Table 3.
Comparing nutritional status of under-five children to gender, residence and division, BDHS-2014
| Category | Height for age (Stunted) | Weight for height (Wasted) | Weight for age (Underweight) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severely malnourished Frequency (%) | Moderately malnourished Frequency (%) | Normal (Well- nourished) Frequency (%) | Severely malnourished Frequency (%) | Moderately malnourished Frequency (%) | Normal (Well- nourished) Frequency (%) | Severely malnourished Frequency (%) | Moderately malnourished Frequency (%) | Normal (Well- nourished) Frequency (%) | |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 441 (12.35) | 900 (25.20) | 2230 (62.45) | 132 (3.70) | 411 (11.51) | 3028 (84.79) | 271 (7.59) | 874 (24.47) | 2426 (67.94) |
| Female | 392 (11.55) | 814 (23.98) | 2188 (64.47) | 81 (2.39) | 381 (11.23) | 2932 (86.39) | 281 (8.28) | 834 (24.57) | 2279 (67.15) |
| P-value | 0.092 | 0.008 | 0.329 | ||||||
| Residence | |||||||||
| Urban | 224 (10.24) | 479 (21.89) | 1485 (67.87) | 62 (2.83) | 196 (8.96) | 1930 (88.21) | 147 (6.72) | 445 (20.34) | 1596 (72.94) |
| Rural | 609 (12.75) | 1235 (25.85) | 2933 (61.40) | 151 (3.16) | 596 (12.48) | 4030 (84.36) | 405 (8.48) | 1263 (26.44) | 3109 (65.08) |
| P-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Division | |||||||||
| Barisal | 83 (10.22) | 225 (27.71) | 504 (62.07) | 34 (4.19) | 107 (13.18) | 671 (82.64) | 60 (7.39) | 212 (26.11) | 540 (66.50) |
| Chittagong | 186 (14.09) | 315 (23.86) | 819 (62.05) | 41 (3.11) | 152 (11.52) | 1127 (85.38) | 108 (8.18) | 339 (25.68) | 873 (66.14) |
| Dhaka | 122 (10.06) | 282 (23.25) | 809 (66.69) | 28 (2.31) | 121 (9.98) | 1064 (87.72) | 81 (6.68) | 253 (20.86) | 879 (72.46) |
| Khulna | 53 (6.85) | 166 (21.45) | 555 (71.71) | 24 (3.10) | 80 (10.34) | 670 (86.56) | 38 (4.91) | 168 (21.71) | 568 (73.39) |
| Rajshahi | 82 (9.37) | 182 (20.80) | 611 (69.83) | 32 (3.66) | 118 (13.49) | 725 (82.86) | 59 (6.74) | 218 (24.91) | 598 (68.34) |
| Rangpur | 87 (10.06) | 216 (24.97) | 562 (64.97) | 32 (3.70) | 105 (12.14) | 728 (84.16) | 74 (8.55) | 209 (24.16) | 582 (67.28) |
| Sylhet | 220 (19.89) | 328 (29.66) | 558 (50.45) | 22 (1.99) | 109 (9.86) | 975 (88.16) | 132 (11.93) | 309 (27.94) | 665 (60.13) |
| P-value | < 0.001 | 0.095 | < 0.001 | ||||||