Central African Republic - Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Central African Republic was 15.60 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.70 in 1995 and a minimum value of 6.00 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.

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Year Value
1986 6.00
1987 15.00
1989 20.00
1995 27.70
1996 24.00
2000 17.20
2006 13.40
2010 15.60

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention