Colombia - Diarrhea treatment

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

Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding) in Colombia was 52.00 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 64.80 in 1990, while its lowest value was 26.50 in 1995.

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
1986 48.50
1990 64.80
1995 26.50
2000 43.70
2004 39.00
2005 38.80
2010 52.00

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Colombia was 54.10 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 54.10 in 2010 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 12.00
1989 40.00
1990 31.10
1995 44.50
2000 21.20
2004 46.60
2005 46.60
2010 54.10

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention