Table 1.

Results on the health cost of undernutrition and related diseases

Pathology	% Of episode	% Of cost	Cost (million Sudanese pounds)	Cost (million U.S. dollars)
Undernutrition	65.3	67.8	3,130.5	542.7
Low birth weight	10.6	15.1	696.8	120.8
Acute diarrheal syndrome	13.6	9	415.6	72
Anemia	8	6	276.5	47.9
Acute respiratory infection	2.2	1.9	88.8	15.4
Fever/malaria	0.3	0.2	7.8	1.3
Total	100	100	4,616	800.1