Table 4. Malaria, anemia and nutritional status in children surveyed.
| Ecological Region | Children surveyed | Confirmed malaria* | Anemia | Obese† | Overweight† | Thinness or severe thinness† |
| N | N | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| I | 713 | 0 | 93 (13.0%) | 22 (3.1%) | 68 (9.5%) | 13 (1.8%) |
| II | 347 | 0 | 148 (42.7%) | 19 (5.5%) | 36 (10.4%) | 14 (4%) |
| III | 405 | 5 | 47 (11.6%) | 11 (2.7%) | 36 (8.9%) | 12 (3%) |
| IV | 360 | 0 | 59 (16.4%) | 22 (6.1%) | 46 (12.8%) | 6 (1.7%) |
| V | 431 | 0 | 62 (14.4%) | 10 (2.3%) | 32 (7.4%) | 5 (1.2%) |
| VI | 298 | 0 | 81 (27.2%) | 28 (9.4%) | 48 (16.1%) | 8 (2.7%) |
| Total | 2554 | 5 | 490 (19.2%) | 112 (4.4%) | 266 (10.4%) | 58 (2.3%) |
*Using polymerase chain reaction.
†
Obese (>+2 Standard deviations), Overweight (>+1 SD & ≤+2SD), Thin (<−2 SD and ≥−3SD) and Severe thinness (<−3 SD) according to WHO standards.