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
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