Table 3.

Summary of annual costs associated with child undernutrition

Cost		Episodes	Cost (billion Sudanese pounds)	Cost (million U.S. dollars)	% Of gross domestic product
Health	Low birth weight and underweight	2,475,558	3.8	663.4	–
	Increased morbidity	768,685	0.8	136.7	–
	Total	3,244,243	4.6	800.1	1.03
Education	Increased repetition—primary	56,675	0.1	20.7	–
	Increased repetition—secondary	6,540	0.02	3.6	–
	Total	63,215	0.14	24.3	0.03
Productivity	Nonmanual activities	6,055,543	1	176.5	–
	Manual activities	3,235,340	0.7	113.7	–
	Mortality	1,077,671	5.2	900.8	–
	Total	10,368,554	6.9	1,191	1.53
Total cost		–	11.6	2015.5	2.6