Table 5. Prevalence (%) of short stature and underweight status among infants and children aged 0–23 months.
Growth problem | Total (n=951,994) | Boys (n=488,548) | Girls (n=463,446) | |||
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KNGC2007 | KNGC2017 | KNGC2007 | KNGC2017 | KNGC2007 | KNGC2017 | |
Short stature | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
Underweight | 2.2 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0.3 |
Data from the 2015 National Health Screening Program for Infants and Children.
KNGC2007, the 2007 Korean National Growth Charts; KNGC2017, the 2017 Korean National Growth Charts.