Table 3.

Incidence of stunting^* and of recovery^† from stunting, by country, among children (n 7171) in four low- and middle-income countries; the Young Lives study

				Status at round 2 (%)		Status at round 3 (%)
Country	Round	HAZ status	Status at round 1 (%)	HAZ <−2·0	HAZ ≥ −2·0	HAZ <−2·0	HAZ ≥ −2·0
Ethiopia (n 1710)	1	HAZ <−2·0	45·5	47·4	52·6	32·9	67·1
		HAZ ≥−2·0	54·5	16·1	83·9	9·3	90·7
India (n 1796)	1	HAZ <−2·0	29·3	65·3	34·7	54·3	45·7
		HAZ ≥−2·0	70·7	21·9	78·1	17·7	82·3
Peru (n 1835)	1	HAZ <−2·0	27·9	69·7	30·3	49·2	50·8
		HAZ ≥−2·0	72·1	17·8	82·2	8·1	91·9
Vietnam (n 1830)	1	HAZ <−2·0	21·2	72·9	27·1	54·8	45·2
		HAZ ≥−2·0	78·8	11·2	88·8	9·6	90·4
			Status at round 2 (%)
Ethiopia (n 1710)	2	HAZ <−2·0	30·4			52·6	47·4
		HAZ ≥−2·0	69·6			5·9	94·1
India (n 1796)	2	HAZ <−2·0	34·6			70·3	29·7
		HAZ ≥−2·0	65·4			6·3	93·7
Peru (n 1835)	2	HAZ <−2·0	32·3			53·9	46·1
		HAZ ≥−2·0	67·7			3·2	96·8
Vietnam (n 1830)	2	HAZ <−2·0	24·2			65·2	34·8
		HAZ ≥−2·0	75·8			4·5	95·5

HAZ, height-for-age Z-score.

^*Incidence of stunting is the proportion of children who were not stunted at an earlier survey round but were stunted at a later survey round (stunting is defined as HAZ<−2·0).

^†Incidence of recovery is the proportion of children who were stunted at an earlier survey round but were not stunted at a later survey round.