Table 3.
Prevalence of anemia by age and region
| Region total (95% CI) | Characteristic age (Years) | Sample size (n) |
Prevalence of anemia % (Weighted) |
Prevalence of anemia % (Unweighted) |
p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (95% Confidence interval) | (95% Confidence interval) | ||||
|
Western |
6 months<age<1 |
21 |
90·3 (70·7-98·3) |
90·5 (68·2,98·3) |
0·2625 |
| 1≤age<2 |
46 |
77·1 (64·5-89·7) |
80·4 (65·6-90·1) |
||
| 2≤age<3 |
46 |
85·3 (74·8-95·8) |
89·1 (75·6-95·9) |
||
| 79·3 (73·0-84·6) |
3≤age<4 |
38 |
69·1 (54·1-84·1) |
73·7 (56·6,86·0) |
|
| 4≤age<5 |
44 |
79·7 (67·6-91·8) |
84·1 (69·3-92·8) |
||
|
Central |
6 months<age<1 |
17 |
93·5 (71·6-99·4) |
94·1 (69·2-99·7) |
0·6521 |
| 1≤age<2 |
38 |
84·4 (74·3-94·6) |
86·8 (71·1-95·1) |
||
| 2≤age<3 |
40 |
88·6 (79·5-97·8) |
85·0 (69·5-93·8) |
||
| 85·4 (79·4-90·0) |
3≤age<4 |
21 |
82·8 (68·0-97·5) |
81·0 (57·4-93·7) |
|
| 4≤age<5 |
30 |
80·5 (67·6-93·4) |
80·0 (60·9-91·6) |
||
|
Greater Accra |
6 months<age<1 |
14 |
65·4 (39·8-91·0) |
64·3 (35·6-86·0) |
0·0379 |
| 1≤age<2 |
44 |
79·4 (68·4-90·4) |
77·3 (61·8-88·0) |
||
| 2≤age<3 |
47 |
55·2(42·1-68·3) |
55·3 (40·2-69·5) |
||
| 62·3 (56·0-68·3) |
3≤age<4 |
44 |
61·5 (48·3-74·7) |
61·4 (45·5-75·3) |
|
| 4≤age<5 |
50 |
54·1 (41·7-66·5) |
52·0 (37·6-66·1) |
||
|
Volta |
6 months<age<1 |
29 |
81·3 (66·9-95·7) |
82·8 (63·5-93·5) |
0·0209 |
| 1≤age<2 |
39 |
98·0 (85·3-99·9) |
97·4 (84·9-99·9) |
||
| 2≤age<3 |
36 |
76·6 (62·0-91·3) |
75·0 (57·4-87·2) |
||
| 79·5 (72·8-84·9) |
3≤age<4 |
44 |
69·6 (55·6-83·7) |
65·9 (50·9-79·1) |
|
| 4≤age<5 |
36 |
73·4 (58·3-88·6) |
69·4 (51·7-83·1) |
||
|
Eastern |
6 months<age<1 |
22 |
76·9 (57·3-96·5) |
77·3 (54·2-91·3) |
0·5799 |
| 1≤age<2 |
54 |
75·6 (63·5-87·8) |
77·8 (64·1-87·5) |
||
| 2≤age<3 |
40 |
81·0 (67·6-94·3) |
80·0 (63·9-90·4) |
||
| 73·4 (66·3-79·5) |
3≤age<4 |
32 |
67·1 (50·2-84·0) |
68·8 (49·8-83·3) |
|
| 4≤age<5 |
41 |
66·9 (51·7-82·1) |
65·9 (49·3-79·4) |
||
|
Ashanti |
6 months<age<1 |
32 |
82·7 (70·6-94·8) |
84·4 (66·5-94·1) |
0·3337 |
| 1≤age<2 |
80 |
83·1 (75·7-90·4) |
83·8 (73·4-90·7) |
||
| 2≤age<3 |
71 |
81.9 (73·6-90·2) |
81·7 (70·4-89·5) |
||
| 79·8 (75·5-83·5) |
3≤age<4 |
71 |
80·3 (71·9-88·8) |
80·3 (68·8-88·4) |
|
| 4≤age<5 |
70 |
71·8 (62·2-81·5) |
71·4 (59·2-81·3) |
||
|
Brong Ahafo |
6 months<age<1 |
28 |
88·3 (69·2-96·8) |
89·3 (70·6-97·2) |
0·1683 |
| 1≤age<2 |
48 |
85·3 (74·9-95·7) |
85·4 (71·6-93·5) |
||
| 2≤age<3 |
48 |
80·4 (68·2-92·5) |
83·3 (69·2-92·0) |
||
| 78·0 (71·9-83·2) |
3≤age<4 |
52 |
71·3 (59·1-83·5) |
73·1 (58·7-84·0) |
|
| 4≤age<5 |
42 |
70·1 (56·1-84·0) |
71·4 (55·2-83·8) |
||
|
Northern |
6 months<age<1 |
44 |
91·8 (78·2-97·6) |
90·9 (77·4-97·0) |
< 0·0001 |
| 1≤age<2 |
76 |
92·8 (86·6-99·1) |
92·1 (83·0-96·7) |
||
| 2≤age<3 |
64 |
87·0 (78·4-95·6) |
89·1 (78·2-95·1) |
||
| 82·0 (77·2-86·0) |
3≤age<4 |
68 |
80·4 (70·3-90·6) |
83·8 (72·5-91·3) |
|
| 4≤age<5 |
83 |
64·8 (54·2-75·5) |
68·7 (57·4-78·2) |
||
|
Upper East |
6 months<age<1 |
23 |
86·0 (55·5-97·8) |
87·0 (65·3-96·6) |
0·9680 |
| 1≤age<2 |
32 |
92·0 (70·8-98·8) |
90·6 (73·8-97·5) |
||
| 2≤age<3 |
28 |
90·9 (67·1-98·7) |
85·7 (66·4-95·3) |
||
| 88·9 (80·9-94·0) |
3≤age<4 |
32 |
86·2 (62·2-96·7) |
84·3 (66·5-94·1) |
|
| 4≤age<5 |
43 |
88·6 (70·0-96·8) |
88·4 (74·1-95·6) |
||
|
Upper West |
6 months<age<1 |
30 |
97·1 (52·6-100·0) |
93·3 (76·5-98·8) |
0·3573 |
| 1≤age<2 |
64 |
98·7 (75·9-100·0) |
98·4 (90·5-99·9) |
||
| 2≤age<3 |
45 |
84·3 (52·7-97·3) |
84·4 (69·9-93·0) |
||
| 88·1(76·4-94·6) | 3≤age<4 |
30 |
78·2 (40·2-96·3) |
80·0 (60·9-91·6) |
|
| 4≤age<5 | 51 | 79·5 (49·1-94·9) | 78·4 (64·3-88·2) |
*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.