Table 2. Cases of acute respiratory infection and diarrhoea per 100 000 children under 5 years of age in districts in Nepal with and without a community-based programme for the control of diarrhoeal diseases and acute respiratory infections, 2006-2007.

Diagnosis	Intervention districtsa (n = 33)		Non-intervention districtsb (n = 42)
Non-pneumonia ARI	39 705		16 099
Pneumonia	15 304		10 096
Severe pneumonia	386		592
Diarrhoea without dehydration	14 661		10 206
Diarrhoea with some dehydration	6 169		5 727
Diarrhoea with severe dehydration	173		238

ARI, acute respiratory infection.
^a Population under 5 years of age: 1 798 668.
^b Population under 5 years of age: 1 873 982.
Data obtained from the Ministry of Health and Population.¹⁴