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Last update: May 2013

Diarrhoea

Proportion of children under five years old with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration therapy (oral rehydration salts OR recommended homemade fluids OR increased fluids) AND continued feeding

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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	48	49	46	40	49	51	43	48	53	41	MICS 2010-2011
Albania	2008-2009	63	67	57	64	63	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2008-2009
Algeria	2006	24	21	27	26	23	19	21	31	30	23	MICS 2006
Armenia	2010	77	77	78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2010
Azerbaijan	2006	31	33	29	21	41	27	28	42	35	28	DHS 2006
Bangladesh	2011	78	82	72	84	76	81	83	71	68	82	DHS 2011
Belarus	2005	54	66	44	53	56	-	59	-	46	-	MICS 2005
Belize	2006	26	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Benin	2006	42	44	39	43	41	40	44	38	42	47	DHS 2006
Bhutan	2010	62	63	60	60	62	61	65	62	61	60	MICS 2010
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2008	29	28	31	28	30	28	28	33	28	27	DHS 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2005-2006	53	60	40	42	58	58	63	49	47	47	MICS 2005-2006
Botswana	2000	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2000
Burkina Faso	2010	33	34	31	46	30	25	24	34	36	44	DHS 2010
Burundi	2010	43	40	46	35	43	39	39	43	46	47	DHS 2010
Cambodia	2010	48	49	47	45	48	50	39	56	52	43	DHS 2010
Cameroon	2011	47	45	49	50	45	40	47	50	52	54	DHS 2011
Central African Republic	2010	38	36	39	42	35	35	36	31	46	41	MICS 2010 (Prelim)
Chad	2010	23	24	22	39	19	14	14	20	30	41	MICSp 2010
Colombia	2010	52	54	50	55	45	46	52	55	56	64	DHS 2010
Comoros	2000	31	32	30	48	27	31	29	-	-	-	MICS 2000
Congo	2005	39	39	39	40	38	36	38	38	43	45	DHS 2005
Côte d'Ivoire	2006	45	44	46	48	43	44	45	38	46	60	MICS 2006
Cuba	2010-2011	43	51	33	46	31	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2010-2011
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2009	67	63	71	71	63	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2009
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2010	39	39	39	37	40	40	39	37	39	42	MICS 2010
Djibouti	2006	33	28	39	32	63	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Dominican Republic	2007	55	54	57	58	51	54	58	50	59	57	DHS 2007
Egypt	2008	19	22	16	17	20	21	24	22	12	14	DHS 2008
Equatorial Guinea	2000	36	36	36	34	37	33	38	50	35	28	MICS 2000
Eritrea	2002	54	56	51	67	49	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2002
Ethiopia	2011	25	27	22	29	25	24	18	25	28	34	DHS 2011
Gabon	2000	44	43	45	46	37	37	42	50	44	45	DHS 2000
Gambia	2010	67	65	68	75	61	55	65	67	71	80	MICSp 2010
Georgia	2005	37	36	37	41	32	-	-	43	27	-	MICS 2005
Ghana	2011	44	45	43	51	40	45	41	44	51	38	MICS 2011
Guinea	2005	38	36	39	40	37	32	31	41	43	45	DHS 2005
Guinea-Bissau	2010	53	54	52	55	52	62	49	45	54	62	MICS 2010 (Prelim)
Guyana	2009	39	36	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Haiti	2005-2006	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2005-2006
Honduras	2005-2006	49	50	48	51	49	45	49	51	53	52	DHS 2005-2006
India	2005-2006	33	34	31	38	31	29	29	31	35	45	DHS 2005-2006
Indonesia	2007	54	56	52	52	56	55	56	58	53	48	DHS 2007
Iraq	2006	64	66	61	62	67	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Jamaica	2005	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2005
Jordan	2007	32	30	35	31	36	32	30	37	25	35	DHS 2007
Kazakhstan	2006	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Kenya	2008-2009	43	43	42	44	42	49	35	41	43	41	DHS 2008-2009
Kiribati	2009	47	46	-	-	42	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Kyrgyzstan	2006	22	16	32	26	21	49	12	14	22	20	MICS 2006
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2006	49	53	44	-	47	50	40	48	52	-	MICS 2006
Lebanon	2009	62	64	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2009
Lesotho	2009	48	50	45	49	47	49	42	54	42	52	DHS 2009
Liberia	2007	47	48	46	50	46	40	41	52	53	56	DHS 2007
Madagascar	2008-2009	49	51	48	62	47	46	40	47	55	65	DHS 2008-2009
Malawi	2010	48	47	48	49	47	45	46	49	46	53	DHS 2010
Maldives	2009	63	50	76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Mali	2006	38	38	37	43	37	32	36	40	36	51	DHS 2006
Mauritania	2005	48	48	49	43	56	43	83	53	37	51	DHS 2005
Mongolia	2010	56	58	54	56	56	51	51	58	57	66	MICS 2010 (Prelim)
Montenegro	2005	64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2005
Morocco	2003-2004	46	43	48	51	41	37	50	45	51	50	DHS 2003-2004
Mozambique	2008	47	46	48	51	45	41	45	47	49	55	MICS 2008
Myanmar	2009-2010	50	52	48	57	47	44	46	51	54	65	MICS 2009-2010
Namibia	2006-2007	48	48	48	52	45	32	55	48	61	47	DHS 2006-2007
Nauru	2007	68	65	72		-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2007
Nepal	2011	47	53	38	54	46	47	46	38	56	54	DHS 2011
Nicaragua	2001	49	52	45	51	47	44	51	47	48	63	DHS 2001
Niger	2006	34	35	33	47	32	31	31	34	30	46	DHS 2006
Nigeria	2008	25	25	25	34	22	17	21	31	34	41	DHS 2008
Pakistan	2006-2007	37	36	37	38	36	32	36	34	39	45	DHS 2006-2007
Peru	2010	64	66	62	68	57	59	64	65	68	72	DHS 2010
Philippines	2000-2001	9	9	9	8	10	10	14	8	7	5	DHS 2000-2001
Republic of Moldova	2008	60	60	59	64	56	59	57	58	64	65	DHS 2008
Rwanda	2010	21	21	20	20	21	22	21	20	18	22	DHS 2010
Sao Tome and Principe	2006	63	62	64	64	62	66	61	61	63	64	MICS 2006
Senegal	2010-2011	42	41	43	44	41	41	36	44	40	54	MICS 2010-2011
Serbia	2010	60	53	68	57	62	-	-	-	-	60	MICS 2011
Sierra Leone	2010	55	55	55	56	54	54	53	55	58	56	MICS 2010
Somalia	2006	7	7	6	9	6	5	4	7	9	11	MICS 2006
South Sudan	2010	23	23	23	22	23	23	21	23	23	25	MICS 2010
Sri Lanka	2006-2007	67	69	64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2006-2007
Sudan	2010	12	12	11	13	12	11	10	13	11	17	MICS 2010
Suriname	2006	28	25	30	26	29	23	31	37	28	31	MICS 2006
Swaziland	2006-2007	22	25	19	19	23	21	29	23	25	15	DHS 2006-2007
Syrian Arab Republic	2006	34	36	32	33	35	37	33	33	31	38	MICS 2006
Tajikistan	2005	22	23	21	28	20	20	19	13	35	26	MICS 2005
Thailand	2005-2006	46	44	49	42	48	43	56	44	47	45	MICS 2005-2006
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2011	67	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2011 (Prelim)
Timor-Leste	2009-2010	63	60	65	59	64	66	60	67	59	62	DHS 2009-2010
Togo	2010	24	23	25	23	24	20	25	25	29	15	MICS 2010
Tunisia	2006	62	68	55	61	63	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Turkey	2008	22	24	20	22	22	20	22	12	31	33	DHS 2008
Turkmenistan	2006	25	32	17	31	22	27	17	16	30	36	MICS 2006
Uganda	2011	36	35	38	43	35	36	33	33	42	40	DHS 2011
United Republic of Tanzania	2010	50	49	51	55	49	45	49	48	54	59	DHS 2010
Uzbekistan	2006	28	24	-	-	31	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Vanuatu	2007	43	50	35	-	43	-	51	-	41	-	MICS 2007
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2000	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2000
Viet Nam	2010-2011	57	64	49	57	57	58	62	56	-	-	MICS 2010-2011
Yemen	2006	48	47	49	50	47	41	50	45	51	54	MICS 2006
Zambia	2007	56	55	57	59	55	53	57	51	57	65	DHS 2007
Zimbabwe	2010-2011	46	45	47	51	43	35	46	49	54	46	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.

Definition:

Diarrhoea treatment with oral rehydration therapy and continued feeding – Percentage of children under age 5 who had diarrhoea in the two weeks preceding the survey and who received oral rehydration therapy (oral rehydration salts, recommended home-made fluids or increased fluids) and continued feeding.