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. 2016 Nov 16;10:26. doi: 10.1186/s13031-016-0093-6

Table 4.

Anemia prevalence in children 6–59 months of age and mean hemoglobin levels, Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, 2013–2014a

Jordan 2014 Lebanon 2013
Za’atri (Refugee Camp) National (Outside Camp) North South Beirut Bekaa
Anemia (6–59 mo)
 Total anemia (Hb < 11.0 g/dL) 48.4 (42.0–54.9) 26.1 (21.3–30.8) 25.8 (15.9–34.7) 23.4 (16.3–30.6) 21.2 (15.9–27.7) 13.9 (8.2–19.6)
 Mild anemia (Hb 10.0–10.9 g/dL) 27.7 (23.0–23.3) 18.5 (14.8–22.2) 20.0 (18.8–28.2) 17.2 (11.0–23.5) 16.3 (11.3–21.2) 12.7 (7.6–17.7)
 Moderate anemia (Hb 7.0–9.9 g/dL) 20.4 (16.3–24.5) 7.6 (5.0–10.1) 5.8 (2.8–8.8) 6.2 (1.5–10.9) 4.9 (1.8–8.0) 1.3 (0–3.1)
 Severe anemia (Hb < 7.0 g/dL) 0.3 (0–1.0) 0 0 0 0 0
Anemia (6–23 mo)
 Total anemia (Hb < 11.0 g/dL) 64.0 (54.0–74.0) 36.6 (28.9–44.3) 42.9 (30.3–55.4) 30.8 (17.6–44.0) 27.7 (17.9–37.5) 24.1 (14.1–34.2)
 Moderate or Severe (Hb <10.0 g/dL) 29.7 (23.1–37.4) 12.2 (7.5–19.1) 9.5 (2.3–16.8) 13.5 (2.8–24.1) 6.2 (2.4–15.2) 1.7 (0–5.4)
Anemia (24–59 mo)
 Total anemia (Hb < 11.0 g/dL) 40.1 (31.9–48.3) 20.5 (15.0–26.0) 14.1 (6–22.2) 19.4 (11.5–27.2) 18.1 (12.4–23.8) 8.2 (2.4–14.0)
 Moderate or Severe (Hb <10.0 g/dL) 15.9 (11.4–22.3) 5.1 (3.3–7.9) 3.3 (0–6.8) 2.2 (0–5.2) 4.3 (1.3–7.4) 1.0 (0–3.2)
Hb (g/L) Mean ± SD
 Total (6–59 mo) 11.0 (1.24) 11.7 (1.32) 11.7 (1.16) 11.7 (1.11) 11.8 (1.11) 12.2 (1.13)
 6–23 mo 10.5 (1.12) 11.4 (1.27) 11.4 (1.04) 11.5 (1.30) 11.6 (1.04) 11.8 (1.16)
 24–59 mo 11.2 (1.23) 12.0 (1.30) 12.0 (1.11) 11.9 (0.96) 11.9 (1.12) 12.5 (1.05)

Hb hemoglobin

aData are presented as prevalence (95 % CI) unless noted otherwise