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Prevalence and Treatment of Fever among Children by Background Characteristics, Year and Indicator

Table ID: 3E3D15B0

Indicator Percentage with fever
Percentage for whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider
Percentage who received antimalarial drugs
Percentage who received antibiotic drugs
Definition Percentage of children under five years of age with fever
Percentage of children under five years of age for whom treatment for fever was sought at a health facility or from a health provider
Percentages of children under five years of age, by anti-malarial drug taken for fever
Percentages of children under five years of age, by antibiotic drug taken for fever
Method of Computation "Numerator: Number of children with a fever at any time during the two weeks preceding the interview

Denominator: Number of children under five years of age."
"Numerator: Number of children under five years of age with a fever, at any time during the two weeks preceding the interview, for whom treatment was sought at a health facility or from a health provider

Denominator: Number of children under five years of age who were with ARI or a fever in the two weeks preceding the interview."

"Numerator: Number of children under five years of age with a fever, at any time during the two weeks preceding the interview, who took any antimalarial drug

Denominator: Number of children under five years of age who were with a fever in the two weeks preceding the interview"

"Numerator: Number of children under five years of age with a fever, at any time during the two weeks preceding the interview, who took any antibiotic drug

Denominator: Number of children under five years of age who were with a fever in the two weeks preceding the interview"
Source of Basic Data National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS)
Source Document/Agency Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Frequency of Release Every 5 years
Latest Available 2013
Level of Disaggregation "National
Regional
by Age
by Birth Order
by Urban-rural area
by Educational Attainment
by Wealth Quintile"
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