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Table 2 ORS use for diarrhea among children under 36 months old in 10 provinces of rural Western China

From: Oral rehydration salt use and its correlates in low-level care of diarrhea among children under 36 months old in rural Western China

Province

Number of households surveyed (n)

The number of children with diarrhea in previous two weeks (%)

ORS use

   

n

%

Gansu

634

27 (4.26)

6

22.22

Guangxi

1586

58 (3.66)

19

32.76

Guizhou

1265

116 (9.17)

43

37.93

Jiangxi

1567

74 (4.72)

42

56.76

Inner Mongolia

1217

65 (5.34)

5

7.69

Ningxia

1264

79 (6.25)

29

37.18

Qinghai

1589

119 (7.49)

32

26.67

Sichuan

1577

158 (10.02)

94

59.49

Xinjiang

2168

315 (14.53)

75

23.81

Chongqing

1245

29 (2.33)

14

48.28

All

14112

1040 (7.37)

360

34.62

  1. ORS = oral rehydration salts.