ANNUAL ORAL REHYDRATATION THERAPY USE RATES
Country 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990/91 1993
Antigua and Barbuda* -- -- -- -- -- -- 50. --
Barbados -- -- 1. -- 10. -- 15. --
Dominica* -- -- -- -- -- -- 50. --
Dominican Republic 21. 13. 38. 41. 51. 22. 29. 37.
Grenada* -- -- -- -- 70. -- -- --
Haiti 20. 2. 9. 16. 35. 24. 20. --
Jamaica 21. -- 6. -- 15. -- 10. 10.
St. Kitts and Nevis* -- -- -- -- -- -- 5. --
St. Lucia* -- -- -- 75. -- -- 75. --
St. Vincent and Grens.* -- -- -- 0. 98. 98. -- --
Trinidad and Tobago -- 56. -- 41. 60. -- 70. 75.
CARIBBEAN 20.3 11.4 21.2 29.5 40.6 23.0 25.4 35.8
Belize* 38. 38. 65. -- 65. -- -- 92.
Costa Rica 21. 21. 52. 78. 78. -- -- 78.
El Salvador 18. 26. 15. 26. 13. -- -- 45.
Guatemala -- 4. 5. 16. -- 24. 19. 24.
Honduras 25. 10. 40. 56. 66. -- 30. 70.
Nicaragua -- 23. -- 23. 38. -- 40. 40.
Panama -- 4. 34. -- 41. 29. 55. 70.
CENTRAL AMERICA 21.5 13.1 21.8 32.6 44.8 24.8 28.9 46.0
Argentina -- 3. 3. -- 13. 70. -- 80.
Bolivia 35. 21. 21. 53. 26. 34. 63. --
Brazil -- 13. 12. 40. 39. 45. 62. --
Chile -- 1. -- -- 1. -- -- 90.
Colombia 20. 5. 42. 48. -- 40. 40. 40.
Ecuador 20. 13. 11. 24. -- 70. 70. --
Guyana 21. 9. 10. -- 10. -- 15. --
Paraguay 18. 3. 17. 36. -- 52. 42. 52.
Peru 11. 6. 4. 18. 10. 25. 32. 31.
Uruguay -- 5. 21. 56. 40. 86. 96. 96.
Venezuela -- 14. 18. 28. 30. 49. 80. 80.
SOUTH AMERICA 18.9 10.2 14.8 37.8 30.1 46.6 58.0 60.1
Mexico 10. 13. 75. 72. -- 72. 66. 87.
LAC REGION 18.1 10.7 19.0 44.9 24.4 50.6 56.1 66.5
Source: Center for International Health Information (CIHI), 3/94.
Definition: An estimate of the proportion of all cases of diarrhea in children under age 5 treated with ORS and/or a recommended home fluid.
Note: Countries marked with an (*) are not included in the aggregates because estimates of
the number of children under 5 were not available for countries as small as these.
All data are drawn from annual reports published by WHO/CCD except for the following: a) 1989 data for Bolivia are from the 1989
Demog. and Health Survey; b) 1986 data for Brazil are from the 1988 Demog. and Health Survey: c) 1986 data for Colombia are from the
1988 Demog. and Health Survey; d) 1986 data for the Dom. Rep. are from the 1988 Demog. Health Survey; e) 1985 data for El Salvador
are from the 1985 Demog. and Health Survey and 1988 data for El Salv. are from the 1988 Family Health Survey: f) 1987 for Guatemala
are from the 1987 Demog. Health Survey, and 1991 Guat. data are from the Nat'l. Health Information Survey as cited in the FY 1991
Questionnaire; g) 1991 data for Honduras are from the 1992 Epidemology and Family Health Survey; h) 1986 data for Peru are from the
1986 Deomg. and Health Survey, and 1991 Peru data are from the 1991/92 Demog. and Family Health Survey; i) 1987 data
for Trinidad and Tobago are from the 1988 Demog. and Health Survey; j) 1988 data for the Dom. Rep, El. Salv., Honduras, Jamaica, and
Peru are from the WHO/CDD fax dated 2/14/90; k) 1988 data for Barbados, Haiti, and Panama and 1987 data for St. Kitts are from
from WHO/CDD fax dated 2/14/90; l) 1991 data for Guat. are reported on the annual Health and Child Survival Project Questionnaire
520-0288; m) in an effort to publish more timely data, WHO accelerated the reporting cycle and asked countriies to report in early 1992
for 1991 rather than 1990 as orignally planned, so the corresponding column is labelled 1990/91; n) as very few countries reported in
1992, no data are reported for that year.