. 2014 Feb 13;151(3):208–229. doi: 10.1111/ppl.12144

Table 1.

Estimated supply and deficiency, by region and overall, for 46 African countries. EAR, estimated average requirement; M, million

Region	2010 population	Energy supply	Calcium				Copper				Iron
	2010 population	Energy supply	EAR	Supply	Deficiency		EAR	Supply	Deficiency		EAR	Supply	Deficiency
	M	(kcal capita⁻¹ day⁻¹)	mg capita⁻¹ day⁻¹		%	M	mg capita⁻¹ day⁻¹		%	M	mg capita⁻¹ day⁻¹		%	M
Northern	208.9	3510	643	599	62	129.1	0.61	2.59	0.1	0.3	10.7	22.8	2.1	4.3
Eastern	311.5	2390	636	583	69	215.0	0.58	1.80	0.6	1.9	10.3	16.8	14.1	43.9
Southern	57.8	3360	645	353	99	57.3	0.61	1.93	0.3	0.2	10.7	18.8	4.6	2.7
Western	303.8	3261	633	746	36	108.9	0.58	2.39	1.1	3.5	10.3	44.3	0.3	0.9
Middle	125.8	2355	632	764	31	38.6	0.58	1.44	3.7	4.7	10.2	26.2	1.6	2.0
Mean (population-weighted)		2937	636	645	54		0.59	2.11	1.1		10.4	27.6	5.3
National median of 46 countries		2723	635	574	67		0.59	1.84	0.3		10.4	22.8	1.6
Total	1007.8					549.0				10.6				53.8