Table 2: Percentage distribution of toddler and preschool-aged children, by growth status indicator* category in 2013.
| Age group, yr | No. of children | Percentage (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasting | Normal weight | Risk of overweight† | Overweight‡ | Obesity§ | ||
| All children | ||||||
| 0-2 | 1127 | 6.8 (5.3 to 8.3) | 68.5 (65.7 to 71.3) | 18.0 (15.7 to 20.3) | 5.5 (4.1 to 6.9) | 1.2 (0.5 to 1.8) |
| 2-5 | 1842 | 2.7 (1.9 to 3.4)¶ | 73.5 (71.4 to 75.5)¶ | 18.2 (16.4 to 20.0) | 4.0 (3.0 to 4.9) | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.4) |
| 0-5 | 2969 | 4.2 (3.5 to 5.0) | 71.6 (69.9 to 73.2) | 18.1 (16.7 to 19.5) | 4.5 (3.8 to 5.3) | 1.5 (1.1 to 2.0) |
| Boys | ||||||
| 0-2 | 566 | 8.1 (5.8 to 10.5) | 63.8 (59.7 to 67.8) | 20.1 (16.7 to 23.5) | 6.7 (4.6 to 8.9) | 1.2 (0.2 to 2.2) |
| 2-5 | 918 | 3.7 (2.4 to 5.0) | 70.2 (67.1 to 73.2) | 19.5 (16.9 to 22.1) | 4.4 (3.0 to 5.7) | 2.3 (1.3 to 3.3) |
| 0-5 | 1484 | 5.4 (4.2 to 6.6) | 67.7 (65.3 to 70.1) | 19.7 (17.7 to 21.8) | 5.3 (4.1 to 6.4) | 1.9 (1.2 to 2.6) |
| Girls | ||||||
| 0-2 | 561 | 5.5 (3.5 to 7.5) | 73.3 (69.5 to 77.0)** | 15.9 (12.8 to 19.0) | 4.3 (2.5 to 6.0) | 1.1 (0.1 to 2.0) |
| 2-5 | 924 | 1.6 (0.8 to 2.5) | 76.7 (74.0 to 79.5)** | 16.9 (14.4 to 19.4) | 3.6 (2.3 to 4.8) | 1.2 (0.4 to 1.9) |
| 0-5 | 1485 | 3.1 (2.2 to 4.0)** | 75.4 (73.2 to 77.6)** | 16.5 (14.6 to 18.4) | 3.8 (2.8 to 4.8) | 1.1 (0.6 to 1.7) |
Note: CI = confidence interval.
*For children birth to 2 years of age, weight-for-length was used as the growth status indicator; for children 2 to 5 years of age, BMI-for-age was used as the growth status indicator. Cut-off points are the same for each indicator.
†Cut-off > 85th percentile.
‡Cut-off > 97th percentile.
§Cut-off > 99.9th percentile.
¶Significantly different from toddlers (p < 0.05).
**Significantly different from boys within the same age group (p < 0.05).