Iraq - 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
2000 54.00
2006 64.00
2011 25.70
2018 36.80

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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Iraq was 25.40 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 70.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 22.80 in 2011.

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 31.00
1987 51.00
1989 70.00
2000 26.50
2006 30.70
2011 22.80
2018 25.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention