Table 1 Percentage of children under age five who had diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the interview in 51 countries during 1990–2019.
Diarrhea incidence (%) | Number of children | Missing (%) | Diarrhea incidence (%) | Number of children | Missing (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 14.4 | 1,379,566 | |||||
Age | 23.5 | Round-trip time to collect water | 11.5 | ||||
<6 months | 11.3 | 113,508 | On premises | 12.3 | 425,111 | ||
6–11 months | 23.3 | 115,984 | <30 min | 15.2 | 627,539 | ||
12–23 months | 22.3 | 219,049 | ≥30 min | 17.2 | 168,677 | ||
24–35 months | 14.8 | 209,305 | Type of toilet facility | 3.4 | |||
36–47 months | 9.3 | 202,998 | Improved | 12.6 | 439,452 | ||
48–59 months | 6.8 | 194,034 | Unimproved | 15.2 | 893,149 | ||
Sex | 0 | Place to wash hands | 41.1 | ||||
Male | 14.9 | 700,568 | Fixed | 11.4 | 440,910 | ||
Female | 13.9 | 678,998 | Mobile | 14.5 | 250,828 | ||
Residence | 0 | Water at the handwashing site | 56.8 | ||||
Urban | 13.4 | 408,245 | No | 15.1 | 176,933 | ||
Rural | 14.8 | 971,321 | Yes | 11.5 | 418,655 | ||
Wealth quintile | 29.9 | Soap/detergent at handwashing site | 57.4 | ||||
Lowest | 15.5 | 193,311 | No | 13.8 | 307,703 | ||
Second | 14.6 | 193,467 | Yes | 11.5 | 280,592 | ||
Middle | 13.1 | 193,390 | Drinking water treatment | 23.9 | |||
Fourth | 11.9 | 193,370 | No | 13.4 | 735,838 | ||
Highest | 10.5 | 193,410 | Yes | 13.1 | 314,282 | ||
Mother’s education | 0 | Drought indicator | |||||
No education | 15.5 | 519,008 | 6-month | 4.1 | |||
Primary | 16.0 | 421,145 | No drought | 14.1 | 888,223 | ||
Secondary | 12.0 | 366,232 | Mild | 14.9 | 306,499 | ||
Higher | 9.2 | 73,143 | Severe | 15.3 | 127,821 | ||
Breastfeeding | 29.3 | 12-month | 4.1 | ||||
No | 11.3 | 210,014 | No drought | 14.7 | 870,147 | ||
Yes | 17.2 | 765,229 | Mild | 14.7 | 341,003 | ||
Climate zone | 1.8 | Severe | 14.3 | 111,350 | |||
Tropical | 14.5 | 748,720 | 18-month | 4.1 | |||
Dry | 15.9 | 259,197 | No drought | 14.8 | 916,897 | ||
Temperate | 13.0 | 336,870 | Mild | 14.8 | 304,944 | ||
Continental | 11.0 | 2424 | Severe | 14.6 | 100,700 | ||
Polar | 14.6 | 6921 | 24-month | 4.1 | |||
Source of drinking water | 4.6 | No drought | 14.9 | 901,347 | |||
Improved | 13.5 | 445,933 | Mild | 14.9 | 311,287 | ||
Unimproved | 14.8 | 870,374 | Severe | 14.6 | 109,911 | ||
