Table 1. Admissions and programme outcomes among children admitted with severe acute malnutrition to the Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, India 2009–2011.

	Admissions		Deaths			Defaulters			Discharged
	n	%	n	%	Rate	n	%	Rate	n	%	Rate
Total	6041	100	30	100.0	0.50	1413	100.0	23.4	4598	100.0	76.1
Girls	3169	52.5	12	40.0	0.38	693	49.0	21.9	2464	53.6	77.8
Boys	2872	47.5	18	60.0	0.63	720	51.0	25.1	2134	46.4	74.3
6–11 Months old	2082	34.5	10	33.3	0.48	499	35.3	24.0	1573	34.2	75.6
12–23 Months old	2728	45.2	12	40.0	0.44	639	45.2	23.4	2077	45.2	76.1
24–59 Months old	1231	20.4	8	26.7	0.65	275	19.5	22.3	948	20.6	77.0
Scheduled caste (SC)	1313	21.7	4	13.3	0.30	321	22.7	24.4	988	21.5	75.2
Scheduled tribe (ST)	2575	42.6	15	50.0	0.58	477	33.8	18.5	2083	45.3	80.9
Non SC-ST	2153	35.6	11	36.7	0.51	615	43.5	28.6	1527	33.2	70.9
Jharkhand	2671	44.2	17	56.7	0.64	546	38.6	20.4	2108	45.8	78.9
Madhya Pradesh	2376	39.3	2	6.7	0.08	460	32.6	19.4	1914	41.6	80.6
Uttar Pradesh	994	16.5	11	36.7	1.11	407	26.0	36.9	576	12.5	57.9
With bilateral pitting oedema	217	3.6	10	33.3	4.61	61	4.3	28.1	146	3.2	67.3
With severe wasting	5824	96.4	20	66.7	0.34	1352	95.7	23.2	4452	96.8	76.4
MUAC <115 and WHZ>−3	823	13.6	1	3.3	0.12	190	13.4	23.1	632	13.7	76.8
WHZ ⩽−3 and MUAC ⩾115	1259	20.8	1	3.3	0.08	300	21.2	23.8	958	20.8	76.1
MUAC <115 and WHZ ⩽−3	3742	61.9	18	60.0	0.48	862	61.0	23.0	2862	62.2	76.5
Complicated severe wasting	1803	29.8	10	33.3	0.55	357	25.3	19.8	1436	31.2	79.6
Uncomplicated severe wasting	4021	66.6	10	33.3	0.25	995	70.4	24.7	3016	65.6	75.0

Abbreviations: MUAC, mid-upper-arm circumference; WHZ, weight-for-height z-score.