Table 5.
Health and nutrition of children aged 0–23 months, by location
| Jordan 2014 | Lebanon 2013 | Iraq 2013 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Za’atri (Refugee Camp) | National (Outside Camp) | North | South | Beirut | Bekaa | Domiz (Refugee Camp) | |
| Two week prevalence of diarrhea − % (95 % CI) | |||||||
| Total (0–59 mo) | 27.0 (21.1–33.9)a | 14.5 (11–18.8)a | 33.3 (26.4–41.1) | 23.6 (18.3–29.9) | 17.2 (12.3–23.5) | 26.7 (21.0–33.3) | 32.8 (25.6–40.9) |
| 0–23 mo | 39.1 (29.6–49.6)a | 21.1 (14.9–28.9)a | 38.0 (28.7–48.4) | 36.7 (29.8–44.2) | 25.0 (17.5–34.3) | 39.4 (32.3–46.9) | 37.5 (29.4–46.4) |
| 24–59 mo | 20.4 (14.2–28.3) | 11.0 (7.9–15.3) | 30.1 (23.0–38.3) | 15.0 (9.5–22.7) | 12.7 (8.0–19.7) | 18.7 (12.4–27.3) | 29.4 (22.1–37.9) |
| Current breastfeeding practice − % (95 % CI) | |||||||
| Total (0–23 mo) | 66.7 (57.6–74.7) | 68.1 (59.8–75.3) | 57.8 (47.7–67.3) | 62.0 (49.8–72.8) | 65.6 (56.2–74.0) | 60.0 (47.2–71.6) | 44.5 (40.2–48.9) |
| 0–5 mo | 100 | 94.4 (77.8–98.8) | 88.0 (71.8–95.5) | 93.8 (57.3–99.4) | 93.1 (73.3–98.5) | 84.6 (46.5–97.2) | 78.6 (68.7–86.1) |
| 6–11 mo | 97.4 (82.0–99.7) | 86.4 (73.1–93.7) | 61.3 (40.7–78.5) | 70.8 (51.9–84.6) | 80.0 (61.7–90.9) | 71.4 (48.0–87.1) | 58.2 (48.6–67.2) |
| 12–23 mo | 24.5 (14.2–39.0) | 44.1 (32.1–56.9) | 43.3 (29.9–57.8) | 48.1 (30.8–65.8) | 45.3 (35.1–56.0) | 46.3 (30.9–62.5) | 25.1 (20.2–30.7) |
aPrevalence of diarrhea in Jordan was not assessed among children 0–5 months of age