Table 2.

Anthropometric Z-scores of Infants and young Children in Southern Ethiopia, 2022

Z scores	Age groups	N	%<-3SD95% CI)	%<-2SD(95% CI)	Mean	SD
Weight-for-height	6–11	45	15.6 (3.9, 27.3)	24.4 (10.8, 38.1)	-1.04	1.96
	12–24	163	7.3 (2.8, 11.8)	22.9 (8.6, 28.1)	-0.13	1.81
	Total	208	8.7 (4.6, 12.7)	16.3 (11.1, 21.6)	-0.35	1.84
Height-for-age	6–11	45	0 (0, 1.1)	11.1(0.8, 21.4)	0.74	2.38
	12–24	163	22.2(8.1, 28.1)	25.2 (17.9, 32.4)	-0.36	2.71
	Total	208	10.6 (6.2, 15)	22.6(16.7, 28.5)	-0.17	2.62
Weight for age	6–11	45	2.2 (0, 7.6)	11.1(0.8, 21.4)	-0.52	1.36
	12–24	163	4 (0.5, 7.4)	18.2 (3.3, 28.1)	-0.72	1.36
	Total	208	3.4(0.7, 6.1)	8.7(4.6, 12.7)	-0.38	1.34