Table 2.
Trends in national and by wealth stunting prevalence in under five children in LAC countries
| Country | Year | National | Deciles | Quintiles | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 (poorest 10%) | D10 (wealthiest 10%) | Q1 (poorest 20%) | Q5 (wealthiest 20%) | ||||||||
| Prevalence | P-valuea | Prevalence | P-valuea | Prevalence | P-valuea | Prevalence | P-valuea | Prevalence | P-valuea | ||
| Belize | 2006 | 22.5 | 51.0 | 4.0 | 38.8 | 7.8 | |||||
| Belize | 2011 | 19.3 | 42.6 | 9.8 | 32.9 | 9.0 | |||||
| Belize | 2015 | 14.9 | 34.5 | 2.1 | 26.1 | 5.4 | |||||
| Annual change | −0.89 | < 0.001 | −1.87 | 0.003 | −0.30 | 0.504 | −1.36 | 0.073 | −0.74 | 0.029 | |
| Bolivia | 1998 | 32.9 | 51.8 | 8.1 | 49.1 | 9.0 | |||||
| Bolivia | 2003 | 32.3 | 48.5 | 6.7 | 48.7 | 8.7 | |||||
| Bolivia | 2008 | 27.1 | 49.0 | 6.8 | 45.9 | 6.5 | |||||
| Annual change | −0.59 | < 0.001 | − 0.30 | 0.254 | − 0.12 | 0.596 | − 0.31 | 0.146 | − 0.30 | 0.090 | |
| Colombia | 1995 | 19.5 | 30.7 | 10.4 | 29.5 | 9.2 | |||||
| Colombia | 2000 | 18.2 | 29.9 | 8.9 | 26.3 | 8.9 | |||||
| Colombia | 2005 | 15.7 | 28.2 | 3.5 | 25.2 | 4.7 | |||||
| Colombia | 2010 | 13.2 | 22.9 | 7.5 | 19.4 | 6.8 | |||||
| Annual change | −0.44 | < 0.001 | − 0.55 | < 0.001 | − 0.08 | 0.676 | − 0.68 | < 0.001 | − 0.20 | 0.057 | |
| Dominican Republic | 1996 | 13.5 | 32.0 | 2.4 | 26.7 | 2.9 | |||||
| Dominican Republic | 2002 | 11.4 | 22.3 | 2.5 | 19.7 | 3.8 | |||||
| Dominican Republic | 2007 | 9.8 | 19.3 | 5.0 | 15.8 | 4.7 | |||||
| Dominican Republic | 2013 | 6.9 | 14.2 | 5.3 | 11.3 | 3.9 | |||||
| Annual change | −0.39 | < 0.001 | −0.99 | < 0.001 | 0.20 | 0.135 | −0.88 | < 0.001 | 0.09 | 0.371 | |
| Guatemala | 1995 | 55.6 | 71.5 | 12.7 | 70.5 | 15.8 | |||||
| Guatemala | 1998 | 54.0 | 70.0 | 11.9 | 71.3 | 15.0 | |||||
| Guatemala | 2008 | 48.0 | 66.9 | 12.0 | 67.9 | 14.3 | |||||
| Guatemala | 2014 | 46.7 | 67.7 | 13.3 | 66.3 | 17.4 | |||||
| Annual change | −0.47 | < 0.001 | −0.21 | 0.086 | 0.052 | 0.787 | −0.23 | 0.014 | 0.10 | 0.369 | |
| Haiti | 1994 | 36.8 | 51.0 | 10.6 | 50.1 | 15.3 | |||||
| Haiti | 2000 | 28.7 | 40.8 | 8.7 | 37.5 | 10.1 | |||||
| Haiti | 2005 | 29.4 | 46.6 | 5.6 | 41.0 | 8.0 | |||||
| Haiti | 2012 | 21.9 | 32.8 | 5.6 | 31.0 | 6.6 | |||||
| Haiti | 2016 | 21.8 | 33.8 | 5.6 | 33.9 | 9.1 | |||||
| Annual change | −0.66 | < 0.001 | −0.77 | < 0.001 | −0.20 | 0.073 | −0.69 | < 0.001 | −0.23 | 0.009 | |
| Honduras | 2005 | 30.0 | 52.7 | 4.9 | 50.4 | 6.7 | |||||
| Honduras | 2011 | 22.7 | 46.5 | 4.5 | 42.1 | 8.0 | |||||
| Annual change | −1.22 | < 0.001 | −1.04 | 0.003 | −0.08 | 0.762 | −1.38 | < 0.001 | 0.21 | 0.325 | |
| Peru | 1996 | 31.6 | 55.1 | 5.4 | 52.5 | 8.4 | |||||
| Peru | 2000 | 31.1 | 55.8 | 3.5 | 54.1 | 5.8 | |||||
| Peru | 2009 | 23.8 | 47.0 | 3.5 | 45.2 | 4.2 | |||||
| Peru | 2010 | 23.3 | 46.3 | 3.1 | 44.0 | 5.4 | |||||
| Peru | 2011 | 19.5 | 47.6 | 1.4 | 43.6 | 2.4 | |||||
| Peru | 2012 | 18.1 | 42.0 | 2.5 | 38.5 | 3.4 | |||||
| Peru | 2013 | 17.7 | 42.4 | 1.1 | 38.0 | 2.9 | |||||
| Peru | 2014 | 14.8 | 41.1 | 3.0 | 34.2 | 4.1 | |||||
| Peru | 2015 | 14.9 | 37.9 | 1.8 | 32.9 | 2.9 | |||||
| Peru | 2016 | 13.1 | 36.9 | 3.4 | 30.2 | 3.6 | |||||
| Annual change | −1.00 | < 0.001 | −0.94 | < 0.001 | −0.13 | 0.006 | −1.20 | < 0.001 | −0.23 | < 0.001 | |
| Suriname | 2006 | 10.7 | 20.7 | 4.8 | 16.9 | 4.4 | |||||
| Suriname | 2010 | 8.8 | 17.5 | 8.0 | 13.4 | 5.5 | |||||
| Annual change | −0.47 | 0.116 | −0.81 | 0.40 | 0.79 | 0.40 | −0.85 | 0.163 | 0.28 | 0.622 | |
aVariance-weighted least squares regression was used to estimate the average of absolute annual change in prevalence of stunting for each country