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Figure 5.4 Under-nutrition for children from <strong>NT</strong> urban, rural and remote areas, 2004 (3) .As figure 5.4 indicates, Indigenous children in remote communities experience high levels ofunderweight (14.5 per cent), stunting (11.3 per cent) and wasting (9 per cent) (3) . This howeverrepresents only 49 per cent of the urban non-Indigenous five year olds, 30 percent of the urbanIndigenous five year olds, and 79 per cent of resident remote five year olds in 76 communities.Figure 5.5 Percentage of children who are „wasted‟ by age group for all <strong>NT</strong> (37)Between 2001 and 2005, overall rates of stunting, wasting and anaemia have not changedgreatly. This suggests that there will be little effect on chronic disease attributable to this item.Chapter 5: Key Result Areas – <strong>Evaluation</strong> of the <strong>NT</strong> Preventable Chronic Disease <strong>Strategy</strong> 2007 82

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