Jordan - Diarrhea treatment

Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding)

Definition: Children with diarrhea who received oral rehydration and continued feeding refer to the percentage of children under age five with diarrhea in the two weeks prior to the survey who received either oral rehydration therapy or increased fluids, with continued feeding.

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

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Year Value
1997 40.70
2002 43.60
2007 32.20
2012 34.40
2018 46.20

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Jordan was 44.40 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 68.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 18.20 in 2002.

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 32.00
1987 47.00
1989 68.00
1990 41.40
1997 24.00
2002 18.20
2007 19.80
2012 20.40
2018 44.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention