Table 1.
Age, weight, height and anthropometric indicators (means and standard deviations) of children under 5 years of age (n 28 941): Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS) 1996–1997, 1999–2000, 2004, 2007 and 2011
| BDHS 1996–1997 (n 4706) | BDHS 1999–2000 (n 5351) | BDHS 2004 (n 5937) | BDHS 2007 (n 5300) | BDHS 2011 (n 7647) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Overall mean | |
| Age of child (months) | 29·2 | 17·3 | 28·5 | 17·5 | 29·3 | 17·1 | 29·6 | 17·1 | 30·4 | 17·4 | 29·4 |
| Weight of child (kg) | 9·7 | 3·0 | 9·9 | 3·1 | 10·0 | 3·0 | 10·1 | 3·0 | 10·4 | 3·1 | 10·1 |
| Height of child (cm) | 79·9 | 12·8 | 80·5 | 13·6 | 81·4 | 13·1 | 82·3 | 13·0 | 83·2 | 13·6 | 81·6 |
| HAZ | −2·3 | 1·5 | −2·0 | 1·4 | −2·0 | 1·4 | −1·7 | 1·3 | −1·7 | 1·4 | −1·9 |
| WAZ | −2·0 | 1·2 | −1·8 | 1·1 | −1·8 | 1·1 | −1·7 | 1·1 | −1·6 | 1·2 | −1·8 |
| WHZ | −1·0 | 1·3 | −0·9 | 1·1 | −0·9 | 1·1 | −1·0 | 1·1 | −0·9 | 1·2 | −0·9 |
HAZ, height/length-for-age Z-score; WAZ, weight-for-age Z-score; WHZ, weight-for-height/length Z-score.