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. 2022 Sep 27;19(1):e13431. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13431

Table 2.

Child mortality (deaths within 6 months) by anthropometric deficit according to geographic location, age and sex – moderate

6–23 months 24–59 months
Male Female Male Female
Country Anthropometric indicator n died/n with deficit % n died/n with deficit % n died/n with deficit % n died/n with deficit %
DRC MUAC < 125 mm 40/1341 3.0 33/1589 2.1 13/1162 1.1 16/1127 1.4
WHZ < −2 10/251 4.0 5/169 3.0 4/184 2.2 7/116 6.0
WAZ < −2 34/1057 3.2 19/767 2.5 23/2055 1.1 20/1735 1.2
HAZ < −2 47/1870 2.5 24/1487 1,6 29/4504 0.6 30/3734 0.8
Guinea‐Bissau WHZ < −2 5/100 5.0 4/60 6.7 3/39 7.7 2/28 7.1
WAZ < −2 13/243 5.4 15/211 7.1 4/108 3.7 7/196 3.6
HAZ < −2 21/407 5.2 26/396 6.6 9/435 2.1 11/387 2.8
Indonesia WHZ < −2 10/249 4.0 5/160 3.1 7/221 3.2 7/120 5.8
WAZ < −2 37/859 4.3 25/616 4.1 26/2138 1.2 29/1935 1.5
HAZ < −2 46/1461 3.2 31/1124 2.8 34/4124 0.8 46/3697 1.2
Nepal MUAC < 125 mm 9/951 1.0 38/1566 2.4 10/325 3.1 5/482 1.0
WHZ < −2 10/929 1.1 26/879 3.0 9/665 1.4 5/462 1.1
WAZ < −2 19/2334 0.8 39/2202 1.8 25/4268 0.6 16/4207 0.4
HAZ < −2 20/2812 0.7 33/2605 1.3 28/6364 0.4 23/6043 0.4
Philippines WHZ < −2 55/1242 4.4 32/897 3.6 0/61 0.0 0/45 0.0
WAZ < −2 87/3779 2.3 72/3072 2.3 0/379 0.0 0/374 0.0
HAZ < −2 89/5894 1.5 74/4454 1.7 0/686 0.0 0/596 0.0
Senegal MUAC < 125 mm 29/377 7.7 26/417 6.2 16/141 11.4 14/143 9.8
WHZ < −2 47/665 7.1 35/533 6.6 28/394 7.1 22/438 5.0
WAZ < −2 63/1134 5.6 57/1029 5.5 42/936 4.5 38/905 4.2
HAZ < −2 32/562 5.7 25/378 6.6 37/1122 3.3 38/961 4.0
Sudan WHZ < −2 12/827 1.5 19/576 3.3 8/2489 0.3 10/1767 0.6
WAZ < −2 15/2013 0.8 30/1625 1.9 20/10,023 0.2 19/10,169 0.2
HAZ < −2 16/2838 0.6 29/2320 1.3 19/13,849 0.1 19/13,493 0.1
Total MUAC < 125 mm 78/2689 2.9 97/3597 2.7 39/1642 2.4 35/1767 2.0
WHZ < −2 149/4296 3.5 126/3300 3.8 59/4089 1.4 53/3002 1.8
WAZ < −2 268/11,486 2.3 257/9585 2.7 142/20,199 0.7 129/19,775 0.7
HAZ < −2 271/15,925 1.7 242/12,830 1.9 158/31,473 0.5 167/29,233 0.6