Table 1.

Characteristics of households and children under 5 years of age whose 15–49-year-old mothers were interviewed in the 2006 Brazilian Demographic and Health Survey. Brazil, 2006

Household characteristic	n	%	95 % CI
Region
North	896	10·5	9·1, 12·0
Northeast	798	28·0	24·7, 31·6
Southeast	817	41·9	37·6, 46·3
South	749	12·2	10·7, 13·8
Middle-West	804	7·5	6·5, 8·6
Household location
Urban	2683	81·2	78·2, 83·9
Rural	1381	18·8	16·1, 21·8
Food security status
Food security	2040	52·7	49·0, 56·4
Mild food insecurity	1114	28·0	25·2, 31·0
Moderate food insecurity	502	12·6	10·6, 14·9
Severe food insecurity	408	6·7	5·6, 8·1
Child’s health status
Vitamin A deficiency*
No	2919	81·2	78·2, 83·9
Yes	506	18·8	16·1, 21·8
Anaemia†
No	2778	78·0	74·5, 81·1
Yes	583	22·0	18·9, 25·5
Cough‡
No	2576	63·3	60·6, 66·5
Yes	1488	36·4	33·5, 39·4
Fever‡
No	3105	76·3	73·8, 78·5
Yes	959	23·7	21·5, 26·2
Hospitalization for diarrhoea§
No	3954	97·4	97·0, 98·3
Yes	110	2·6	1·7, 3·0
Hospitalization for pneumonia§
No	3954	97·4	96·2, 98·2
Yes	110	2·6	1·8, 3·8
Nutritional status
Stunting||	350	6·8	5·5, 8·4
Wasting¶	50	1·3	0·8, 2·1
Overweight-for-height**	359	6·9	5·8, 8·2
Total	4064	100·0	–

^*Vitamin A deficiency defined as retinol<0·70 µmol/l (n 3425).

^†Anaemia defined as Hb <110 g/d (n 3361).

^‡In the last two weeks prior to the survey.

^§In the last year prior to the survey.

^||Height-for-age Z-score<−2 (n 4064).

^¶Weight-for-age Z-score<−2 (n 4064).

^**Weight-for-height Z-score>+2 (n 4064).