Table 4.

Nutritional status of children and women by demographic factors (Malawi DHS 2000)

	HAZ		WHZ		WAZ			Women		Height	BMI
Age	<−3.0	<−2.0	<−3.0	<−2.0	<−3.0	<−2.0			Mean	% < 145	% < 18.5	% > 25.0
< 6 months	3.0	11.4	1.3	5.8	1.3	5.9		15 – 19	154.5	4.9	16.6	5.3
6 – 9	10.2	26.4	2.0	8.9	5.0	23.9		20 – 24	155.9	2.7	6.7	9.5
10 – 11	13.4	31.8	2.7	10.3	6.5	29.1		25 – 29	155.9	2.6	6.0	13.2
12 – 15	21.4	46.5	1.6	13.0	11.4	38.9		30 – 34	156.6	2.1	7.2	13.4
16 – 23	34.0	64.0	1.9	8.2	8.4	35.3		35 – 39	156.1	2.1	5.6	19.3
24 – 35	29.4	55.6	1.1	4.8	8.8	31.1		40 – 44	156.2	2.6	6.1	17.8
36 – 47	30.8	59.1	0.7	2.1	3.4	21.3		45 – 49	156.2	2.0	8.3	13.4
48 – 59	27.6	57.4	0.6	1.5	3.5	20.5
Sex								Residence
male	25.8	50.5	1.2	5.1	6.0	25.7		Urban	157.0	1.9	5.5	23.4
female	23.0	47.6	1.3	6.0	5.7	25.1		Rural	155.5	3.2	9.4	9.5
Residence
Urban	13.5	34.2	0.9	4.9	1.4	12.8		Region
Rural	26.1	51.2	1.3	5.6	6.5	27.3		Northern	155.3	3.6	7.5	10.1
Region								Central	156.1	2.5	7.7	12.0
North	16.2	39.0	1.0	4.7	3.4	17.4		Southern	155.5	3.3	9.9	12.1
Centre	30.2	55.5	1.2	5.0	6.7	27.9
South	20.9	45.3	1.3	6.2	5.7	25.0		Districts
Districts								Blantyre	157.0	1.6	6.5	22.8
Blantyre	13.5	38.1	1.2	6.7	3.8	18.0		Karonga	155.7	4.3	8.0	12.0
Karonga	14.6	38.8	0.4	5.2	3.1	16.0		Kasungu	156.2	2.8	8.2	13.2
Kasungu	20.9	47.4	0.6	2.7	2.8	20.7		Lilongwe	156.7	1.4	5.1	15.6
Lilongwe	31.6	54.2	1.6	5.9	7.2	27.6		Mangochi	154.7	4.4	9.7	11.0
Mangochi	24.2	47.5	1.1	5.7	8.5	28.8		Mulanje	154.8	3.7	12.8	9.2
Mulanje	26.1	49.5	1.1	4.0	5.2	27.7		Mzimba	155.4	2.9	7.8	9.8
Mzimba	17.8	43.9	1.1	4.0	3.3	18.7		Salima	155.4	3.4	12.3	7.8
Salima	25.6	54.6	1.8	5.7	8.8	29.0		Thyolo	155.0	4.1	10.9	7.7
Thyolo	23.2	46.3	1.0	4.5	5.5	25.9		Zomba	155.5	2.9	8.4	10.4
Zomba	21.4	45.7	2.4	7.7	7.8	24.6