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Table CH.4R presents the prevalence of suspectedpneumonia and, if care was sought outside the home,the site of care. Eighteen percent of children aged0–59 months were reported to have had symptomsof pneumonia during the two weeks preceding thesurvey. Of these children, 92 percent were taken toan appropriate health care provider. Children withsuspected pneumonia were most often taken to publicsector health care providers (94 percent) — 48 percent toprimary health care centres and 22 percent to hospitals.Table CH.4R also presents the use of antibiotics forthe treatment of suspected pneumonia in under-5sby sex, residence, age, and socioeconomic factors. InRoma settlements, 91 percent of children under-5 withsuspected pneumonia had received an antibiotic duringthe two weeks prior to the survey.Issues related to knowledge of danger signs ofpneumonia are presented in Table CH.5R. Obviously,mothers’ knowledge of the danger signs is an importantdeterminant of care-seeking behaviour. Overall, only16 percent of Roma women know of the two dangersigns of pneumonia — fast and difficult breathing.The most commonly identified symptom for taking achild to a health facility is developing fever (82 percent).Difficult breathing was identified as a symptom thatrequires immediate health care by 28 percent of mothers,while fast breathing was identified by 20 percent ofmothers. There are high differences in recognisingthese two danger signs of pneumonia depending on themother’s education as only 9 percent of mothers withouteducation know the two signs in comparison with 24percent with secondary education.Table CH.5R: Knowledge of the two danger signs of pneumonia, Roma Settlements, 2010Percentage of mothers and caretakers of children age 0–59 months by symptoms that would cause them to take the child immediatelyto a health facility, and percentage of mothers who recognize fast and difficult breathing as signs for seeking care immediatelyPercentage of mothers/caretakers of children age 0–59 months who think that a child should be takenimmediately to a health facility if the child:Is not ableto drink orbreastfeedBecomessickerDevelops afeverHas fastbreathingHas difficultbreathingHas blood instoolIs drinkingpoorlyHas othersymptomsMothers/caretakerswhorecognizethe twodangersigns ofpneumoniaNumber ofmothers/caretakersof childrenage 0–59monthsAreaUrban 14.4 30.7 81.6 23.9 32.1 23.4 12.7 45.6 18.2 607Rural 13.9 16.3 83.2 11.1 18.3 11.0 10.9 61.1 10.1 272Mother’s educationNone 10.0 19.8 78.4 13.0 24.3 12.7 5.1 49.1 9.2 159Primary 13.5 27.0 81.9 19.1 28.0 20.8 12.3 50.5 15.6 611Secondary 23.5 30.4 88.6 32.2 31.6 21.2 20.1 49.6 24.3 103Wealth index quintilePoorest 9.1 25.4 70.1 11.3 23.1 12.8 7.0 52.9 8.8 198Second 7.4 18.4 80.7 12.1 20.1 9.2 5.3 50.9 7.5 198Middle 18.9 29.8 90.3 22.9 33.2 27.2 14.1 41.6 21.1 165Fourth 11.1 20.9 86.6 16.7 19.5 13.3 7.0 61.3 8.6 161Richest 27.8 38.9 85.7 40.9 46.6 39.5 30.4 44.6 36.2 158Total 14.3 26.3 82.1 19.9 27.9 19.6 12.1 50.4 15.7 87986MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2010