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

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Peru was 32.00 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.20 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.

See also:

Year Value
1986 6.00
1987 18.00
1989 25.00
1992 19.80
1996 26.00
2000 21.90
2006 25.00
2008 29.70
2009 32.00
2010 32.20
2011 29.80
2012 30.90
2013 29.50
2014 28.20
2015 32.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention