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174 • Child Health Table 10.6 Prevalence and treatment of fever Among children under age 5, the percentage who had a fever in the 2 weeks preceding the survey and among children with fever, the percentage for whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider, the percentage who took antimalarial drugs, and the percentage who received antibiotics as treatment, by background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Background characteristic Among children under age 5: Among children under age 5 with fever Percentage with fever Number of children Percentage for whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider 1 Percentage who took antimalarial drugs Percentage who took antibiotic drugs Number of children Age in months 6 23.0 3,095 57.8 21.1 40.1 712 6-11 36.7 2,720 57.9 13.6 45.6 999 12-23 35.3 5,708 55.8 10.0 49.6 2,013 24-35 31.7 6,598 48.7 11.0 45.7 2,094 36-47 27.1 6,282 57.6 11.7 48.2 1,704 48-59 20.1 5,902 50.4 9.3 44.5 1,187 Sex Male 28.6 15,605 56.0 11.1 47.8 4,460 Female 28.9 14,699 52.2 12.5 45.0 4,249 Residence Urban 30.7 7,040 55.2 16.5 43.4 2,162 Rural 28.1 23,264 53.8 10.2 47.5 6,547 Province 2 Kabul 29.3 3,677 44.7 21.9 37.1 1,078 Kapisa 20.0 211 29.4 2.5 32.3 42 Parwan 10.9 688 59.9 5.7 50.9 75 Wardak 33.1 329 49.9 1.1 51.3 109 Logar 13.0 417 47.8 7.8 36.8 54 Nangarhar 44.4 972 59.1 4.7 39.7 431 Laghman 34.0 770 85.7 5.1 60.5 262 Panjsher 3.1 39 1 Baghlan 25.0 700 74.9 10.0 68.8 175 Bamyan 20.6 314 47.6 1.7 45.8 65 Ghazni 12.3 778 18.7 4.9 6.1 96 Paktika 13.1 856 92.6 0.0 32.6 112 Paktya 27.8 578 57.4 4.6 33.6 161 Khost 12.3 991 34.1 0.0 38.0 122 Kunarha 18.9 704 48.8 1.5 28.5 133 Nooristan 25.0 303 34.0 0.0 32.1 76 Badakhshan 26.3 870 36.7 2.3 31.1 229 Takhar 21.7 1,187 32.2 2.9 48.4 258 Kunduz 28.2 1,177 48.4 5.3 67.5 332 Samangan 15.3 345 61.0 35.3 47.1 53 Balkh 33.5 1,874 50.0 2.6 61.2 627 Sar-E-Pul 9.8 596 39.2 0.0 39.2 59 Ghor 51.6 846 57.9 8.6 55.5 437 Daykundi 12.1 308 21.9 1.1 26.0 37 Urozgan 20.5 385 91.7 0.0 54.5 79 Kandahar 49.9 2,751 38.8 0.0 34.2 1,373 Jawzjan 26.5 569 39.9 5.5 46.3 151 Faryab 30.1 2,281 66.5 6.0 87.8 686 Helmand 13.2 893 88.4 3.9 54.4 118 Badghis 22.7 723 55.5 2.5 65.8 164 Herat 49.2 2,046 77.0 54.0 32.8 1,008 Farah 8.4 810 63.5 10.1 50.3 68 Nimroz 12.3 290 34.2 3.6 16.8 36 Mother’s education No education 29.0 25,261 52.6 11.1 46.1 7,316 Primary 32.3 2,429 57.8 14.8 46.6 784 Secondary 23.4 2,130 65.6 12.4 53.5 499 More than secondary 22.6 484 77.8 33.8 38.9 109 Wealth quintile Lowest 28.8 5,795 54.1 11.2 51.5 1,672 Second 27.4 6,185 54.8 13.0 48.4 1,693 Middle 29.9 6,398 47.2 8.4 41.5 1,912 Fourth 27.8 6,312 57.0 9.0 47.2 1,753 Highest 29.9 5,614 58.4 18.0 44.4 1,679 Total 28.7 30,304 54.1 11.8 46.5 8,709 Note: An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed. 1 Excludes pharmacy, shop, market, and traditional practitioner 2 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates. Child Health • 175 Table 10.7 Prevalence of diarrhea Percentage of children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the 2 weeks preceding the survey, by background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Diarrhea in the 2 weeks