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Table D.7 Nutritional status of children based on the NCHS/CDC/WHO International Reference Population<br />

Percentage of children under five years classified as malnourished according to three anthropometric indices of nutritional status: height-for-age, weight-for-height, and weightfor-age,<br />

by background characteristics, based on the NCHS/CDC/WHO International Reference Population, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Percentage<br />

below<br />

-3 SD<br />

Height-for-age 1 Weight-for-height Weight-for-age<br />

Percentage<br />

below<br />

-2 SD 2<br />

Mean<br />

Z-score<br />

(SD)<br />

Percentage<br />

below<br />

-3 SD<br />

Percentage<br />

below<br />

-2 SD 2<br />

Percentage<br />

above<br />

+2 SD<br />

Mean<br />

Z-score<br />

(SD)<br />

Percentage<br />

below<br />

-3 SD<br />

Percentage<br />

below<br />

-2 SD 2<br />

Percentage<br />

above<br />

+2 SD<br />

Mean<br />

Z-score<br />

(SD)<br />

Age in months<br />

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