Table 3.

Nutrition indicators across urban and rural Tanzania

Nutrition indicators	Urban %	Rural %	Geography disadvantage	Wealth disadvantage
Women BMI thin	8	13	Rurala	Low WQ
Women BMI normal	56	72	Urban	Low WQ
Women BMI overweight/obese	36	15	Urban	High WQ
Anemia mild	30	29	Urban	Low WQ*
Anemia moderate	12	9	Urban	High WQ*
Anemia severe	1	1	–	Low WQ*
Anemia any	44	39	Urbana	High WQ*
Low birth weight	9.1	5.8	Urban	High WQ
Child size at birth (very small)	3.7	1.3	Urban	High WQ
Child size at birth (smaller than average)	7.7	6.2	Urban	Low WQ*
Child stuntingb	32	45	Rurala	Low WQ
Child wasting	5	5	–	Low WQ
Child underweight	11	17	Rurala	Low WQ

Wealth quintiles with * showcase a small difference between the lowest and highest wealth quintiles. The difference was less than 3%. The DHS data is used for consistency across indicators, although some variables are recorded in other National datasets, such as HMIS and the National Census

WQ wealth quintile

^aStatistically significant difference

^bBased on new global growth standards [47]