Prevalence of Diarrhea Treatment of Diarrhea

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 preceding the survey Background characteristic All diarrhea Diarrhea with blood Number of children Age in months 6 20.8 1.6 3,095 6-11 34.6 3.0 2,720 12-23 37.9 4.6 5,708 24-35 32.2 4.9 6,598 36-47 26.9 4.2 6,282 48-59 19.1 4.1 5,902 Sex Male 29.5 4.4 15,605 Female 27.8 3.6 14,699 Source of drinking water 1 Improved 28.2 3.6 15,272 Not improved 28.1 5.0 8,833 Othermissing 30.5 3.8 6,199 Toilet facility 2 Improved, not shared 28.2 3.7 7,141 Shared 3 31.0 4.5 2,243 Not improved 28.6 4.1 20,877 Missing 30.9 0.0 44 Residence Urban 32.0 3.8 7,040 Rural 27.7 4.1 23,264 Province 4 Kabul 30.8 3.5 3,677 Kapisa 26.5 2.5 211 Parwan 23.4 5.5 688 Wardak 25.3 2.3 329 Logar 23.0 2.2 417 Nangarhar 42.3 4.3 972 Laghman 34.0 6.1 770 Panjsher 3.0 0.0 39 Baghlan 30.0 6.9 700 Bamyan 17.5 3.1 314 Ghazni 12.3 1.9 778 Paktika 16.0 3.7 856 Paktya 24.5 1.6 578 Khost 6.7 0.3 991 Kunarha 22.8 4.0 704 Nooristan 22.9 2.2 303 Badakhshan 23.9 2.7 870 Takhar 38.8 2.0 1,187 Kunduz 32.7 7.4 1,177 Samangan 28.6 0.6 345 Balkh 33.8 3.6 1,874 Sar-E-Pul 22.5 2.1 596 Ghor 52.3 26.2 846 Daykundi 14.9 2.3 308 Urozgan 34.1 1.5 385 Kandahar 41.4 4.2 2,751 Jawzjan 20.3 2.2 569 Faryab 32.5 1.3 2,281 Helmand 3.7 0.8 893 Badghis 8.3 1.1 723 Herat 34.6 5.8 2,046 Farah 19.2 5.5 810 Nimroz 17.4 0.9 290 Mother’s education No education 28.5 4.1 25,261 Primary 32.1 4.2 2,429 Secondary 29.6 3.3 2,130 More than secondary 17.8 0.8 484 Continued… 176 • Child Health Table 10.7—Continued Diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey Background characteristic All diarrhea Diarrhea with blood Number of children Wealth quintile Lowest 28.1 5.7 5,795 Second 26.5 4.0 6,185 Middle 28.9 3.3 6,398 Fourth 29.7 3.8 6,312 Highest 30.3 3.4 5,614 Total 28.7 4.0 30,304 1 See Table 2.1 for definition of categories. 2 See Table 2.2 for definition of categories. 3 Facilities that would be considered improved if they were not shared by two or more households 4 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates.