Table 6.
Percentage of children not meeting the estimated average requirement of nutrients by age groups and area of residence
| 0·5–0·9 years | 1·0–3·9 years | 4·0–6·9 years | 7·0–12·9 years | 0·5–12·9 years | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | All | Boys | Girls | All | Boys | Girls | All | Boys | Girls | All | Boys | Girls | All | |
| All | |||||||||||||||
| Protein | 10·6 | 5·6 | 8·6 | 0·2 | 0 | 0·1 | 0 | 1·3 | 0·6 | 1·8* | 4·3 | 3·0 | 1·4 | 2·7 | 2·0 |
| Ca | – | – | – | 27·0 | 31·1 | 29·0 | 72·0 | 75·4 | 73·6 | 85·1** | 90·5 | 87·7 | 68·1* | 73·0 | 70·4 |
| Fe$ | 36·4 | 40·4 | 38·0 | 2·9 | 1·1 | 2·0 | 0·4 | 1·0 | 0·7 | 13·3* | 20·4 | 16·7 | 8·9* | 12·3 | 10·5 |
| Thiamine | 23·0 | 10·3 | 18·0 | 8·6 | 8·7 | 8·7 | 10·5 | 15·5 | 12·9 | 32·2** | 42·7 | 37·3 | 21·4** | 27·7 | 24·4 |
| Riboflavin | 16·8 | 5·6 | 12·3 | 2·0 | 0·6 | 1·3 | 3·5 | 4·5 | 4·0 | 20·0 | 19·1 | 19·6 | 11·9 | 11·1 | 11·5 |
| Vitamin C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9·1 | 10·5 | 9·8 | 25·6 | 24·7 | 25·2 | 42·2 | 39·4 | 40·8 | 28·9 | 28·2 | 28·6 |
| Vitamin A | 0 | 5·6 | 2·2 | 6·5 | 8·6 | 7·5 | 15·5 | 12·0 | 13·8 | 18·8** | 26·2 | 22·4 | 14·4* | 18·3 | 16·2 |
| Vitamin D | – | – | – | 68·6 | 71·1 | 69·8 | 79·0 | 82·7 | 80·7 | 90·6 | 92·5 | 91·5 | 82·5 | 85·2 | 83·8 |
| Urban | |||||||||||||||
| Protein | 11·5 | 0 | 7·5 | 0·3 | 0 | 0·1 | 0 | 1·7 | 0·8 | 1·9 | 4·9 | 3·3 | 1·6 | 2·9 | 2·2 |
| Ca | – | – | – | 23·5 | 28·0 | 25·8† | 69·0† | 72·7 | 70·8†† | 83·6 | 88·4† | 85·8†† | 67·1 | 70·1†† | 68·5†† |
| Fe$ | 31·7 | 33·0 | 32·1 | 4·3* | 0·5 | 2·4 | 0·3 | 1·3 | 0·8 | 12·7* | 18·3 | 15·2 | 8·8 | 10·4†† | 9·5† |
| Thiamine | 16·3 | 3·8 | 12·0 | 6·5 | 4·5†† | 5·5†† | 8·3**† | 16·4 | 12·1 | 30·3** | 40·7 | 35·1† | 19·5*† | 25·4† | 22·2††† |
| Riboflavin | 11·5 | 0 | 7·5 | 1·9 | 0·8 | 1·3 | 2·2† | 4·4 | 3·2 | 18·8 | 18·5 | 18·7 | 11·1 | 10·4 | 10·8 |
| Vitamin C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6·8 | 9·8 | 8·3 | 24·3 | 22·9 | 23·7 | 42·3 | 36·6 | 39·7 | 28·8 | 26·0† | 27·5 |
| Vitamin A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4·3 | 5·8† | 5·1†† | 14·1 | 11·9 | 13·1 | 19·4 | 24·3 | 21·7 | 14·2 | 16·3† | 15·2† |
| Vitamin D | – | – | – | 66·4 | 71·4 | 68·8 | 78·1 | 81·7 | 79·8 | 91·2 | 91·8 | 91·4 | 82·6 | 84·4 | 83·4 |
| Rural | |||||||||||||||
| Protein | 8·1 | 13·4 | 10·7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1·2 | 2·8 | 2·1 | 0·9 | 2·2 | 1·6 |
| Ca | – | – | – | 34·1 | 39·4 | 36·4 | 81·7 | 83·8 | 82·7 | 90·1 | 94·9 | 92·8 | 71·0* | 80·3 | 75·7 |
| Fe$ | 48·7 | 50·9 | 49·8 | 0 | 2·6 | 1·1 | 0·9 | 0 | 0·5 | 15·2 | 25·1 | 20·8 | 9·3* | 16·8 | 13·1 |
| Thiamine | 40·6 | 19·4 | 30·0 | 13·0 | 19·8 | 15·9 | 17·8 | 12·6 | 15·4 | 38·7 | 47·1 | 43·3 | 26·8 | 33·5 | 30·2 |
| Riboflavin | 30·8 | 13·4 | 22·1 | 2·2 | 0 | 1·3 | 7·7 | 4·8 | 6·3 | 23·9 | 20·6 | 22·0 | 14·4 | 12·9 | 13·6 |
| Vitamin C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13·8 | 12·2 | 13·2 | 29·8 | 30·5 | 30·1 | 42·1 | 45·5 | 44·0 | 29·2 | 33·4 | 31·3 |
| Vitamin A | 0 | 13·4 | 6·7 | 10·9 | 15·9 | 13·1 | 19·8 | 12·1 | 16·2 | 16·8* | 30·3 | 24·4 | 14·9* | 23·0 | 19·0 |
| Vitamin D | – | – | – | 73·0 | 70·3 | 71·9 | 81·8 | 86·2 | 83·9 | 88·8 | 94·1 | 91·7 | 82·4 | 87·2 | 84·8 |
Percentage values were significantly different from girls of each age group based on complex sampling Pearson’s Chi-square: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
Percentage values were significantly different from rural children based on complex sampling Pearson’s Chi-square: †p < 0.05, ††p < 0.01, †††p < 0.001.
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Values were compared with 15 % bioavailability.