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Charts on the Morbidity Situation of Children under Five in the Region of the Americas

Charts on the Morbidity Situation of Children under Five in the Region of the Americas. Source: Pan American Health Organization. Special Program for Health Analysis (PAHO/SHA) and Program on Communicable Diseases (PAHO/HCP/HCT), 2001. Nutritional deficiencies (3.1%).

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Charts on the Morbidity Situation of Children under Five in the Region of the Americas

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  1. Charts on the Morbidity Situation of Children under Five in the Region of the Americas Source: Pan American Health Organization. Special Program for Health Analysis (PAHO/SHA) and Program on Communicable Diseases (PAHO/HCP/HCT), 2001.

  2. Nutritional deficiencies (3.1%) Pneumonia (9.0%) Anemia (0.5%) Other ARIs (1.5%) Meningitis (1.1%) Diarrhea (7.8%) Other causes (72.9%) More than 480,000 children under five continue to die each year in the Region of the Americas. Other infectious diseases (4.0%) • Infectious diseases, acute respiratory infections (ARIs) and nutritional problems are the cause of 27% of these deaths. • Pneumonia and diarrhea continue among the five main causes of death in children under five.

  3. Total percentage of children studied 40.0 Cough/diff. breathing Diarrhea 30.0 27.6 25.3 29.9 28.6 24.7 20.0 16.9 22.9 22.7 14.8 18.0 9.6 9.1 10.0 0.0 12-23 < 6 6-11 24-35 36-47 48-59 Age in months Prevalence of cough or difficulty breathing and diarrhea in children under five during a two-week period Community surveys indicate that at least once a month, children under five suffer from episodes of acute respiratory infections or diarrhea.

  4. Percentage of total (%) 70.0 Doctor visits Hospitalizations 60.0 49.0 50.0 40.0 29.0 30.0 26.0 20.0 8.0 10.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 ARIs ARIs Diarrhea Diarrhea Fever Anemia Malnutrition Malnutrition Parasites ARIs, diarrhea and malnutrition represent • between 40% and 70% of all hospitalizations and • between 60% and 80% of all doctor visits in children under five.

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