Table 3.
Severity of malnutrition in early infancy across place of delivery
| Place of delivery | Total | WAZ | HAZ | BMI‐z | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 918 | A (%) | B (%) | C (%) | A (%) | B (%) | C (%) | A (%) | B (%) | C (%) | |
| Hospital | ||||||||||
| Publicly owned | 177 | 36 (20.3) | 13 (7.3) | 3 (1.7) | 95 (55.2) | 26 (15.1) | 14 (8.1) | 34 (19.9) | 4 (2.3) | – |
| Privately owned | 229 | 47 (20.5) | 15 (6.6) | 8 (3.5) | 130 (58.6) | 41 (18.5) | 14 (6.3) | 34 (15.2) | 12 (5.4) | – |
| Outside hospital | ||||||||||
| Traditional maternity homes | 385 | 88 (22.9) | 34 (8.8) | 11 (2.9) | 198 (52.5) | 64 (17.0) | 16 (4.2) | 67 (18.6) | 22 (6.1) | – |
| Residential homes | 82 | 18 (22.0) | 13 (15.9) | 0 (0.0) | 45 (54.9) | 19 (23.2) | 2 (2.4) | 13 (16.5) | 8 (10.1) | – |
| Church premises | 40 | 10 (25.0) | 2 (5.0) | 1 (2.5) | 21 (52.5) | 6 (15.0) | 1 (2.5) | 10 (27.0) | 2 (5.4) | – |
| Born before arrival in hospital | 5 | 2 (40.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (60.0) | 1 (20.0) | – |
| Missing data | 0 | 20 (2.2%) | 42 (4.6%) | |||||||
z‐score categories: A = −4.01 to −3.01; B = −5.00 to −4.01; C = −6.00 to −5.01.