Oral Rehydration Therapy Use Rate
|
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990/91 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
||
|
Antigua & Barbuda |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
50 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Belize |
38 |
38 |
65 |
.. |
65 |
.. |
65 |
.. |
92 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Cuba |
.. |
.. |
20 |
70 |
75 |
75 |
80 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Dominica |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
50 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Dominican Republic |
21 |
13 |
38 |
41 |
51 |
22 |
31 |
.. |
37 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Grenada |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
70 |
.. |
70 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Guyana |
21 |
9 |
10 |
.. |
10 |
.. |
15 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Haiti |
20 |
2 |
9 |
16 |
35 |
24 |
20 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
31 |
.. |
|
|
Jamaica |
21 |
.. |
6 |
.. |
15 |
.. |
10 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
St. Kitts-Nevis |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
5 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
St. Lucia |
.. |
.. |
.. |
75 |
.. |
.. |
75 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
98 |
98 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Suriname |
.. |
.. |
34 |
34 |
72 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
63 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
.. |
56 |
.. |
60 |
60 |
.. |
70 |
.. |
75 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Caribbean |
20 |
11 |
20 |
41 |
48 |
38 |
40 |
.. |
43 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Costa Rica |
21 |
21 |
52 |
78 |
78 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
El Salvador |
18 |
26 |
15 |
26 |
45 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Guatemala |
.. |
4 |
5 |
16 |
.. |
24 |
19 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
22 |
.. |
|
|
Honduras |
25 |
10 |
40 |
56 |
66 |
.. |
70 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Nicaragua |
.. |
23 |
.. |
23 |
38 |
.. |
40 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Panama |
.. |
4 |
34 |
.. |
41 |
29 |
55 |
.. |
70 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Central America |
22 |
13 |
21 |
32 |
53 |
25 |
38 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Argentina |
.. |
3 |
3 |
.. |
13 |
70 |
70 |
.. |
80 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Bolivia |
35 |
21 |
21 |
53 |
53 |
34 |
63 |
.. |
.. |
38 |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Brazil |
.. |
13 |
12 |
40 |
39 |
45 |
62 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
61 |
|
|
Chile |
.. |
1 |
.. |
.. |
1 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
90 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Colombia |
20 |
5 |
42 |
48 |
.. |
40 |
40 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
50 |
.. |
|
|
Ecuador |
20 |
13 |
11 |
24 |
.. |
70 |
70 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Paraguay |
18 |
3 |
17 |
36 |
.. |
52 |
42 |
.. |
52 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Peru |
11 |
6 |
4 |
18 |
10 |
25 |
32 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
58 |
|
|
Uruguay |
.. |
5 |
21 |
56 |
40 |
86 |
96 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Venezuela |
.. |
14 |
18 |
28 |
30 |
49 |
80 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
South America |
19 |
10 |
15 |
38 |
31 |
46 |
59 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Mexcio |
10 |
13 |
75 |
72 |
72 |
66 |
.. |
87 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
||
|
LAC |
7 |
10 |
15 |
33 |
29 |
40 |
52 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Sources Center for International Health Information (CIHI). Estimates were compiled from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Data not taken from WHO or DHS are italicized.
Definition Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) rate is the percentage of all cases of diarrhea, and resulting dehydration, in children under age 5 treated with oral rehydration solution (ORS) and/or a recommended home fluid. ORS is a salt, sugar and clean water solution. Recommended home fluids include breastfeeding and/or other clean water solutions.
Notes Regional averages are weighted by the population under one year of age. Data for 1990 and 1991 are combined because WHO, in an effort to accelerate the reporting cycle, requested that countries report 1991 data in ealry 1 992 rather than report 1990 data in late 1991. ORT coverage rates provide an estimate of the proportion of
children under age 5 who suffered from diarrhea and received appropriate treatment. UNICEF maintains that when used effectively, ORT can reduce diarrhea-related mortality by 90 percent. The World Summit set the goal of "reduction by 50 percent in the deaths due to diarrhea in children under the age of five years and 25 per cent reduction in the diarrhea incidence rate."
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