Table 2.

Classification of states according to the percentage of households having access to iodized salt

Group	State
Group 1: More than 90% of the households having access to iodized salt	Only one state: Central Equatoria (iodized—96.9%; adequately iodized—78.9%)
Group 2: 50-90% of the households having access to iodized salt	7 states: Upper Nile (iodized—87.4%, adequately iodized—14.6%); Lakes (iodized—84.6%, adequately iodized—59.3%); West Equatoria (iodized—81.4%, adequately iodized—13.4%); East Equatoria (iodized—81.1%, adequately iodized—50.5%); Warab (iodized—77.3%, adequately iodized—11.7%); Unity (iodized—58.3%, adequately iodized—10.8%); West Bahr Al-Gazal (iodized—57.7%, adequately iodized—31.4%)
Group 3: 20-50% of the households having access to iodized salt	5 states: West Darfur (44.1%), Northern Darfur (44.0%), Northern Bahr Al-Gazal (39.7%), Jongolei (26.1%), South Darfur (23.0%)
Group 4: Less than 20% of the households having access to iodized salt	12 states: Northern Kordofan (8.2%), Red Sea (8.0%), South Kordofan (8.0%), Gadarif (4.4%), Kassala (2.6%), River Nile (2.0%), Khartoum (1.8%), White Nile (1.5%), Sinnar (1.5%), Northern state (1.0%), Blue Nile (1.0%), Gezira (0.4%)