Table 3.
Prevalence of severe and moderate malnutrition among six to fifty nine months of age (n = 811), rural kebeles of Hawassa town, 2012
| Nutritional Indices | Frequency (%) | Total (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Age in months | |||||||
| Male | Female | 6–11 | 12–23 | 24–35 | 36–47 | 48–59 | ||
| Normal HAZ (HAZ ≥ -2SD) |
198(24.4) | 294(36.2) | 38(4.7) | 123(15.2) | 98(12.1) | 124(15.4) | 109(13.4) | 492(60.6) |
| Moderate stunting (-3SD ≤ HAZ < -2SD) |
119(14.6) | 102(12.7) | 17(2.1) | 56(6.9) | 36(4.4) | 63(7.7) | 50(6.2) | 221(27.3) |
| Severe stunting (HAZ < -3SD) |
62(7.6) | 36(4.5) | 3(0.4) | 16(1.9) | 25(3.1) | 27(3.4) | 26(3.3) | 98(12.1) |
| Normal WAZ (WAZ ≥ -2SD) |
339(41.8) | 344(42.4) | 43(5.3) | 174(21.5) | 134(16.5) | 177(21.8) | 155(19.1) | 683(84.2) |
| Moderate underweight (-3SD ≤ WAZ < -2SD) |
49(6.1) | 45(5.5) | 12(1.5) | 16(1.9) | 18(2.2) | 26(3.2) | 22(2.8) | 94(11.6) |
| Severe underweight (WAZ < -3SD) |
19(2.3) | 15(1.9) | 3(0.4) | 5(0.6) | 7(0.9) | 11(1.4) | 8(0.9) | 34(4.2) |
| Normal WHZ (WHZ ≥ -2SD) |
370(45.6) | 391(48.2) | 54(6.7) | 185(22.8) | 145(17.9) | 197(24.3) | 179(22.1) | 761(93.8) |
| Moderate Wasting (-3SD ≤ WHZ < -2SD) |
18(2.2) | 14(1.7) | 4(0.5) | 6(0.7) | 9(1.1) | 10(1.2) | 3(0.4) | 32(3.9) |
| Severe wasting (WHZ < -3SD) |
11(1.3) | 8(1.0) | 0(0.0) | 4(0.5) | 5(0.5) | 7(0.9) | 3(0.4) | 19(2.3) |