Sri Lanka - Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Sri Lanka was 54.00 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 15.00 in 1986.

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

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

See also:

Year Value
1986 15.00
1987 40.00
1989 58.00
1993 34.40
2007 51.10
2016 54.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention