Table 3.
Average annual rate of reduction (AAAR) of prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting by selected background characteristics of children under 5 years of age (n 28 941), Bangladesh, 1996 to 2011
| Stunting | Underweight | Wasting | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AARR* (%) | AARR† (%) | AARR‡ (%) | AARR§ (%) | AARR|| (%) | AARR* (%) | AARR† (%) | AARR‡ (%) | AARR§ (%) | AARR|| (%) | AARR* (%) | AARR† (%) | AARR‡ (%) | AARR§ (%) | AARR|| (%) | |
| National level | 5·08 | 0·33 | 4·88 | 0·98 | 2·84 | 7·04 | −0·35 | 1·19 | 2·72 | 2·69 | 15·60 | −4·25 | −5·62 | 2·62 | 2·47 |
| Sex of child | |||||||||||||||
| Female | 5·06 | 0·58 | 4·83 | 0·21 | 2·70 | 6·68 | 0·32 | 0·18 | 2·18 | 2·38 | 15·51 | −3·77 | −6·87 | 2·16 | 2·15 |
| Male | 5·17 | 0·05 | 4·99 | 1·73 | 3·01 | 7·43 | −1·10 | 2·22 | 3·34 | 3·02 | 15·56 | −4·43 | −4·60 | 3·02 | 2·75 |
| Maternal education | |||||||||||||||
| No education | 3·72 | −0·02 | 4·19 | 0·12 | 2·02 | 5·37 | −0·61 | 2·44 | −0·94 | 1·59 | 13·53 | −3·00 | −4·94 | 1·87 | 2·14 |
| Primary | 4·58 | −0·15 | 2·74 | 0·85 | 2·02 | 5·87 | −0·70 | −2·31 | 2·16 | 1·30 | 13·87 | −5·85 | −9·30 | 1·27 | 0·41 |
| Secondary or higher | 3·45 | −2·21 | 3·96 | −0·26 | 1·27 | 7·50 | −4·04 | −0·85 | 4·09 | 1·77 | 19·68 | −7·77 | −5·44 | 2·96 | 2·99 |
| Maternal BMI (kg/m2) | |||||||||||||||
| Underweight (BMI<18·5) | 4·23 | −0·94 | 5·38 | −1·28 | 1·89 | 5·14 | −1·31 | 1·05 | 0·64 | 1·41 | 12·79 | −4·62 | −5·45 | 3·00 | 1·71 |
| Normal (18·5≤BMI<25·0) | 5·48 | 0·26 | 3·82 | 1·53 | 2·79 | 7·29 | −1·32 | −0·25 | 3·22 | 2·29 | 15·81 | −6·00 | −8·39 | 2·08 | 1·35 |
| Overweight (BMI≥25·0) | 10·25 | 0·97 | 4·88 | −3·89 | 3·19 | 18·16 | 4·45 | 1·37 | −5·89 | 4·94 | 29·09 | −5·65 | 1·67 | −5·49 | 6·11 |
| Residence | |||||||||||||||
| Urban | 2·76 | −1·49 | 6·11 | −0·02 | 1·88 | 3·90 | −1·99 | 3·47 | 4·06 | 2·39 | 10·98 | −5·50 | −1·73 | 0·88 | 1·35 |
| Rural | 4·79 | 0·46 | 4·58 | 1·15 | 2·76 | 6·83 | −0·27 | 0·60 | 2·41 | 2·43 | 15·58 | −3·97 | −6·55 | 2·92 | 2·38 |
| Division | |||||||||||||||
| Barisal | 7·63 | −1·43 | 5·02 | 1·44 | 3·23 | 5·78 | 2·47 | −3·82 | 3·42 | 2·02 | 8·58 | 7·58 | −23·11 | 4·59 | 0·19 |
| Chittagong | 4·32 | −0·19 | 4·76 | 2·17 | 2·78 | 8·48 | −1·86 | 2·97 | 2·33 | 3·05 | 20·55 | −6·29 | −3·48 | 2·50 | 3·92 |
| Dhaka | 5·39 | −0·59 | 5·55 | 0·21 | 2·68 | 7·05 | −0·92 | 1·63 | 2·11 | 2·51 | 13·47 | −2·24 | −5·78 | −0·15 | 1·61 |
| Khulna | 5·68 | 2·64 | 4·44 | 0·87 | 3·43 | 9·50 | −0·66 | 0·67 | 3·94 | 3·44 | 19·58 | −10·19 | −4·68 | 5·52 | 3·24 |
| Rajshahi | 5·58 | 0·52 | 4·35 | 4·71 | 3·81 | 5·87 | 0·32 | −0·29 | 5·25 | 2·83 | 11·72 | −4·49 | −4·85 | 3·28 | 1·65 |
| Sylhet | 2·23 | 3·14 | 5·96 | −2·96 | 2·15 | 4·56 | 1·73 | 3·51 | −1·83 | 2·02 | 15·94 | −3·37 | −5·86 | −0·37 | 1·98 |
| Wealth quintile | |||||||||||||||
| Poorest | 1·79 | −0·20 | 4·37 | 0·11 | 1·53 | 3·35 | −0·82 | 3·10 | 0·00 | 1·43 | 12·25 | −2·59 | −4·65 | 3·22 | 2·28 |
| Poor | 6·10 | 0·57 | 2·88 | 2·07 | 2·93 | 8·57 | −0·98 | 0·65 | 2·13 | 2·66 | 13·69 | −2·66 | −5·05 | 2·83 | 2·48 |
| Middle | 4·96 | 1·97 | 5·44 | 0·97 | 3·35 | 8·00 | 2·78 | −2·16 | 3·40 | 3·07 | 20·00 | −7·74 | −3·20 | −0·70 | 2·72 |
| Rich | 8·20 | −1·79 | 6·50 | 1·53 | 3·69 | 10·35 | −2·40 | 0·72 | 6·84 | 4·01 | 17·97 | −1·70 | −13·34 | 6·05 | 2·92 |
| Richest | 8·33 | 0·33 | 4·39 | 0·58 | 3·46 | 9·49 | −1·58 | −0·07 | 5·05 | 3·32 | 18·29 | −9·61 | −5·14 | 1·59 | 1·89 |
*
AARR for the period 1996–1997 to 1999–2000.
†
AARR for the period 1999–2000 to 2004.
‡
AARR for the period 2004 to 2007.
§
AARR for the period 2007 to 2011.
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Overall AARR for the period 1996–1997 to 2011.