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Yearly prevalence of ARI [message #30736]

Sun, 02 February 2025 17:57

acseng
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Registered: November 2024

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Hello again!

Is it possible to estimate the prevalence of ARI for 1 year from the original ARI variables (prevalence of ARI in the past 2 weeks)? Something like "number of children under 5yo (and respective proportion over the total) who had symptoms of ARI for a year? Thanks in advance!

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Re: Yearly prevalence of ARI [message #30784 is a reply to message #30736]

Wed, 05 March 2025 18:34

sabrina23
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Registered: March 2025

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acseng wrote on Sun, 02 February 2025 17:57

Hello again!

Is it possible to estimate the prevalence of ARI for 1 year from the original ARI variables (prevalence of ARI in the past 2 weeks)? Something like "number of children under 5yo (and respective proportion over the total) who had symptoms of ARI for a year? Thanks in advance!

Yes, you can estimate the annual prevalence of ARI from the DHS 2-week data by extrapolating the proportion of children under 5 with symptoms across a year, adjusting for multiple episodes and overlap, though it's a rough estimate due to seasonality and recurrence.

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