Table 3.
Percentage and 95% CI of women and children with iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in the first (March) and second (December) surveys in urban and rural areas
| Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | Date | N | Percentage and 95% CI | |
| Iron deficiency | Iron deficiency anemia | |||
| Urban | March | 80 | 66.2 (55.8, 76.6) | 37.5 (26.9, 48.1) |
| December | 60 | 45.0 (32.4, 57.6) | 15.0 (6.0, 24.0)** | |
| Rural | March | 41 | 58.5 (43.4, 73.6) | 24.0 (10.9, 37.1) |
| December | 48 | 54.2 (40.1, 68.3) | 14.6 (4.6, 24.6) | |
| Total | March | 121 | 63.6 (55.0, 72.2) | 40.5 (31.8, 49.2) |
| December | 108 | 49.1 (39.7, 58.5) | 14.8 (8.1, 21.5)** | |
| Children | ||||
| Urban | March | 56 | 41.1 (28.2, 54.0) | 7.1 (0.4, 13.8) |
| December | 48 | 20.8 (9.3, 32.3)** | 2.1 (-2.0, 6.2)* | |
| Rural | March | 36 | 66.7 (51.3, 82.1) | 16.7 (4.5, 28.9) |
| December | 57 | 28.1 (16.4, 39.8)** | 14.0 (5.0, 23.0) | |
| Total | March | 92 | 51.1 (40.9, 61.3) | 11.0 (4.6, 17.4) |
| December | 105 | 24.8 (16.5, 33.1)** | 8.6 (3.2, 14.0) | |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.001 by a chi-square test for the difference in the percentage between March and December