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. 2009 Jan 29;4(1):e4313. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004313

Table 2. Principal outcome for children admitted in MSF nutritional program, Maradi region, Niger, 2006.

Moderate acute malnutrition N = 58,126* Severe acute malnutrition N = 4,684
N (%) N (%)
Recovered 55,150 (94.9) 3,717 (79.4)
Died 285 (0.5) 174 (3.7)
Defaulted 2,240 (3.9) 537 (11.5)
Transferred or discharged** 451 (0.8) 256 (5.5)
*

Results exclude 3 outpatient centers with unreliable information.

**

Children discharged when not responding to treatment: 522.