Table 1.
Annual percentage changes in child growth failure in children younger than 5 years in China.
| Location | Stunting | Wasting | Underweight | ||||||||
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Year | APCa (95% CI) | P value | Year | APC (95% CI) | P value | Year | APC (95% CI) | P value | ||
| China | 2000-2004 | –4.34 (–4.50 to –4.19) | <.001 | 2000-2004 | –0.85 (–0.88 to –0.82) | <.001 | 2000-2005 | –4.52 (–4.58 to –4.46) | <.001 | ||
| China | 2004-2008 | –3.18 (–3.51 to –2.85) | <.001 | 2004-2010 | –0.92 (–0.94 to –0.90) | <.001 | 2005-2010 | –3.74 (–3.84 to –3.64) | <.001 | ||
| China | 2008-2017 | –1.85 (–1.87 to –1.84) | <.001 | 2010-2017 | –0.29 (–0.30 to –0.27) | <.001 | 2010-2017 | –2.08 (–2.15 to –2.01) | <.001 | ||
| China | 2017-2019 | –0.08 (–1.48 to 1.34) | .91 | 2017-2019 | 0.03 (–0.16 to 0.21) | .75 | 2017-2019 | 0.03 (–0.75 to 0.82) | .93 | ||
aAPC: annual percentage change.