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Diarrhoea incidence under 5 years (per 1 000)
| Definition | The number of children under 5 years with diarrhoea per 1 000 population under 5 years per year.
DEFINITION: The number of children with diarrhoea per 1 000 children in the target population. Diarrhoea is formally defined as 3 or more watery stools in 24 hours, but any episode diagnosed and/or treated as diarrhoea after an interview with the adult accompanying the child should be counted.
USE: To determine the health status of children and identify potential environmental hazards (e.g. contamination of water sources).
COMMENTS: It is assumed that health personnel, through interviewing the person accompanying the child, confirm that the problem most likely is diarrhoea and not just a temporary running stomach due to e.g. intake of certain drinks/foodstuffs.
Diarrhoeal disease is one of the leading causes of infant mortality, and is closely related to both socio-economic situation and environmental health issues like access to clean water. |
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Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Child Health [Related Resources]
| EC | FS | GP | KZN | LP | MP | NC | NW | WC | ZA |
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| Diarrhoea incidence under 5 years (per 1 000) [Definition] |
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| 1998 | 275.6 | 197.5 | 204.0 | 386.3 | 316.8 | 351.5 | 225.7 | 264.7 | 214.8 | [1] 286.4 |
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| 2000 | - | 71.8 | 66.1 | 173.3 | 180.0 | 120.1 | - | 272.5 | 91.5 | [2] 144.8 |
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| 2001 | 172.2 | 94.1 | 0.0 | 291.8 | 254.3 | 148.4 | 239.4 | 256.3 | 99.8 | [3] 212.7 |
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| 2002 | 125.9 | 87.7 | 0.0 | 263.9 | 202.0 | 119.1 | 168.6 | 191.9 | 106.8 | [4] 178.4 |
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| 2003 | 130.6 | 100.9 | - | 267.4 | 259.3 | 111.6 | 200.6 | 158.8 | 93.0 | [5] 185.9 |
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| 2004 | 112.3 | 112.8 | 8.1 | 244.2 | 184.7 | 99.7 | 211.2 | 102.4 | 83.3 | [6] 128.7 |
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| 2005 DHIS | 88.9 | 193.5 | 93.9 | 487.0 | 388.5 | 229.7 | 203.2 | 260.5 | 106.4 | [7] 268.7 |
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| 2006 DHIS | 40.3 | 154.3 | 120.0 | 430.6 | 377.3 | 215.3 | 160.1 | 129.2 | 101.7 | [8] 214.9 |
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| EC: Eastern Cape FS: Free State GP: Gauteng KZN: KwaZulu-Natal LP: Limpopo MP: Mpumalanga NC: Northern Cape NW: North West WC: Western Cape ZA: South Africa |
Notes and References
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
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Data calculated from percentage of children with diarrhoea in previous 2 weeks reported in SADHS 1998 to approximate an annual incidence.
Data extracted by Calle Hedberg Dec 2001.
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
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This refers to the number of children seeking treatment for diarrhoea from PHC facilities. This is about half the number of cases expected based on the number of cases reported in the SADHS 1998 survey to have experienced diarrhoea in the 2 weeks prior to the survey. Data extracted January 2003.
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
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Data extracted June 2004.
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
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Data extracted June 2004.
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
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Data extracted June 2004.
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
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Data extracted May 2005.
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
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Data extracted June 2006
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
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Data extracted July 2007.
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