Costa Rica - Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)
The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Costa Rica was 56.30 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 31.00 in 1994.
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 | 52.00 |
| 1987 | 78.00 |
| 1989 | 78.00 |
| 1994 | 31.00 |
| 2011 | 40.00 |
| 2018 | 56.30 |
Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Disease prevention
