Health and wealth in Mesoamerica: findings from Salud Mesomérica 2015

Table 3 Variation in indicators of child health by country

Country	MMR immunization^a (%)			Complete immunization^b,c (%)			Wasting^b (%)
Country	Overall	Range across mun.	Range across segments	Overall	Range across mun.	Range across segments	Overall	Range across mun.	Range across segments
El Salvador	78.5	73.2 - 86.4	47.4 - 100	70.0	64.2 - 84.0	33.3 - 100	2.4	0 - 4.2	0 - 28.6
Guatemala	88.4	72.0 - 94.3	38.2 - 100	16.0	0 - 50.0	0 - 60.0	1.6	0 - 4.0	0 - 13.3
Honduras	95.1	88.7 - 100	74.1 - 100	40.0	4.9 - 64.3	0 - 69.7	1.5	0 - 4.0	0 - 10.0
Mexico	79.5	33.7 - 100	32.7 - 100	40.2	9.8 - 90.2	0 - 100	1.4	0 - 5.4	0 - 100
Nicaragua	92.9	70.4 - 97.8	64.0 - 100	49.6	26.9 - 62.0	17.6 - 75.8	1.5	0 - 4.7	0 - 10.3
Panama^e	90.5	89.5 - 90.8	50.0 - 100	18.0	10.9 - 20.5	0 - 48.4	2.8	1.8 - 3.2	0 - 16.7
	Stunting^b (%)			ORS coverage^b,d (%)
	Overall	Range across mun.	Range across segments	Overall	Range across mun.	Range across segments
El Salvador	16.3	2.2 - 34.6	0 - 57.6	64.2	0 - 91.8	0 - 100
Guatemala	59.2	21.5 - 79.9	11.1 - 86.0	60.9	0 – 100	0 - 100
Honduras	22.2	3.4 - 53.0	0 - 66.7	54.8	0 – 100	0 - 100
Mexico	36.9	3.4 - 74.1	0 - 80.0	50.5	0 – 100	0 - 100
Nicaragua	14.0	0 - 28.0	0 - 33.3	53.9	9.0 - 100	0 - 100
Panama^e	55.9	33.0 - 63.9	0 - 83.5	57.5	57.4 - 57.7	0 - 100

Mun. municipalities, ORS oral rehydration salts
^aMMR: measles, mumps, rubella (1 dose); children 12–59 months
^bChildren 0–59 months
^cComplete immunization for age according to national immunization scheme
^dCoverage of ORS among children with symptoms of diarrhea in the past two weeks
^eIn Panama, these are provinces, not municipalities

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