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Summary Table of FindingsMultiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and Millennium DevelopmentGoals (MDG) Indicators, Serbia, 2010TopicMICS4IndicatorNumberMDGIndicatorNumberIndicatorSerbiaValueRomasettlementsCHILD MORTALITYChild mortality 1.1 4.1 Under-five mortality rate 15.0 perthousand1.2 4.2 Infant mortality rate 14.0 perthousandNUTRITIONNutritional statusUnderweight prevalence2.1a 1.8 Moderate and Severe (–2 SD) 1.6 6.6 percent2.1b Severe (– 3 SD) 0.5 1.4 percentStunting prevalence2.2a Moderate and Severe (–2 SD) 6.6 23.6 percent2.2b Severe (–3 SD) 3.2 9.7 percentWasting prevalence2.3a Moderate and Severe (–2 SD) 3.5 5.2 percent2.3b Severe (–3 SD) 0.8 2.4 percentBreastfeeding and 2.4 Children ever breastfed 90.1 93.2 percentinfant feeding2.5 Early initiation of breastfeeding 7.6 10.0 percent2.6 Exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months 13.7 9.1 percent2.7 Continued breastfeeding at 1 year 18.4 54.0 percent2.8 Continued breastfeeding at 2 years 15.3 36.9 percent2.9 Predominant breastfeeding under 6 months 39.2 52.2 percent2.10 Duration of breastfeeding 8.8 14.9 percent2.11 Bottle feeding 84.6 81.8 percent2.12 Introduction of solid, semi-solid or soft foods 84.1 65.3 percent2.13 Minimum meal frequency 84.3 71.9 percent2.14 Age-appropriate breastfeeding 19.3 33.5 percent2.15 Milk feeding frequency for non-breastfed children 89.1 59.8 percentLow birth weight 2.18 Low-birthweight infants 4.8 10.2 percent2.19 Infants weighed at birth 99.6 96.2 percentCHILD HEALTHCare of illness 3.8 Oral rehydration therapy with continued feeding 59.7 59.8 percent3.9 Care seeking for suspected pneumonia 89.7 91.7 percent3.10 Antibiotic treatment of suspected pneumonia 81.6 90.6 percentSolid fuel use 3.11 Solid fuels 31.6 75.5 percentMONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 13