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Table A-10.7 Prevalence and treatment of diarrhoea: Districts<br />

Percentage of children under age 5 who had diarrhoea in the 2 weeks before the survey; among<br />

children with diarrhoea in the 2 weeks before the survey, percentage for whom advice or treatment<br />

was sought, according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Among children under age 5 with<br />

diarrhoea:<br />

District<br />

Percentage with<br />

diarrhoea<br />

Number of<br />

children<br />

Percentage for<br />

whom advice or<br />

treatment was<br />

sought 1<br />

Number of<br />

children with<br />

diarrhoea<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 11.3 170 83.8 19<br />

Karonga 15.8 325 66.9 51<br />

Likoma 11.3 11 (81.4) 1<br />

Mzimba 17.8 969 65.2 173<br />

Nkhata Bay 20.2 228 71.0 46<br />

Rumphi 24.3 198 69.3 48<br />

Total 17.8 1,900 68.0 339<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 21.4 698 64.1 149<br />

Dowa 21.0 666 56.9 140<br />

Kasungu 23.9 731 66.0 174<br />

Lilongwe 28.2 2,430 63.0 686<br />

Mchinji 23.9 550 63.3 131<br />

Nkhotakota 23.4 382 70.9 90<br />

Ntcheu 19.3 647 79.2 125<br />

Ntchisi 21.4 341 82.6 73<br />

Salima 20.5 557 64.2 114<br />

Total 24.0 7,003 65.5 1,683<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 20.7 412 73.5 85<br />

Blantyre 18.5 1,123 59.5 208<br />

Chikhwawa 17.9 513 67.0 92<br />

Chiradzulu 20.2 317 67.1 64<br />

Machinga 20.8 757 73.2 158<br />

Mangochi <strong>16</strong>.9 1,235 51.0 208<br />

Mulanje 30.0 671 63.8 201<br />

Mwanza 14.4 112 62.2 <strong>16</strong><br />

Neno 24.7 181 73.9 45<br />

Nsanje 15.9 291 71.1 46<br />

Phalombe 31.1 482 78.5 150<br />

Thyolo 26.3 625 69.5 <strong>16</strong>4<br />

Zomba 13.3 926 63.1 124<br />

Total 20.4 7,645 65.8 1,562<br />

Total 21.7 <strong>16</strong>,548 65.8 3,584<br />

1<br />

Excludes advice or treatment from a traditional practitioner<br />

2<br />

See Table 2.1 for definition of categories<br />

3<br />

See Table 2.2 for definition of categories<br />

4<br />

Facilities that would be considered improved if they were not shared by two or more households<br />

Appendix A • 371

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