Table 2.

Prevalence of WAZ <−3 among children admitted to CMAM

Attribute	Total (n)	WAZ <−3 all admissions (%)	WAZ <−3 among MW (%)	WAZ <−3 among SWa (%)
			n = 10,584	n = 14,245
Overall	24,829	54.96	42.78	64.00
Sex
Male	11,764	63.72	52.07	70.40
Female	13,065	47.06	36.45	56.93
Age
6–23	16,310	49.06	35.34	60.27
24–59	8519	66.25	59.59	70.36
Morbidity
HIV‐positive	145	59.30	55.60	59.60
Morbidity before treatment	12,492	55.73	45.39	62.46
Country
Malawi	10,902	54.27	48.91	57.40
Cambodia	113	62.83	31.91	85.85
Ethiopia	2572	60.93	48.13	70.89
DR Congo	406	67.49	100	67.25
India	836	89.71	79.46	91.30
Yemen	815	44.54	41.03	53.48
South Sudan	4355	60.34	39.00	68.80
Chad	1696	63.09	58.76	75.00
Kenya	3134	32.10	20.73	59.10

Abbreviations: CMAM, community‐based management of acute malnutrition; MW, moderate wasting; WAZ, weight‐for‐age z‐score.

^aSeverely wasted (SW) cases include those with oedema.