According to the 2005 National Family Health Survey, only a small proportion of Kolkata households are covered under any health scheme or
health insurance. The
total fertility rate in Kolkata is 1.4, which is the lowest among the cities surveyed. In Kolkata, 77 percent of the married women use
contraceptive, which is the highest among the cities surveyed; but use of modern contraceptive methods is the lowest (46 percent).
Infant mortality rate in Kolkata is 41 per 1000 live births, and mortality rate for children below five is 49 per 1000 live births. Among the surveyed cities, Kolkata stands second (5 percent), where the children have not received any vaccination under
Universal Immunization Programme. Kolkata stands second among the surveyed cities, with 57 percent of the children between 0 and 71 months has the reach to an
anganwadi centre under the
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme.Percentage of
malnutrition,
anemic and
underweight children in Kolkata is less in comparison to other surveyed cities. ==Diseases==