Table 6. Anemia rates by Peruvian political regions (2017), sorted by official anemia rates.

Political region		Natural region (survey data)	WHO definition	Hb with 11g/dl cutoff	p5 cutoff
1	Puno	H+R	75.60%	5.80%	8.00%
2	Loreto	R	61.50%	61.50%	16.00%
3	Ucayali	R	59.20%	59.20%	20.10%
4	Pasco	H+R	58.40%	25.10%	10.20%
5	Madre de Dios	R	57.60%	57.60%	12.30%
6	Cusco	H+R	56.60%	7.50%	3.10%
7	Huancavelica	C+H	55.10%	3.80%	2.10%
8	Apurimac	H	55.10%	4.30%	1.00%
9	Junin	H+R	53.90%	15.40%	5.40%
10	San Martin	R	51.30%	49.10%	8.50%
11	Amazonas	H+R	51.00%	38.00%	9.60%
12	Ayacucho	H+R	49.30%	10.90%	1.40%
13	Tumbes	C	46.70%	46.70%	12.00%
14	Huanuco	H+R	44.60%	17.50%	6.70%
15	National average	C + H + R	43.80%	29.70%	7.30%
16	Ancash	C+H	42.40%	17.00%	3.30%
17	Piura	C+H	41.70%	39.10%	8.10%
18	La Libertad	C+H	41.40%	26.00%	5.50%
19	Ica	H+R	39.80%	39.30%	6.70%
20	Tacna	C+H	38.00%	33.10%	6.80%
21	Moquegua	C+H	37.60%	27.60%	6.30%
22	Lambayeque	C+H	37.40%	36.50%	6.00%
23	Cajamarca	C+H+R	37.40%	12.80%	4.60%
24	Arequipa	C+H	34.90%	11.90%	3.90%
25	Lima	C+H	34.70%	34.30%	7.60%
26	Callao	C	32.80%	32.80%	7.60%

Natural regions: C = Coast, H = Highlands, R = Rain forest.