Table 3.
Adequacy of salt iodization according to the source of the salt by geographical area
| Sectors test results* | Source of salt | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local market—No. (%) | Total | Food Aid—No. (%) | Total | |||||
| Not iodized | <15 pmm | >15 pmm | Not iodized | <15 pmm | >15 pmm | |||
| Northern | 1,901 (98.9) | 15 (0.8) | 7 (0.4) | 1,923 (100.0) | 3 (33.3) | 6 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100.0) |
| Eastern | 2,543 (96.9) | 43 (1.6) | 39 (1.5) | 2,625 (100.0) | 19 (32.2) | 16 (27.1) | 24 (40.7) | 59 (100.0) |
| Khartoum | 928 (98.5) | 6 (0.6) | 8 (0.8) | 942 (100.0) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (100.0) |
| Central | 3,508 (99.1) | 14 (0.4) | 17 (0.5) | 3,539 (100.0) | 10 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (100.0) |
| Kordofan | 1,668 (93.8) | 47 (2.6) | 64 (3.6) | 1,779 (100.0) | 7 (17.1) | 17 (41.5) | 17 (41.5) | 41 (100.0) |
| Darfur | 1,773 (87.7) | 83 (4.1) | 165 (8.2) | 2,021 (100.0) | 26 (3.2) | 112 (13.6) | 685 (83.2) | 823 (100.0) |
| Upper Nile | 395 (58.6) | 232 (34.4) | 47 (7.0) | 674 (100.0) | 14 (12.6) | 73 (65.8) | 24 (21.6) | 111 (100.0) |
| Bahar-Al-Gazal | 446 (34.8) | 398 (31.1) | 437 (34.1) | 1,281 (100.0) | 44 (25.3) | 63 (36.2) | 67 (38.5) | 174 (100.0) |
| Equatoria | 216 (10.9) | 755 (38.0) | 1,014 (51.1) | 1,985 (100.0) | 17 (20.0) | 40 (47.1) | 28 (32.9) | 85 (100.0) |
| Total | 13,378 (79.8) | 1,593 (9.5) | 1,798 (10.7) | 16,769 (100.0) | 141 (10.7) | 334 (25.3) | 845 (64.0) | 1,320 (100.0) |
*Not iodized: no colour change
<15 ppm (parts per million): slight blue colour change
>15 ppm: deep blue colour change