Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 10.7 shows the percentage of children under five who had fever or convulsions in the twoweeks preceding the survey who were given specific treatments, by background characteristics.As mentioned, more than half (52 percent) of all children reported to have had fever or convulsions inthe two weeks preceding the survey took anti-malaria drugs. Ten percent of children were given treatmentsother than drugs. For example, 4 percent of children with fever were given a tepid sponging and 3 percentwere given herbs or other treatments.Table 10.7 Treatment in children with fever/convulsionsAmong children under five years with fever or convulsions in the two weeks preceding the survey, percentage who were givenspecific treatments, by background characteristics, Zambia 2001-2002BackgroundcharacteristicPercentageof childrenwhoreceivedanti-malarialdrugsAnytreatmentother thandrugsPercentage who received treatments other than drugs:Weretaken to atraditionalhealerWere givena tepidspongingWeregivenherbsWeregiven othertreatmentsNumber ofchildren withfever/convulsionsSexMale 52.8 9.9 0.5 3.9 3.2 3.1 1,214Female 51.0 10.0 0.5 4.7 3.0 2.6 1,291ResidenceUrban 49.3 8.0 0.4 4.2 1.8 2.7 597Rural 52.7 10.6 0.5 4.3 3.5 2.9 1,908ProvinceCentral 54.6 8.9 1.0 1.3 5.6 1.6 192Copperbelt 50.2 5.8 1.0 1.9 1.0 2.4 340Eastern 50.8 8.5 0.3 2.1 4.2 2.1 343Luapula 59.2 7.2 0.3 3.1 3.4 0.7 290Lusaka 39.1 9.1 0.0 4.6 2.5 3.0 249Northern 48.4 7.8 0.0 5.0 3.0 0.9 411North-Western 66.2 6.7 0.6 0.0 4.8 1.6 126Southern 62.0 23.3 0.8 12.7 3.7 8.2 282Western 45.3 12.7 0.7 5.6 1.1 5.2 271Mother's educationNo education 46.4 11.2 0.5 3.6 4.9 3.0 424Primary 52.4 9.6 0.6 4.0 3.2 2.6 1,636Secondary or higher 55.1 10.3 0.1 6.2 0.8 3.7 445Average 51.9 10.0 0.5 4.3 3.1 2.8 2,505Malaria │ 161