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Last update: Feb 2013

Pneumonia

Proportion of children aged 0-59 months with suspected pneumonia taken to an appropriate health provider

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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	Urbal	Rural	Poorest	Second	Middle	Fourth	Richest	Source
Afghanistan	2010-2011	61	62	59	67	59	46	60	66	64	66	MICS 2010-2011
Albania	2008-2009	70	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2008-2009
Algeria	2006	53	54	51	56	49	38	57	58	51	68	MICS 2006
Armenia	2010	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2010
Azerbaijan	2000	36	30	42	29	38	35	-	-	-	-	MICS 2000
Bangladesh	2011	35	40	29	54	31	25	30	29	46	58	DHS 2011 (Prelim)
Belarus	2005	90	90	89	94	78	79	81	95	93	93	MICS 2005
Belize	2006	71	70	72	69	73	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Benin	2006	36	34	38	36	36	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2006
Bhutan	2010	74	76	72	74	74	64	81	78	77	82	MICS 2010
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2008	51	50	52	60	43	40	49	54	55	70	DHS 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2005-2006	91	92	91	95	90	97	83	86	97	96	MICS 2005-2006
Botswana	2000	14	16	13	15	13	11	16	15	13	18	MICS 2000
Brazil	2007	50	-	-	50	50	-	-	-	-	-	ONS 2007
Burkina Faso	2010	56	52	62	65	53	-	-	-	-	-	DHSp 2010
Burundi	2010	55	56	54	60	54	52	53	59	53	58	DHS 2010
Cambodia	2010	64	63	66	68	64	61	64	75	56	65	DHS 2010
Cameroon	2011	30	32	28	36	26	-	-	-	-	-	DHSp 2010
Central African Republic	2010	30	28	32	42	24	20	20	25	40	56	MICS 2010 (Prelim)
Chad	2010	26	25	28	51	20	14	17	21	32	50	MICS 2010
Colombia	2010	64	65	63	67	57	54	68	67	73	64	DHS 2010
Comoros	2000	56	56	57	71	53	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2000
Congo	2011-2012	52	47	57	57	44	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2011-2012 (Prelim)
Côte d'Ivoire	2012	38	35	41	49	31	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2012 (Prelim)
Cuba	2010-2011	97	95	98	95	100	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2010-2011
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2009	80	78	82	85	74	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2009
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2010	40	37	45	41	40	32	48	39	40	45	MICS 2010
Djibouti	2006	62	61	63	62	50	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Dominican Republic	2007	70	72	67	70	70	65	72	70	74	-	DHS 2007
Egypt	2008	73	77	68	78	69	70	71	66	79	81	DHS 2008
El Salvador	2003-2008	67	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ONS 2008
Eritrea	2002	44	44	43	57	40	33	42	43	50	63	DHS 2002
Ethiopia	2011	27	25	29	47	25	16	25	22	33	62	DHS 2011
Gabon	2000	48	51	44	52	34	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2000
Gambia	2005-2006	69	67	71	64	72	68	74	71	62	68	MICS 2005-2006
Georgia	2005	74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2005
Ghana	2011	41	49	34	61	34	36	38	43	44	64	MICS 2011
Guatemala	2002	64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ONS 2002
Guinea	2005	42	42	42	58	38	30	43	42	46	59	DHS 2005
Guinea-Bissau	2010	52	53	52	60	46	46	50	48	65	49	MICSp 2010
Guyana	2009	65	69	62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Haiti	2005-2006	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2005-2006
Honduras	2005-2006	56	58	54	67	49	46	53	56	69	74	DHS 2005-2006
India	2005-2006	69	72	66	78	66	61	67	70	77	80	NFHS 2005-2006
Indonesia	2007	66	72	63	67	65	54	62	75	74	77	DHS 2007
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2000	93	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ONS 2000
Iraq	2006	82	81	84	84	79	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Jamaica	2005	75	73	77	73	76	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2005
Jordan	2007	75	79	70	74	83	66	80	85	67	-	DHS 2007
Kazakhstan	2006	71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Kenya	2008-2009	56	57	54	66	54	57	48	63	52	63	DHS 2008-2009
Kiribati	2009	81	-	-	-	82	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Kyrgyzstan	2006	62	63	61	68	58	-	66	57	36	74	MICS 2006
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2006	32	36	28	-	30	28	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Lebanon	2000	74	72	76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2000
Lesotho	2009	66	70	62	-	65	58	74	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Liberia	2007	62	64	61	73	59	59	46	72	62	-	DHS 2007
Madagascar	2008-2009	42	44	40	59	39	33	29	39	52	68	DHS 2008-2009
Malawi	2010	70	71	69	67	71	62	67	77	72	75	DHS 2010
Maldives	2001	22	23	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2001
Mali	2006	38	39	37	51	34	28	32	30	43	60	DHS 2006
Mauritania	2007	45	43	47	53	36	33	33	36	55	64	MICS 2007
Mongolia	2010	87	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2010 (Prelim)
Montenegro	2005	89	-	-	87	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2005
Morocco	2010-2011	70	-	-	85	56	-	-	-	-	-	Other 2011
Mozambique	2011	52	52	53	64	47	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2011 (Prelim)
Myanmar	2009-2010	69	70	69	74	67	63	65	72	75	77	MICS 2009-2010
Namibia	2000	53	54	53	63	49	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2000
Nauru	2007	69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2007
Nepal	2011	50	47	52	-	47	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2011
Nicaragua	2001	58	58	57	65	51	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2001
Niger	2006	47	49	45	62	45	40	44	41	50	66	MICS 2006
Nigeria	2008	45	44	47	46	45	32	40	56	61	-	DHS 2008
Occupied Palestinian Territory	2000	65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ONS 2000
Pakistan	2006-2007	69	70	68	80	65	58	64	66	78	86	DHS 2006-2007
Papua New Guinea	2006	63	66	57	73	62	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2006
Peru	2010	68	69	68	71	65	66	70	71	64	-	DHS 2010
Philippines	2008	50	47	55	54	47	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2008
Republic of Moldova	2005	60	59	61	67	53	42	46	73	57	68	DHS 2005
Rwanda	2010	50	50	51	76	45	40	50	49	-	75	DHS 2010
Sao Tome and Principe	2008-2009	75	70	80	-	77	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2008-2009
Senegal	2010-2011	50	52	48	61	38	32	38	56	48	69	DHS-MICS 2010-2011
Serbia	2010	90	89	91	90	89	-	-	-	-	96	MICS 2010
Sierra Leone	2010	74	72	75	72	74	72	75	76	76	63	MICS 2010
Solomon Islands	2007	73	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2007
Somalia	2006	13	14	11	24	8	5	8	13	19	28	MICS 2006
South Africa	2003	65	64	66	65	65	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2003
South Sudan	2010	48	48	47	59	44	33	46	43	53	66	MICS 2010
Sri Lanka	2006-2007	58	60	56	54	58	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2006-2007
Sudan	2010	56	57	55	67	52	40	52	65	69	71	MICS 2010
Suriname	2006	74	76	69	81	54	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Swaziland	2010	58	57	58	61	57	62	46	57	58	-	MICS 2010
Syrian Arab Republic	2006	77	80	73	81	72	72	67	81	79	86	MICS 2006
Tajikistan	2005	64	60	69	58	67	81	74	37	66	75	MICS 2005
Thailand	2005-2006	84	83	85	80	85	85	88	87	76	78	MICS 2005-2006
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2005	93	95	89	94	92	93	96	90	86	-	MICS 2005
Timor-Leste	2009-2010	71	69	73	74	69	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009-2010
Togo	2010	32	35	30	-	25	20	26	-	-	-	MICS 2010
Trinidad and Tobago	2006	74	77	70	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Tunisia	2006	59	60	57	64	48	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Turkey	2003	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ONS 2003
Turkmenistan	2006	83	86	80	88	81	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Uganda	2011	80	76	83	84	79	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2011 (Prelim)
United Republic of Tanzania	2010	71	73	68	86	65	57	75	56	78	93	DHS 2010
Uzbekistan	2006	68	71	63	74	65	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2000	72	74	70	-	-	76	68	59	91	77	MICS 2000
Viet Nam	2011	73	70	77	-	73	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2010-2011
Yemen	2006	44	45	42	56	40	40	39	43	53	49	MICS 2006
Zambia	2007	68	68	69	67	69	78	64	64	78	-	DHS 2007
Zimbabwe	2010-2011	48	41	55	-	49	52	-	-	-	-	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:

Care-seeking for suspected pneumonia – Percentage of children under age 5 with suspected pneumonia (cough and fast or difficult breathing due to a problem in the chest) in the two weeks preceding the survey who were taken to an appropriate health care provider.