Table 2.
Sexwise distribution of rates of stunting, wasting, underweight, and CIAF among children 12–23 months.
| Categories of malnutrition | Boys N = 200 |
Girls N = 160 |
Total N = 360 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasting | 60 (58%) | 43(42%) | 103 (29%) |
| Stunting | 123 (59%) | 84(41%) | 207 (58%) |
| Underweight | 76 (63%) | 45(37%) | 121 (34%) |
| CIAF | 154 (57%) | 117(43%) | 271 (75%) |
| Wasting index (WI) | 60/154 = 0.389 | 43.5/117 = 0.371 | 103/271 = 38 |
| Stunting Index (SI) | 123/154 = 0.798 | 84/117 = 0.717 | 207/271 = 76.38 |
| Underweight index (UI) | 76/154 = 0. 0.493 | 45/117 = 0.384 | 121/271 = 46.64 |
WI= Wasting/CIAF; SI= Stunting/CIAF; UI= Underweight/CIAF.