Table 3.
Percent and frequency of children with dietary and anthropometric failures amongst all children aged 6-23 months in India*
| Stunting |
Underweight |
Wasting |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Presence |
Absence |
Presence |
Absence |
Presence |
Absence |
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|
Dietary failure |
Presence |
19 528 (29.0%) |
34 456 (51.2%) |
17 882 (26.6%) |
36 102 (53.7%) |
12 789 (19.0%) |
41 195 (61.3%) |
53 984 (80.3%) |
|
Absence |
4642 (6.9%) |
8621 (12.8%) |
3523 (5.2%) |
9740 (14.5%) |
2532 (3.8%) |
10 731 (16.0%) |
13 263 (19.7%) |
|
|
Total |
24 170 (35.9%) |
43 077 (64.1%) |
21 405 (31.8%) |
45 842 (68.2%) |
15 321 (22.8%) |
51 926 (77.2%) |
67 247 (100.0%) |
|
|
Discordance |
58.1% |
58.9% |
65.0% |
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