Childinfo.org: Statistics by Area - Pneumonia

Last update: Feb 2013

Pneumonia

Proportion of children aged 0-59 months with suspected pneumonia receiving antibiotics

Click on Download File to access table with footnotes

Country or territory	Year	Total	Gender		Residence		Wealth Index Quintiles					Source
Download File
Country or territory	Year	Total	Male	Female	Urban	Rural	Poorest	Second	Middle	Fourth	Richest	Source
Afghanistan	2010-2011	64	63	65	70	63	57	59	68	66	70	MICS 2010-2011
Albania	2008-2009	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2008-09
Algeria	2006	59	59	59	64	53	39	61	64	67	78	MICS 2006
Armenia	2010	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2010
Bangladesh	2011	71	76	66	78	70	69	74	66	67	83	DHS 2011 (Prelim)
Belarus	2005	67	71	62	66	69	83	62	64	66	65	MICS 2005
Belize	2006	44	56	28	36	50	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Bhutan	2010	49	50	47	58	47	41	47	62	45	66	MICS 2010
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2008	64	63	65	76	52	44	65	72	74	83	DHS 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2005-2006	73	78	65	76	72	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2005-2006
Burkina Faso	2006	15	15	15	23	14	10	10	15	22	25	MICS 2006
Burundi	2010	43	39	46	56	42	37	40	49	41	49	DHS 2010
Cambodia	2010	39	41	36	49	38	33	45	35	38	57	DHS 2010
Cameroon	2006	38	42	33	58	27	26	41	35	39	63	MICS 2006
Central African Republic	2010	31	29	34	47	23	16	23	30	45	52	MICS 2010 (Prelim)
Chad	2010	31	32	31	62	23	19	16	25	37	63	MICSp 2010
Côte d'Ivoire	2006	19	17	22	26	16	14	19	18	27	34	MICS 2006
Cuba	2010-2011	70	74	64	79	45	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2010-2011
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2009	88	86	89	93	80	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2009
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2010	42	39	46	52	39	25	39	41	65	50	MICS 2010
Djibouti	2006	43	43	42	43	20	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Dominican Republic	2007	57	56	58	57	57	51	54	59	72	-	DHS 2007
Egypt	2008	58	60	55	63	54	52	51	64	63	60	DHS 2008
El Salvador	2003-2008	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other 2008
Ethiopia	2011	7	8	6	1	7	3	8	6	12	6	DHS 2011
Gambia	2006	61	64	58	60	62	65	66	63	51	60	MICS 2006
Georgia	2005	56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2005
Ghana	2011	56	69	43	73	49	54	46	58	68	68	MICS 2011
Guinea-Bissau	2010	35	32	39	41	31	28	26	31	54	38	MICS 2010
Guyana	2009	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Haiti	2005-2006	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2005-2006
Honduras	2005-2006	54	52	55	62	49	42	53	62	62	63	DHS 2005-2006
India	2005-2006	13	13	12	16	12	6	12	12	20	19	DHS 2005-2006
Iraq	2006	82	81	83	85	78	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Jamaica	2005	52	40	65	55	53	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2005
Jordan	2007	79	84	73	79	81	71	86	80	73	-	DHS 2007
Kazakhstan	2006	32	26	42	32	31	50	27	24	53	14	MICS 2006
Kenya	2008-2009	50	48	51	47	50	48	57	62	42	38	DHS 2008-2009
Kiribati	2009	51	-	-	-	55	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Kyrgyzstan	2006	45	40	49	70	27	-	16	39	64	81	MICS 2006
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2006	52	56	48	-	49	45	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Malawi	2006	30	-	-	38	28	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Mauritania	2007	24	24	24	30	19	17	18	19	22	45	MICS 2007
Mongolia	2010	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2010 (Prelim)
Montenegro	2005	57	-	-	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2005
Mozambique	2008	22	21	25	29	19	13	21	28	20	28	MICS 2008
Myanmar	2009-2010	34	36	32	35	34	29	40	38	33	32	MICS 2009-2010
Nauru	2007	47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2007
Nepal	2011	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2011
Nigeria	2008	23	24	21	24	22	12	21	28	33	-	DHS 2008
Pakistan	2006-2007	50	53	47	55	49	40	47	55	52	62	DHS 2006-2007
Peru	2010	51	50	51	53	46	45	58	50	52	47	DHS 2010
Philippines	2008	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2008
Rwanda	2007-2008	13	13	13	14	13	8	13	11	20	13	DHS 2007-2008
Serbia	2010	82	85	77	83	80	-	-	-	-	83	MICS 2010
Sierra Leone	2010	58	55	60	63	56	60	54	57	55	67	MICS 2010
Solomon Islands	2007	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2007
Somalia	2006	32	35	29	49	24	14	23	35	49	53	MICS 2006
South Sudan	2010	33	32	33	43	29	18	29	25	41	53	MICS 2010
Sudan	2010	66	66	67	73	64	55	66	73	73	76	MICS 2010
Suriname	2006	37	46	23	47	14	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Swaziland	2010	61	58	63	68	59	57	50	58	69	-	MICS 2010
Syrian Arab Republic	2006	71	70	72	75	66	72	65	64	79	81	MICS 2006
Tajikistan	2005	41	36	46	55	34	32	25	26	56	65	MICS 2005
Thailand	2005-2006	65	64	66	68	64	66	49	69	85	58	MICS 2005-2006
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2005	74	81	61	76	72	73	82	64	71	-	MICS 2005
Timor-Leste	2009-2010	45	43	47	38	48	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009-2010
Togo	2010	41	-	-	64	33	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2010 (Prelim)
Trinidad and Tobago	2006	34	36	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Turkmenistan	2006	50	63	41	64	47	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Uganda	2006	47	49	46	53	47	45	41	44	59	58	DHS 2006
Uzbekistan	2006	56	52	61	64	51	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Viet Nam	2011	68	70	67	-	67	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2010-2011
Yemen	2006	38	37	39	49	34	30	39	45	42	38	MICS 2006
Zambia	2007	47	43	52	63	39	37	36	49	59	-	DHS 2007
Zimbabwe	2010-2011	31	23	39	-	32	30	-	-	-	-	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:

Antibiotic treatment 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 received antibiotics.