Table 4.
Prevalence of deficiencies of iron, vitamin A, folate and vitamin B12 by eco-region: women of reproductive age (aged 15–49 years), Côte d'Ivoire, 2007
| Eco-region | Anaemia* (%) | Fe deficiency† (%) | Fe-deficient erythropoiesis (%) | Fe-deficiency anaemia (%) | VAD (%) | Folate deficiency (%) | Vitamin B12 deficiency‡ (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West | 52·8 | 22·1 | 9·6 | 10·6 | – | 77·5 | 29·8 |
| North-west | 37·9 | 28·6 | 7·1 | 17·9 | – | 96·4 | 36·4 |
| North | 54·7 | 15·6 | 7·8 | 12·7 | 1·6 | 88·3 | 48·6 |
| North-east | 44·0 | 15·4 | 6·7 | 8·9 | – | 78·7 | 40·4 |
| Central | 38·0 | 14·1 | 7·0 | 7·1 | – | 74·2 | 20·0 |
| Central-west | 50·0 | 21·0 | 7·0 | 16·8 | 3·0 | 83·7 | 11·5 |
| South-east | 54·3 | 15·4 | 4·8 | 11·7 | – | 92·1 | 7·0 |
| South | 63·1 | 13·6 | 7·7 | 12·5 | 1·2 | 89·8 | 6·2 |
| Abidjan | 42·5 | 15·4 | 4·7 | 10·1 | 0·7 | 96·2 | – |
| P | 0·001 | NS | NS | NS | NS | <0·001 | <0·001 |
VAD, vitamin A deficiency; sTfR; soluble transferrin receptor; RBP, retinol-binding protein.
*Anaemia, Hb <120 g/l; Fe deficiency, ferritin <15 μg/l; Fe-deficient erythropoiesis, sTFR >8·3 mg/l; Fe-deficiency anaemia, ferritin <15 μg/l and Hb <120 g/l; VAD, RBP <0·7 μmol/l; folate deficiency, plasma folate <10 nmol/l; vitamin B12 deficiency, plasma vitamin B12 <150 pmol/l.
†Adjusted for inflammation.
‡Random sub-sample of half of women of reproductive age.