Table 5.
Economic burden: production losses before and after iron fortification of wheat flour and condiments by age-group
Pre-school children | School-aged children | Adults | Total | |
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Million USD | ||||
After condiment and flour fortification (mean (95% CI)) | 411 [255.5: 623.1] | 444.3 [221: 750.6] | 34.6 [26.1: 44.2] | 889.9 [581.5: 1306.8] |
After flour and before condiment fortification (mean (95% CI)) | 425.4 [264.8: 644.5] | 471.5 [234.6: 796.3] | 36.3 [27.5: 46.4] | 933.1 [609.2: 1371] |
Before flour fortification (mean (95% CI)) | 437.6 [272.6: 662.6] | 502.4 [250.1: 847] | 38.2 [28.9: 48.8] | 978.1 [636.8: 1438.1] |
Absolute change attributable to flour fortification (mean) | 12.2 | 30.9 | 1.9 | 45 |
Absolute change attributable to condiment fortification (mean) | 14.4 | 27.2 | 1.7 | 43.2 |
% change | ||||
Reduction attributable to flour fortification | 2.8% | 6.1% | 5.0% | 4.6% |
Reduction attributable to condiment fortification | 3.4% | 5.8% | 4.7% | 4.6% |
CI confidence interval. This refers to constructed 95% confidence intervals as calculated in the probabilistic sensitivity analysis. Pre-school children: 0.5 to 4 years; school age children: 5 to 14 years; adult men and women: 15 to 64 years