Table 2.

Vitamin A deficiency in non-pregnant and pregnant mothers in Pakistan

Level of deficiency		Total	Residence		Province/Region
			Urban	Rural	Punjab	Sindh	KPK	Baluchistan	FATA	AJK	Gilgit
Severe (<0.35 μmol/L)	NPM	17.8	10.1	21	19.2	10.3	38	20.3	48.2	0.5	8.5
	PM	19.9	15.6	21.5	20.5	16.5	47.7	26.7	0	0	20.9
Mild (0.35-0.70 μmol/L)	NPM	25.4	24.2	25.9	24.3	25.9	33.7	29.9	35	12	30.5
	PM	28.8	25.8	30	26	33	37.5	35.8	0	30.6	23.6
Non-deficient (>0.70 μmol/L)	NPM	56.9	65.7	53.1	56.6	63.8	28.3	49.8	16.8	87.5	61
	PM	1.2	58.6	48.4	53.5	50.5	14.8	37.5	0	69.4	55.5
Subject (No.)	NPM	6,925	2,686	4,239	3,502	1,819	434	435	57	394	284
	PM	912	329	583	497	285	30	36	0	42	22

AJK=Azad Jammu Kashmir;

FATA=Federally Administered Tribal Areas;

KPK=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa;

NPM=Non-pregnant mothers;

PM=Pregnant mothers;

Derived from NNS 2011 (6)