Implementing an Integrated Nutrition Programme - Health Systems ...

APPENDIX A: RESULTS OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SURVEY OF
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
Total
Percentage of children in the Northern Cape
(National figures in brackets)
Measurement -2 Z score -3 Z score Sample size
Weight for age 19.2 (13.2) 3.7 (2.6) 5 053 (97 790)
Weight for height 5.4 (2.6) 0.3 (0.2) Average age
Height for age 20.9 (9.0) 1.3 (0.5) 7.6 (7.4)
Black children
Measurement -2 Z score -3 Z score Sample size
Weight for age 12.7 (14.6) 3.1 (3) 1510 (65 511)
Weight for height 4.1 (2.4) 0.2 (0.3) Average age
Height for age 17.6 (8.7) 1 (0.4) 7.6 (7.4)
Coloured children
Measurement -2 Z score -3 Z score Sample size
Weight for age 20.1 (18.2) 4.6 (3.2) 3 068 (16 455)
Weight for height 6.7 (4.1) 0.3 (0.2) Average age
Height for age 25.4 (16.9) 1.7 (1.2) 7.6 (7.4)
White children
Measurement -2 Z score -3 Z score Sample size
Weight for age 2.1 (1.8) 0.2 (0) 475 (13 263)
Weight for height 1.3 (0.9) 0.4 (0) Average age
Height for age 2.3 (1.1) 0 (0) 7.6 (7.4)
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