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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Yemen was 25.30 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.70 in 2006 and a minimum value of 6.00 in 1989.

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 11.00
1987 7.00
1989 6.00
1992 30.70
1997 32.40
2006 32.70
2013 25.30

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention