Table 2.
Prevalence of anemia by age, sex and place of residence
| |
Characteristic | Sample size (n) |
Prevalence of anemia % (Weighted) |
Prevalence of anemia % (Unweighted) |
p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of residence | (95% confidence interval) | (95% confidence interval) | |||
|
Urban |
Total |
695 |
67·5 (64·3 – 70·9) |
68·8 (65·3 – 72·2) |
|
|
Age** (Years) |
|
|
|
||
| 6 months<age< 1 |
73 |
75·0 (64·6 - 84·4) |
75·3 (64·8 - 85·3) |
||
| 1≤ age < 2 |
176 |
81·2 (75·7 - 86·9) |
81·2 (75·2 - 87·0) |
|
|
| 2≤ age < 3 |
149 |
69·1 (61·9 - 76·3) |
69·8 (62·6 - 77·6) |
< 0·0001 |
|
| 3≤ age <4 |
150 |
61·6 (54·1 - 68·6) |
62·7 (54·5 - 70·3) |
|
|
| 4≤ age <5 |
147 |
53·2 (45·5 - 60·7) |
55·8 (47·3 - 63·6) |
|
|
| < 2 |
398 |
79·4 (74·7-84·4) |
79·5(74·5-84·6) |
< 0·0001 |
|
| 2≤ age <5 |
297 |
61·3 (57·0-65·5) |
62·8 (58·3-67·3) |
||
|
Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
350 |
68·2 (63·6 - 72·7) |
70·0 (65·2 - 74·8) |
0·694 |
|
| Female |
345 |
66·8 (61·7 - 71·3) |
67·5 (62·6 - 72·5) |
||
| |
Total |
1473 |
84·8 (82·8 - 86·7) |
85·4 (83·6 – 87·2) |
|
| Rural |
Age** (Years) |
|
|
|
|
| 6 months<age< 1 |
187 |
90·1 (85·5 - 94·8) |
90·9 (86·7 - 95·0) |
|
|
| 1≤ age < 2 |
345 |
87·5 (83·6 - 91·0) |
90·1 (86·9 - 93·3) |
|
|
| 2≤ age < 3 |
316 |
86·2 (82·0 - 90·1) |
86·4 (82·4 - 90·1) |
0·015 |
|
| 3≤ age <4 |
282 |
82·6 (77·8 - 87·1) |
82·3 (77·6 - 86·6) |
|
|
| 4≤ age <5 |
343 |
80·0 (75·4 - 84·4) |
79·3 (74·9 - 63·6) |
|
|
| < 2 |
848 |
88·4 (85·5-91·3) |
90·4 (87·9 - 92·9) |
0·006 |
|
| 2≤ age <5 |
625 |
82·8 (80·3-85·3) |
82·6 (80·1 – 85·0) |
||
|
Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
745 |
86·3 (83·5 - 88·8) |
86·7 (84·3 - 89·2) |
0·108 | |
| Female | 728 | 83·2 (80·3 - 86·1) | 84·1 (81·4 - 86·7) |
*p-value shows the difference in prevalence across the various groups within each category.
**only children aged from 6 months to below 5 years are included in the analysis.