data associated with the complete Harar Urban HDSS as described in the abstract for the study period. A complete population structure changing events such as pregnancy outcome, death, and migration are included. For pregnancy outcome events are linked with the women ID. Each type of event contains minimal attribute describing the event:

Attributes common to each event:

Event Type,

Event Date

Observation Date

Migration

Origin and Destination

Delivery

Live born

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
Age Distribution [N01.224.033]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Demography [N01.224]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Population Characteristics [N01]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Censuses [N01.224.175]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Emigration and Immigration [N01.224.625.350]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Sex Distribution [N01.224.803]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Vital Statistics [N01.224.935]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Sex Ratio [N01.224.803.815]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Life Expectancy [N01.224.935.464]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Child Mortality [N01.224.935.698.150]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Infant Mortality [N01.224.935.698.489]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Survival Rate [N01.224.935.698.826]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Birth Rate [N01.224.935.849.500]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Rural Population [N01.600.725]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Suburban Population [N01.600.775]	MeSH	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh

Harar Urban HDSS, Health and Demographic Surveillance, Mortality, Fertility, Migration Harar DSS is located in the city of Harar, in the Harari regional state, eastern part of Ethiopia. The city of Harar is the capital of the Harari People National Regional State, which is located in East at a distance of 526 KM from Addis Ababa. The region covers a total area of 343.2 Square kilometers. It is bordered with some districts of the Eastern Zone of Oromia Regional State; Kombolcha and Jarso in Northern, Gursum and Babile in the east, Haramaya in the west and Fedis in the south. Harari Region is divided in to six urban and three rural administrative districts. These administrative districts are further divided into 19 and 17 sub-districts (called Kebeles) in urban and rural areas, respectively. The region is mainly categorized into two agro-ecological zones where 90% area of the region is estimated to be mid-highland (Weyna Dega) between 1400-2200 MASL while the remaining 10% is Kolla (found below approximately 1400 MASL) (1,2) Its urban morphology represents two main parts; the old city and the modern one which has developed from the late 19th century. The old city is surrounded by a historic wall (called Jugol) which was built in between the 13th and 16th century. Harar Jugol is known to be the 4th holiest city of Islam, numbers 82 mosques and 102 shrines, three of the mosques date back to the 10th century, but the townhouses with their exceptional interior design constitute the most spectacular part of Harari's cultural heritage. Harar Jugol has been officially registered as an Ethiopian National Heritage site since 1974 and has been registered in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage list since 2006 in recognition for its cultural heritage(3,4).

According to the 2007 national population census of Ethiopia, the total population of the region is estimated to be 183,344 of which 99,321 (54.2%) were urban dwellers and 84,023 (45.8%) were rural population. The total population of the region only makes a 0.24% share of the total Ethiopian population. The settlement pattern of the region is different from other regions of the country where 62% of the population resides in urban area (the city of Harar is the only urban area of the region)(5) The growth rate of the region for the year 2007-2010 for urban and rural areas was estimated to be 2.0% and 3.3%, respectively. The average gross population density of the region is estimated to be 552 persons per KM2; while the average estimated gross density for urban and rural areas is estimated to be 6012.4 per KM2 and 222.5 per KM2, respectively.

There are around 50 different ethnic groups in the region. Accordingly, ethnic proportion of the region is estimated to be 52% Oromo, 32% Amhara and 7% Harari; while the remaining 9% is distributed among more than 45 different nations and nationalities. The top three widely spoken languages in the region are Afan Oromo, Amharic and Harari in which they account for 67%, 47% and 12%, respectively. In terms of the religious affiliations of the region, 60% of the region population is Muslim; 39.5% Christians and the remaining 0.5% are others(2). Currently, the Harar urban HDSS covers 12 of the 19 urban sub-districts, with two government hospitals (one army and one police hospital), 2 public hospitals, on two private hospitals, 8 health centres and 10 health posts. There are 18 elementary, two secondary, one preparatory and two religious schools in the HDSS area, as well as 134 mosques, and eight churches. Most inhabitants are traders that ranged from small to large scale capital, government posts or as daily wage labourers. Khat is the dominant cash crop in most of the rural sub-districts of Harar.

Resident household members of households resident within the demographic surveillance area. Inmigrations are defined by iteration to become resident, but actual residence episodes of less than 180 days are censored. Outmigrants are defined by iteration to become resident elsewhere, but actual periods of non- residence less than 180 days are censored. Children born to be resident women are considered resident by default irrespective of actual place of birth.

The dataset contains the events of all individuals ever resident during the study period( 1 Sep. 2012 to 31 Dec 2016)

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
iSHARE2 Technical Team	iS2TT	INDEPTH Network	Technical Support
INDEPTH Network	int.indepth	INDEPTH Network	agency
Zinash Mesfin	ZM	ET042	DDI Author

2018-05-22 Version 1 (May 2018)

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