Table 2.
Percentages and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) of subjects with anemia in the first (March) and second (December) surveys according to survey area
| Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | Date | N | Percentage and 95% CI of subjects with anemia | |||
| Mild | Moderate | Severe | Total | |||
| Urban | March | 80 | 30.0 (20.0, 40.0) | 13.7 (6.2, 21.2) | 1.2 (-1.2, 3.6) | 45.0 (34.1, 55.9) |
| December | 62 | 33.9 (22.1, 45.7) | 8.1 (1.3, 14.9) | 1.6 (-1.5, 4.7) | 43.6 (31.3, 55.9) | |
| Rural | March | 41 | 29.3 (15.4, 43.2) | 29.3 (15.4, 43.2) | 7.3 (-0.7, 15.3) | 65.9 (51.4, 80.4) |
| December | 52 | 28.8 (16.5, 41.1) | 19.2 (8.5, 29.9) | 0.0 | 48.0 (34.4, 61.6)* | |
| Total | March | 121 | 29.7 (21.6, 37.8) | 19.0 (12.0, 26.0) | 3.3 (0.1, 6.5) | 52.0 (43.1, 60.9) |
| December | 114 | 31.6 (23.1, 40.1) | 13.1 (6.9, 19.3) | 0.9 (-0.8, 2.6) | 45.6 (36.5, 54.7) | |
| Children | ||||||
| Urban | March | 57 | 49.1 (36.1, 62.1) | 12.3 (3.8, 20.8) | 1.7 (-1.7, 5.1) | 63.1 (50.6, 75.6) |
| December | 52 | 11.5 (2.8, 20.2) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.5 (2.8, 20.2)** | |
| Rural | March | 41 | 34.1 (19.6, 48.6) | 19.5 (7.4, 31.6) | 0.0 | 53.6 (38.3, 68.9) |
| December | 57 | 49.1 (36.1, 62.1) | 3.5 (-1.3, 8.3) | 0.0 | 52.6 (39.6, 65.6) | |
| Total | March | 98 | 42.8 (33.0, 52.6) | 15.3 (8.2, 22.4) | 1.0 (-1.0, 3.0) | 58.1 (48.3, 67.9) |
| December | 109 | 31.2 (22.5, 39.9) | 1.8 (-0.7, 4.3) | 0.0 | 33.0(24.2, 41.8)** | |
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001 by a chi-square test for the difference in the percentage between March and December