THE STATE OF THE WORLD'S CHILDREN 2004 - Unicef

…TABLE 2
% of infants
with low
birthweight
1998-2002*
exclusively
breastfed
(< 6 months)
% of children (1995-2002*) who are:
breastfed with
complementary
food
(6-9 months)
still
breastfeeding
(20-23 months)
% of under-fives (1995-2002*) suffering from:
underweight
moderate
& severe
Trinidad and Tobago 23 2 19 10 7x 0x 4x 5x - 1
Tunisia 7 46 - 22 4 1 2 12 - 97
Turkey 16 7 34 21 8 1 2 16 - 64
Turkmenistan 6 13 71 27 12 2 6 22 - 75
Tuvalu 5 - - - - - - - - -
Uganda 12 65 75 50 23 5 4 39 37 95
Ukraine 5 22 - - 3 1 6 15 - 5
United Arab Emirates 15x 34k 52 29 14 3 15 17 - -
United Kingdom 8 - - - - - - - - -
United States 8 - - - 1x 0x 1x 2x - -
Uruguay 8 - - - 5 1 1 8 - -
Uzbekistan 7 16 45 36 19 5 12 31 - 19
Vanuatu 6 50k - - 20x - - 19x - -
Venezuela 7 7k 50 31 5x 1x 3x 13x - 90
Viet Nam 9 31 29 20 33 6 6 36 59 40
Yemen 32x 18 79 41 46 15 13 52 100 39
Zambia 10 40 87 58 28 7 5 47 83t 68
Zimbabwe 11 33 90 35 13 2 6 27 - 93
severe
wasting
moderate
& severe
stunting
moderate
& severe
Vitamin A
supplementation
coverage rate
(6-59 months)
2001
% of
households
consuming
iodized salt
1997-2002*
REGIONAL SUMMARIES
Sub-Saharan Africa 14 28 65 50 29 8 9 38 75 66
Middle East and North Africa 15 37 59 25 14 4 6 22 - 51
South Asia 30 36 46 67 46 17 15 44 46 49
East Asia and Pacific 8 54 - - 17 - - 20 - 82
Latin America and Caribbean 10 38 48 25 8 1 2 16 - 84
CEE/CIS and Baltic States 9 14 41 23 7 1 4 16 - 39
Industrialized countries 7 - - - - - - - - -
Developing countries 17 39 55 51 27 10 10 32 59 66
Least developed countries 18 35 66 63 36 10 11 43 78 52
World 16 39 55 51 27 10 10 31 59 66
Countries in each region are listed on page 136.
DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS
Low birthweight – Less than 2,500 grams.
Underweight – Moderate and severe – below minus two standard deviations from median weight
for age of reference population; severe – below minus three standard deviations from median
weight for age of reference population.
Wasting – Moderate and severe – below minus two standard deviations from median weight for
height of reference population.
Stunting – Moderate and severe – below minus two standard deviations from median height for
age of reference population.
MAIN DATA SOURCES
Low birthweight –Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
(MICS), other national household surveys and data from routine reporting systems.
Breastfeeding – DHS, MICS and UNICEF.
Underweight, wasting and stunting – DHS, MICS, World Health Organization (WHO) and
UNICEF.
Salt iodization – MICS, DHS and UNICEF.
Vitamin A – UNICEF field offices and WHO.
Vitamin A – Percentage of children aged 6-59 months who have received at least one high dose of
vitamin A capsules in 2001.
NOTES - Data not available.
x Indicates data that refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.
k Refers to exclusive breastfeeding for less than 4 months.
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.
t Identifies countries that have achieved a second round of vitamin A coverage greater than or equal to 70%.
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