Table 7: Nutritional status for the children under five years according to the height/length-for-age in Khartoum State, 2015. Remarks: the sample size is about 396 children- Numbers between brackets are the percentage - the differences in the distribution of height or length for age are statistically significant with ages groups at level 10% (chi-square =29.8*). |
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Age categories |
Sex |
Severe (< -3 Z-score) |
Moderate ( <-2 Z-score) |
Mild (<-1 Z-score) |
Normal |
Total |
2-10 |
Boys |
0 (0) |
3(50) |
4(50) |
13(50) |
20(47.6) |
Girls |
2(100) |
3(50) |
4(50) |
13(50) |
22(52.4) |
|
Total |
2(100) |
6(100) |
8(100) |
26(100) |
42(100) |
|
11-20 |
Boys |
7(77.8) |
6(66.7) |
15(62.5) |
18(40.9) |
46(53.5) |
Girls |
2(22.2) |
3(33.3) |
9(37.5) |
26(59.1) |
40(46.5) |
|
Total |
9(100) |
9(100) |
24(100) |
44(100) |
86(100) |
|
21-30 |
Boys |
4(23.5) |
5(41.7) |
13(44.8) |
11(45.8) |
33(40.2) |
Girls |
13(76.5) |
7(58.3) |
16(55.2) |
13(54.2) |
49(40.2) |
|
Total |
17(100) |
12(100) |
29(100) |
24(100) |
82(100) |
|
31-40 |
Boys |
1(25) |
8(61.5) |
11(55) |
14(56) |
34(54.8) |
Girls |
3(75) |
5(38.5) |
9(45) |
11(44) |
28(45.2) |
|
Total |
4(100) |
13(100) |
20(100) |
25(100) |
62(100) |
|
41-50 |
Boys |
10(71.4) |
5(55.6) |
11(55) |
23(46.9) |
49(53.3) |
Girls |
4(28.6) |
4(44.4) |
9(45) |
26(53.1) |
43(46.7) |
|
Total |
14(100) |
9(100) |
20(100) |
49(100) |
92(100) |
|
51-59 |
Boys |
0(0) |
2(66.7) |
2(25) |
10(52.6) |
14(43.8) |
Girls |
2(100) |
1(33.3) |
6(75) |
9(47.4) |
18(56.3) |
|
Total |
2(100) |
3(100) |
8(100) |
19(100) |
32(100) |
|
Total |
Boys |
22(45.8) |
29(55.8) |
56(51.4) |
89(47.4) |
196(49.5) |
Girls |
26(54.2) |
23(44.2) |
53(48.6) |
98(52.6) |
200(50.5) |
|
Total |
48(100) |
52(100) |
109(100) |
187(100) |
396(100) |
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