Table 1.
Characteristics of 6–59-month-old children (n 6307) at admission and by programme outcome*, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, India, 2009–2011
| Exits† | Deaths | Defaulters | Discharged | Recovered‡ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Girls | 3279 | 52·0 | 19 | 44·2 | 737 | 51·1 | 2523 | 52·3 | 835 | 50·8 |
| Boys | 3028 | 48·0 | 24 | 55·8 | 705 | 48·9 | 2299 | 47·7 | 808 | 49·2 |
| 6–11 months old | 2166 | 34·3 | 16 | 37·2 | 487 | 33·8 | 1663 | 34·5 | 678 | 41·3 |
| 12–23 months old | 2857 | 45·3 | 15 | 34·9 | 668 | 46·3 | 2174 | 45·1 | 681 | 41·4 |
| 24–59 months old | 1284 | 20·4 | 12 | 27·9 | 287 | 19·9 | 985 | 20·4 | 284 | 17·3 |
| SC family | 1371 | 21·7 | 4 | 9·3 | 350 | 24·3 | 1017 | 21·1 | 361 | 22·0 |
| ST family | 2652 | 42·0 | 21 | 48·8 | 449 | 31·1 | 2182 | 45·3 | 782 | 47·6 |
| Non-SC/ST family | 2284 | 36·2 | 18 | 41·9 | 643 | 44·6 | 1623 | 33·7 | 500 | 30·4 |
| With bilateral pitting oedema | 231 | 3·7 | 11 | 25·6 | 74 | 5·1 | 146 | 3·0 | 39 | 2·4 |
| Complicated wasting (WHZ<−3 or MUAC<115 mm and medical complications) | 1870 | 29·6 | 16 | 37·2 | 367 | 25·5 | 1487 | 30·8 | 1040 | 63·3 |
| Uncomplicated SAM (WHZ<−3 or MUAC<115 mm and free of medical complications) | 4206 | 66·7 | 16 | 37·2 | 1001 | 69·4 | 3189 | 66·1 | 564 | 34·3 |
| Total | 6307 | 100 | 43 | 0·7 | 1442 | 22·9 | 4822 | 76·5 | 1643 | 34·1 |
SC, scheduled caste; ST, scheduled tribe; WHZ, weight-for-height Z-score; MUAC, mid upper-arm circumference; SAM, severe acute malnutrition.
*
Values are presented as absolute numbers (n) and as percentage of the total (%).
†
Exits: deaths+defaulters+discharged.
‡
Recovered: children who, at discharge, had gained ≥15 % of their initial weight.