Table 5: Nutritional status for the children under five years according to weight-for-age in Khartoum State, 2015. Remarks: the sample size is about 396 children- Numbers between brackets are the percentage. |
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Age categories |
Sex |
Severe (< -3 Z-score) |
Moderate ( <-2 Z-score) |
Mild (<-1 Z-score) |
Normal |
Total |
2-10 |
Boys |
2 (50) |
2 (66.7) |
5(71.4) |
11(39.3) |
20(47.6) |
Girls |
2 (50) |
1(33.3) |
2(28.6) |
17(60.7) |
22(52.4) |
|
Total |
4 (100) |
3(100) |
7(100) |
28 (100) |
42(100) |
|
11-20 |
Boys |
10(76.9) |
5(45.5) |
11(52.4) |
20(48.8) |
46(53.5) |
Girls |
3(23.1) |
6(54.5) |
10(47.6) |
21(51.2) |
40(46.5) |
|
Total |
13(100) |
11(100) |
21(100) |
41(100) |
86(100) |
|
21-30 |
Boys |
5(41.7) |
6(42.9) |
9(37.5) |
13(40.6) |
33(40.2) |
Girls |
7(58.3) |
8(57.1) |
15(62.5) |
19(59.4) |
49(59.8) |
|
Total |
12(100) |
14(100) |
24(100) |
32(100) |
82(100) |
|
31-40 |
Boys |
3(60) |
8(57.1) |
9(50) |
14(56) |
34(54.8) |
Girls |
2(40) |
6(42.9) |
9(50) |
11(44) |
28(45.2) |
|
Total |
5(100) |
14(100) |
18(100) |
25(100) |
62(100) |
|
41-50 |
Boys |
6(66.7) |
9(45) |
14(51.9) |
20(55.6) |
49(53.3) |
Girls |
3(33.3) |
11(55) |
13(48.1) |
16(44.4) |
43(46.7) |
|
Total |
9(100) |
20(100) |
27(100) |
36(100) |
92(100) |
|
51-59 |
Boys |
2(40) |
4(57.1) |
2(20) |
6(60) |
14(43.8) |
Girls |
3(60) |
3(42.9) |
8(80) |
4(40) |
18(56.3) |
|
Total |
5(100) |
7(100) |
10(100) |
10(100) |
32(100) |
|
Total |
Boys |
28(58.3) |
34(49.3) |
50(46.7) |
84(48.8) |
196(49.5) |
Girls |
20(41.7) |
35(53.3) |
57(53.3) |
88(51.2) |
200(50.5) |
|
Total |
48(100) |
69(100) |
107(100) |
172(100) |
396(100) |
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