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Table 10.16 Immunization campaigns
Among children under five years of age, the percentage who had received at least one polio
vaccination during the national immunization day campaigns, by background characteristics,
Ethiopia 2000
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Immunized during:
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October/ October/ October/
November 1997 November 1998 November 1999
Background
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characteristic Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number
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Sex of child
Male
Female
36.5 2,648 63.4 3,740 68.5 4,859
37.7 2,603 64.2 3,662 67.7 4,729
Residence
Urban
Rural
Region
Tigray
Affar
Amhara
Oromiya
Somali
Benishangul-Gumuz
SNNP
Gambela
Harari
Addis Ababa
Dire Dawa
Education
No education
Primary
Secondary and higher
Total
63.2 581 80.8 821 83.1 1,024
33.9 4,671 61.7 6,581 66.3 8,564
73.3 369 86.5 507 87.9 635
23.6 53 60.0 74 84.7 95
35.9 1,410 69.7 1,978 77.3 2,484
37.3 2,033 67.2 2,950 68.8 3,893
23.2 58 30.4 88 60.7 113
24.2 51 54.1 72 58.5 94
24.9 1,158 42.8 1,563 47.5 2,055
35.7 11 62.5 16 69.7 22
65.2 11 85.0 16 88.8 20
82.7 80 89.3 113 92.6 146
58.4 17 76.9 25 87.1 31
33.7 4,313 61.4 6,048 66.5 7,815
47.2 686 68.9 975 70.5 1,286
68.6 252 89.3 379 88.0 487
37.1 5,251 63.8 7,402 68.1 9,588
10.14 ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION
Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality
throughout the world. Early diagnosis and treatment with antibiotics can prevent a large proportion of
deaths caused by ARI. In the Ethiopia DHS, the prevalence of ARI was estimated by asking mothers
whether their children under age five had been ill with a cough accompanied by short, rapid breathing
in the two weeks preceding the survey. These symptoms are compatible with ARI. It should be noted
that the morbidity data collected are subjective in the sense that they are based on mother’s perception
of illness without validation by medical personnel and that the prevalence of ARI is subject to
seasonality.
Table 10.17 shows that 24 percent of children under five years of age showed symptoms of ARI
at some time in the two weeks preceding the survey. Prevalence of ARI varies by age of child. Children
age 6-11 months have the highest chance of having ARI symptoms (33 percent), compared with all other
age groups. There are no differences in the prevalence of ARI by sex of the child and birth order. Cough
and rapid breathing were relatively more common among rural children (25 percent) than among
children in urban areas (16 percent). There are no significant regional variations in the prevalence of
children with ARI symptoms, with the exception of Addis Ababa that had the lowest ARI prevalence
among children under five. Children of women with secondary and higher education are somewhat less
likely than other children to suffer from symptoms of ARI.
Maternal and Child Health * 131