Table 4. Percentage of children aged 2–15 years classified as malnourished according to anthropometric indices of nutritional status: Height-for-age, weight-for-height, weight-for-age and BMI-for-age.
| Age groups | Weight-for-age %* | Length/height-for-age % | Weight-for-length/height %* | BMI-for-age % | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Months) | (Underweight) | (Stunted) | (Wasted and Overweight) | (Wasted and Overweight) | |||||||||||||
| N | % | % | Mean | % | % | Mean | % | % | % | % | Mean | % | % | % | % | Mean | |
| (%) | (n) | (n) | (95% CI) | (n) | (n) | (95% CI) | (n) | (n) | (n) | (n) | (95% CI) | (n) | (n) | (n) | (n) | (95% CI) | |
| < -3 SD | < - 2SD | < -3SD | < -2SD | < -3SD | < -2SD | > +2SD | > +3SD | < - 3SD | < -2SD | > +2SD | > +3SD | ||||||
| 2 to 15 years | 330 * | 15.3 | 16.6 | -1.295 | 9.4 | 15.5 | -0.937 | 20 | 11.1 | 6.1 | 8.9 | -0.842 | 15.2 | 13.6 | 5.5 | 3.9 | -1.009 |
| (24–180 Months) | (100) | (47) | (51) | (-1.113 to -1.478) | (31) | (51) | (-0.738 to -1.136) | (36) | (20) | (11) | (16) | (-0.463 to -1.220) | (50) | (45) | (18) | (13) | (-0.778 to -1.241) |
| 2 to 5 Years | 72 | 19.44 | 18.06 | -1.494 | 18.06 | 16.67 | -1.194 | 17.39 | 14.49 | 1.45 | 8.7 | -1.087 | 18.06 | 15.28 | 4.17 | 8.33 | -1.049 |
| (24–60) | (21.82) | (14) | (13) | (-1.103 to -1.885) | (13) | (12) | (-0.623 to -1.765) | (12) | (10) | (1) | (6) | (-0.450 to -1.674) | (13) | (11) | (3) | (6) | (-0.455 to -1.645) |
| 5 to 10 Years | 235 | 14.04 | 16.17 | -1.234 | 6.81 | 15.32 | -0.860 | 21.62 | 9.01 | 9.01 | 9.01 | -0.689 | 15.74 | 14.04 | 5.96 | 2.98 | -1.101 |
| (61–120) | (235) | (33) | (38) | (-1.028 to -1.441) | (16) | (36) | (-0.646 to -1.074) | (24) | (10) | (10) | (10)) | (-0.190 to -1.188) | (37) | (33) | (14) | (7) | (-0.838 to -1.364) |
| 5 to 8 Years | 139 | 17.27 | 13.67 | -1.204 | 8.63 | 18.71 | -0.973 | 20.83 | 9.38 | 9.38 | 8.33 | -0.648 | 16.55 | 9.35 | 7.19 | 5.04 | -0.922 |
| (61–96 Months) | (42.12) | (24) | (19) | (-0.910 to -1.497) | (12) | (26) | (-0.655 to -1.290) | (20) | (9) | (9) | (8) | (-0.109 to -1.186) | (23) | (13) | (10) | (7) | (-0.535 to -1.308) |
| 8 to 10 Years | 96 | 9.38 | 19.79 | -1.279 | 4.17 | 10.42 | -0.697 | 26.67 | 6.67 | 6.67 | 13.33 | -0.954 | 14.58 | 20.83 | 4.17 | 00 | -1.361 |
| (97–120 Months) | (29.09) | (9) | 19) | (-0.999 to -1.559) | (4) | (10) | (-.0.441 to -0.953) | (4) | (1) | (1) | (2) | (0.532 to -2.440) | (14) | (20) | (4) | (00) | (-1.041 to -1.681) |
| 10 to 15 Years | 23 * | -- | -- | -- | 8.70 | 13.04 | -0.916 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 00 | 4.35 | 4.35 | 00 | 0.051 |
| (121–180 Months) | (6.97) | -- | -- | -- | (2) | (3) | (-0.368 to -1.464) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 00 | (1) | (1) | 00 | (0.625 to -0.522) |
| 10 to 12 Years | 10 | -- | -- | -- | 00 | 10.00 | -0.913 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | -0.268 |
| (121–144 Months) | (3.03) | -- | -- | -- | (00) | (1) | (-0.295 to -1.531) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | (00) | (00) | (00) | (00) | (0.717 to -1.253) |
| 12 to 15 Years | 13 | -- | -- | -- | 15.38 | 15.35 | -0.918 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 00 | 7.69 | 7.69 | 00 | 0.297 |
| (141–180 Months) | (3.94) | -- | -- | -- | (2) | (2) | (0.014 to -1.851) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | (00) | (1) | (1) | (00) | (1.074 to -0.480) |
N.B.
* Weight-for-age and weight-for height reference data are not available beyond age 10