Table 3.

Comparison of vitamin A deficiency of children between 2002 and 2012(%/n)

Age group (year)	2002						2012
	Urban			Rural			Urban			Rural
	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total
6–9	5.06/24	4.38/21	4.72/45	13.35/250	12.14/218	12.76/468	11.90/85	9.41/65	10.68/150	9.45/92	8.24/79	8.85/171
10–13	2.64/9	2.55/9	2.59/18a	6.64/96	7.38/104	7.00/200b	8.61/44	7.66/42	7.64/86c	6.80/54	4.08/31	5.47/85d
Total	3.83/63			10.24/668			9.33/236e			7.34/256f
	8.95/731						8.18/492g

^aIn urban areas at 2002, 10–13 age group compared to 6–9 age group, x ² = 4.998 p = 0.025 statistically significant

^bIn rural areas at 2002, 10–13 age group compared to6–9 age group, x ² = 5.765 p = 0.000 statistically significant

^cIn urban areas at 2012, 10–13 age group compared to 6–9 age group, x ² = 6.789 p = 0.009 statistically significant

^dIn rural areas at 2012, 10–13 age group compared to 6–9 age group, x ² = 14.791 p = 0.000 statistically significant

^eIn urban areas at 2012 compared to urban in 2002, x ² = 45.456 p = 0.000 statistically significant

^fIn rural areas at 2012compared to rural in 2002, x ² = 33.257 p = 0.000 statistically significant

^gcompared to 2002, x ² = 2.602 p = 0.107 no statistically significant