Malawi 2015-16

Table A-11.6 Minimum acceptable diet: Districts
Percentage of youngest children age 6-23 months living with their mother who are fed a minimum acceptable diet based on breastfeeding status, number of
food groups, and times they are fed during the day or night before the survey, according to district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
District
Among breastfed children 6-23
months, percentage fed:
Minimum
dietary
diversity 1
Minimum
meal
frequency
2
Minimum
acceptable
diet 3
Number
of breastfed
children
6-23
months
Among non-breastfed children 6-23 months,
percentage fed:
Milk or
milk
products 4
Minimum
dietary
diversity 1
Minimum
meal
frequency
5
Minimum
acceptable
diet6
Number
of nonbreastfed
children
age 6-23
months
Among all children 6-23 months, percentage
fed:
Breastmilk,
milk, or
milk
products 7
Minimum
dietary
diversity 1
Minimum
meal
frequency
8
Minimum
acceptable
diet 9
Number
of all
children
6-23
months
Northern
Chitipa 29.8 40.0 17.6 41 (6.9) (39.9) (15.6) (4.8) 9 83.3 31.6 35.6 15.3 50
Karonga 20.8 54.9 12.2 82 * * * * 13 86.4 23.4 50.6 10.5 95
Likoma 19.8 49.0 12.4 2 (0.0) (13.7) (9.3) (0.0) 1 74.7 18.3 38.9 9.3 3
Mzimba 14.2 20.2 5.8 211 (17.8) (24.8) (26.5) (4.1) 69 79.7 16.8 21.7 5.4 280
Nkhata Bay 39.4 26.1 9.1 62 * * * * 4 94.7 41.0 25.4 9.3 67
Rumphi 30.2 39.9 19.0 51 (0.0) (30.0) (7.8) (0.0) 12 80.6 30.2 33.7 15.3 63
Total 22.2 31.5 10.0 450 12.5 29.9 22.5 3.5 108 83.0 23.7 29.8 8.8 558
Central
Dedza 24.6 27.2 7.9 183 * * * * 13 93.3 25.0 25.7 7.4 196
Dowa 20.8 26.2 5.7 185 * * * * 26 88.3 23.1 23.7 5.8 212
Kasungu 17.4 30.1 5.3 186 * * * * 25 88.9 17.4 27.1 4.7 211
Lilongwe 38.9 24.4 9.4 610 (19.2) (44.6) (27.3) (12.3) 82 90.4 39.6 24.7 9.8 692
Mchinji 27.2 23.4 11.5 132 * * * * 17 89.5 27.8 23.7 10.2 148
Nkhotakota 30.2 34.1 8.8 95 (1.2) (36.1) (12.9) (1.2) 20 83.2 31.2 30.5 7.5 115
Ntcheu 24.2 27.1 9.7 195 * * * * 16 92.3 24.4 25.5 8.9 211
Ntchisi 21.4 30.2 7.4 94 * * * * 7 93.0 21.4 28.7 6.8 101
Salima 22.0 45.5 11.0 149 * * * * 16 90.3 22.2 41.1 9.9 165
Total 28.3 28.2 8.6 1,829 9.1 34.8 15.5 5.4 222 90.1 29.0 26.8 8.3 2,051
Southern
Balaka 20.4 26.4 10.0 117 * * * * 9 93.8 22.8 25.6 10.4 126
Blantyre 26.6 45.4 11.4 264 (8.0) (32.0) (39.7) (8.0) 60 83.0 27.6 44.4 10.8 323
Chikhwawa 21.0 26.1 7.1 120 * * * * 21 89.7 25.3 25.7 8.6 141
Chiradzulu 19.4 34.1 4.8 88 * * * * 5 94.7 18.4 32.4 4.5 92
Machinga 13.0 26.2 4.5 193 * * * * 26 89.1 14.0 25.5 3.9 219
Mangochi 16.3 34.3 7.0 322 (7.1) (15.2) (9.5) (1.3) 37 90.4 16.2 31.7 6.4 359
Mulanje 30.1 32.0 10.1 164 (12.8) (32.7) (17.4) (0.0) 31 86.3 30.5 29.7 8.5 194
Mwanza 24.9 31.6 8.0 28 (0.0) (20.2) (0.0) (0.0) 9 75.9 23.8 24.0 6.1 36
Neno 26.0 26.6 8.0 40 * * * * 7 86.0 26.1 25.3 6.8 47
Nsanje 27.5 42.6 11.3 71 * * * * 5 93.7 27.2 40.8 10.8 76
Phalombe 24.7 39.4 12.8 114 (1.2) (9.5) (8.5) (0.6) 23 83.2 22.1 34.2 10.7 137
Thyolo 19.1 9.7 2.9 137 * * * * 22 86.6 20.4 10.0 2.5 159
Zomba 17.6 39.9 9.9 210 * * * * 27 89.0 17.5 37.2 8.8 237
Total 20.9 33.0 8.3 1,866 8.6 26.0 19.6 3.8 282 88.0 21.6 31.3 7.7 2,148
Total 24.3 30.7 8.6 4,145 9.5 29.9 18.6 4.3 613 88.3 25.1 29.2 8.1 4,757
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and
has been suppressed.
1
Children receive foods from four or more of the following food groups: a. infant formula, milk other than breast milk, cheese or yoghurt or other milk products;
b. foods made from grains, roots, and tubers, including porridge and fortified baby food from grains; c. vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables; d. other fruits and
vegetables; e. eggs; f. meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish (and organ meats); g. legumes and nuts.
2
For breastfed children, minimum meal frequency is receiving solid or semi-solid food at least twice a day for infants age 6-8 months and at least three times
a day for children age 9-23 months.
3
Breastfed children age 6-23 months are considered to be fed a minimum acceptable diet if they are fed the minimum dietary diversity as described in
footnote 1 and the minimum meal frequency as defined in footnote 2.
4
Includes two or more feedings of commercial infant formula, fresh, tinned, and powdered animal milk, and yoghurt.
5
For non-breastfed children age 6-23 months, minimum meal frequency is receiving solid or semi-solid food or milk feeds at least four times a day.
6
Non-breastfed children age 6-23 months are considered to be fed a minimum acceptable diet if they receive other milk or milk products at least twice a day,
receive the minimum meal frequency as defined in footnote 5, and receive solid or semi-solid foods from at least four food groups not including the milk or
milk products food group.
7
Breastfeeding, or not breastfeeding and receiving two or more feedings of commercial infant formula, fresh, tinned, and powdered animal milk, and yoghurt.
8
Children are fed the minimum recommended number of times per day according to their age and breastfeeding status as described in footnotes 2 and 5.
9
Children age 6-23 months are considered to be fed a minimum acceptable diet if they receive breastmilk, other milk or milk products as described in footnote
7, are fed the minimum dietary diversity as described in footnote 1, and are fed the minimum meal frequency as described in footnotes 2 and 5.
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