Table 2.

Prevalence of under nutrition in children 6–35 month age in Ethiopia

Region	Stunting Prevalence (%)			Wasting Prevalence (%)			Underweight Prevalence (%)
	N	<-3SD	<-2SD	N	<-3SD	<-2SD	n	<-3SD	<-2SD
Tigray	640	18.1	47.7	639	1.7	8.9	638	6.8	28.4
Afar	497	17.7	36.1	492	6.6	26.0	494	16	38.6
Amhara	825	21	44.9	822	1.4	8.1	823	7.6	27.9
Oromiya	921	15.3	34.9	918	1.6	8.9	920	8	22.4
Somali	615	11.2	27.4	612	3.2	13.1	614	7.2	22.5
B/Gumuz	501	18.8	38.4	500	3.9	15.1	501	11.2	27.6
SNNP	893	18.6	40.7	891	1.2	6.3	893	7	21.9
Gambella	415	10.1	24.4	415	3.1	13.9	415	6.3	21.5
Harari	383	12.9	31.0	382	1.2	8.2	383	4.9	20.8
A/ Ababa	572	6.6	19.4	570	0.7	3.2	572	2	7.6
Dire Dawa	440	10.8	27.7	440	2.6	10.6	440	5	19.9
Total	6702	17.2	38.7	6681	1.6	8.4	6693	7.5	23.8