Demographic and Health Surveys Methodology - Measure DHS

CHILD MORBIDITY PREVALENCE AND TREATMENT:ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS AND FEVERStatistics: Percentage of Children Under Five Years of Age with Symptoms of AcuteRespiratory Illness (ARI)• Percentage of children under five years of age with fever.• Percentage of children under five years of age for whom treatment for ARI and/or fever was sought ata health facility or from a health provider.• Percentages of children under five years of age, by anti-malarial drug taken for fever.DefinitionA. Coverage:1. Population base: Children under five years of age.2. Time period: Two weeks preceding the survey.B. Numerators:1. Number of children ill with a cough accompanied by short, rapid breathing at any time duringthe two weeks preceding the interview.2. Number of children ill with a fever at any time during the two weeks preceding the interview.3. Number of children under five years of age ill with a cough accompanied by short, rapidbreathing and/or with a fever, at any time during the two weeks preceding the interview, forwhom treatment was sought at a health facility or from a health provider.4. Number of children under five years of age ill with a fever, at any time during the two weekspreceding the interview, who took fansidar, who took chloroquine, and who took any antimalarialdrug.C. Denominators:Calculation1. Number of children under five years of age.2. Number of children under five years of age.3. Number of children under five years of age who were ill with ARI or a fever in the two weekspreceding the interview.4. Number of children under five years of age who were ill with a fever in the two weekspreceding the interview.For percentages, 100 times the quotient of the numerators divided by the denominators.Guide to DHS Statistics 112 Updated September 2006