Table 2.

Classification of undernourished under-five children and their percentages over time in Ethiopia

Group	Description of the group	Definition	Wasting	Stunting	Underweight	2000	2005	2011	2016
A	No anthropometric failure	Normal WAZ, HAZ, and WHZ	No	No	No	38.62	43.42	48.42	53.51
B	Wasting only	WHZ < -2SD but normal WAZ and HAZ	Yes	No	No	1.14	2.36	2.66	3.69
C	Wasting and underweight	WHZ and WAZ < -2SD but normal HAZ	Yes	No	yes	4.08	4.07	3.22	3.34
D	Wasting, underweight, and stunting	WHZ, WAZ, and HAZ < -2SD	Yes	Yes	Yes	5.50	4.10	3.97	3.08
E	Stunting and underweight	HAZ and WAZ < -2SD but normal WHZ	No	Yes	Yes	32.65	26.82	20.24	15.76
F	Stunting only	HAZ < -2SD but normal WAZ and HWZ	No	Yes	No	13.07	15.58	20.12	19.47
Y	Underweight only	WAZ < -2SD but normal HAZ and WHZ	No	No	Yes	4.87	3.50	1.37	1.16
Stunting	D + E + F	Height-for-age (HAZ < -2SD)				51.22	46.50	44.30	38.30
Wasting	B + C + D	weight-for-height (WHZ < -2SD)				10.70	10.50	9.90	10.10
Underweight	C + D + E + Y	Weight-for-age (WAZ < -2SD)				47.10	38.50	28.80	23.30
CIAF	B + C + D + E + F + Y (1-A)	Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CAIF)				61.38	56.58	51.58	46.49