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Table 10.6 Prevalence and treatment of fever<br />

Among children under age 5, the percentage who had a fever in the 2 weeks before the survey and among children with<br />

fever in the 2 weeks before the survey, percentage for whom advice or treatment was sought, and percentage who<br />

received antibiotics as treatment, according to background characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Among children under age 5:<br />

Percentage<br />

with fever<br />

Number of<br />

children<br />

Percentage for<br />

whom advice<br />

or treatment<br />

was sought 1<br />

Among children under age 5 with fever:<br />

Percentage for<br />

whom<br />

treatment was<br />

sought same<br />

or next day<br />

Percentage<br />

who took<br />

antibiotic<br />

drugs<br />

Number of<br />

children with<br />

fever<br />

Age in months<br />

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