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Last update: Feb 2013

Diarrhoea

Proportion of children under five years old with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts (ORS packets or pre-packaged ORS fluids)

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Country or territory	Year	Total	Gender		Residence		Wealth Index Quintiles					Source
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Country or territory	Year	Total	Male	Female	Urban	Rural	Poorest	Second	Middle	Fourth	Richest	Source
Afghanistan	2010-2011	53	55	51	48	54	56	51	52	56	52	MICS 2010-2011
Albania	2009	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Algeria	2006	19	17	20	18	19	15	18	21	22	19	MICS 2006
Armenia	2010	33	38	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2010
Azerbaijan	2006	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2006
Bangladesh	2011	78	82	72	84	76	81	83	71	-	82	DHSp 2011
Belarus	2005	36	38	35	38	33	-	36	-	39	-	MICS 2005
Belize	2006	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Benin	2010	50	51	49	54	47	-	-	-	-	-	DHSp 2010
Bhutan	2010	61	61	61	64	60	60	62	60	65	56	MICS 2010
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2008	35	34	36	38	32	31	35	37	40	35	DHS 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2005-2006	35	37	31	34	35	-	40	39	19	41	MICS 2005-2006
Botswana	2000	49	50	48	47	51	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2000
Burkina Faso	2010	21	21	21	31	19	13	15	21	26	31	DHS 2010
Burundi	2010	38	37	38	33	38	-	-	-	-	-	DHSp 2010
Cambodia	2010	34	34	35	33	34	32	33	39	35	34	DHS 2010
Cameroon	2011	17	17	18	27	12	-	-	-	-	-	DHSp 2011
Central African Republic	2010	16	15	17	23	12	11	11	13	20	28	MICS 2010
Chad	2010	13	14	12	27	10	5	6	10	20	29	MICS 2010
Colombia	2010	54	55	53	57	49	47	57	62	51	61	DHS 2010
Comoros	2000	19	17	20	25	17	16	16	18	21	24	MICS 2000
Congo	2011-2012	35	36	34	38	27	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2011-2012
Côte d'Ivoire	2012	17	18	17	22	14	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2012
Cuba	2010-2011	51	57	44	54	37	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2010-2011
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2009	74	75	73	75	73	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2009
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2010	27	27	26	26	27	28	25	27	27	26	MICS 2010
Djibouti	2006	62	61	62	61	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Dominican Republic	2007	41	41	40	42	39	41	39	41	42	38	DHS 2007
Egypt	2008	28	31	26	28	29	34	33	27	24	23	DHS 2008
El Salvador	2008	58	63	51	60	56	-	-	-	-	-	Other 2008
Equatorial Guinea	2000	29	31	26	43	19	24	14	41	37	37	MICS 2000
Eritrea	2002	45	45	44	59	39	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2002
Ethiopia	2011	26	28	24	45	24	18	22	27	28	45	DHS 2011
Gabon	2000	25	25	24	23	29	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2000
Gambia	2010	39	41	37	39	39	43	39	42	38	32	MICS 2010
Georgia	2005	40	42	37	44	36	-	-	35	38	-	MICS 2005
Ghana	2011	35	35	35	37	34	45	31	32	27	34	MICS 2011
Guatemala	2008-2009	37	40	34	38	37	39	32	35	40	51	OTHER 2008-2009
Guinea	2005	33	33	33	52	28	18	22	33	46	59	DHS 2005
Guinea-Bissau	2010	19	20	17	28	13	16	17	13	18	37	MICS 2010
Guyana	2009	50	48	52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Haiti	2005-2006	40	41	40	51	35	29	35	45	50	50	DHS 2005-2006
Honduras	2005-2006	56	57	54	55	56	56	54	62	54	47	DHS 2005-2006
India	2005-2006	26	26	26	33	24	19	19	26	31	43	DHS 2005-2006
Indonesia	2007	35	35	34	33	35	32	36	38	40	27	DHS 2007
Iraq	2006	31	30	31	30	32	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Jamaica	2005	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2005
Jordan	2007	20	17	23	20	20	18	15	24	15	30	DHS 2007
Kazakhstan	2006	74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Kenya	2009	39	38	40	40	39	40	35	44	39	37	DHS 2009
Kiribati	2009	62	58	-	-	55	52	-	57	-	-	DHS 2009
Kyrgyzstan	2006	20	20	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2006	46	50	42	79	43	42	38	48	48	80	MICS 2006
Lebanon	2000	44	45	44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2000
Lesotho	2009	51	51	52	57	50	51	45	52	-	-	DHS 2009
Liberia	2007	53	56	50	57	52	41	51	58	56	64	DHS 2007
Madagascar	2008-2009	17	18	16	32	14	12	14	15	18	29	DHS 2008-2009
Malawi	2010	69	68	70	72	69	67	70	68	69	73	DHS 2010
Maldives	2009	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Mali	2006	14	16	12	26	11	8	11	14	15	29	DHS 2006
Mauritania	2007	20	21	20	-	-	10	16	23	26	34	MICS 2007
Mongolia	2005	38	39	37	41	36	34	32	-	-	-	MICS 2005
Montenegro	2005	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2005
Morocco	2003-2004	23	24	22	28	18	18	18	30	24	25	DHS 2003-2004
Mozambique	2011	55	52	58	65	50	-	-	-	-	-	DHSp 2011
Myanmar	2009-2010	61	61	60	72	56	52	57	61	68	75	MICS 2009-2010
Namibia	2006-2007	63	63	64	67	60	50	68	73	66	59	DHS 2006-2007
Nepal	2011	39	43	34	44	39	39	40	35	46	36	DHS 2011
Nicaragua	2006-2007	59	58	59	64	55	53	57	69	58	64	DHS 2006-2007
Niger	2006	18	19	16	31	16	14	14	14	17	32	DHS 2006
Nigeria	2008	26	25	26	41	21	15	20	32	36	53	DHS 2008
Pakistan	2006-2007	41	42	41	44	40	41	39	43	39	44	DHS 2006-2007
Peru	2010	32	35	30	37	24	27	29	35	38	42	DHS 2010
Philippines	2008	47	49	43	58	36	37	42	56	57	55	DHS 2008
Republic of Moldova	2005	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2005
Rwanda	2010	29	31	27	26	30	22	30	32	30	37	DHS 2010
Samoa	2009	68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Sao Tome and Principe	2009	49	49	49	45	52	62	-	38	45	-	DHS 2009
Senegal	2010-2011	22	23	22	24	21	21	19	21	22	31	DHS-MICS 2010-2011
Serbia	2010	36	46	25	50	22	-	-	-	-	38	MICS 2010
Sierra Leone	2010	73	72	73	66	75	75	73	70	76	70	MICS 2010
Somalia	2006	13	13	13	25	9	7	6	13	23	31	MICS 2006
South Africa	2003	40	38	37	41	32	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2003
South Sudan	2010	39	39	38	44	37	27	35	35	46	52	MICS 2010
Sri Lanka	2006-2007	50	52	49	57	50	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2006-2007
Sudan	2010	22	22	22	23	22	21	25	23	22	16	MICS 2010
Suriname	2006	44	45	42	24	60	58	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Swaziland	2010	57	56	58	65	55	58	56	61	50	60	MICS 2010
Syrian Arab Republic	2006	50	52	47	56	44	45	47	48	56	59	MICS 2006
Tajikistan	2009	73	-	-	70	78	-	-	-	-	-	Other 2009
Thailand	2005-2006	57	59	53	50	59	56	57	59	56	54	MICS 2005-2006
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2011	62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2011
Timor-Leste	2009-2010	71	68	74	65	74	70	69	80	67	71	DHS 2009-2010
Togo	2010	11	10	13	15	10	8	10	13	15	19	MICS 2010
Tunisia	2006	55	59	50	58	50	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Turkmenistan	2006	40	42	38	32	45	45	44	44	39	30	MICS 2006
Uganda	2000-2001	44	41	47	46	43	43	40	41	51	45	DHS 2000-2001
United Republic of Tanzania	2010	44	43	45	44	44	41	43	43	54	38	DHS 2010
Uzbekistan	2006	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Vanuatu	2007	23	26	20	-	23	-	23	-	29	-	MICS 2007
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2000	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2000
Viet Nam	2011	47	55	38	47	46	35	-	61	-	-	MICS 2011
Yemen	2006	33	31	34	30	34	31	31	34	33	37	MICS 2006
Zambia	2007	60	60	60	59	60	61	61	54	63	61	DHS 2007
Zimbabwe	2010-2011	21	21	21	26	18	18	20	18	23	28	DHS 2010-2011

Notes:

Subnational estimates are often bracketed by large confidence intervals and results should be interpreted with caution.

DHS is Demographic and Health Survey.

MICS is Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.

NFHS is National Family Health Survey.

— Data are not available.

Definition:
Diarrhoea treatment with ORS – Percentage of children under age 5 who had diarrhoea in the two weeks preceding the survey and who received oral rehydration salts (ORS packets or pre-packaged ORS fluids).