Table 6 Coexisting anthropometric failures according to the different classifications of malnutrition among Indian children
Coexisting Prevalence of Anthropometric Failures among Indian children | |||||
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Groups | Possible categories of anthropometric failures | IDHS (1992–1993) n = 26,755 | IDHS (1998–1999) n = 24,855 | IDHS (2005-6) n = 43,498 | IDHS (2015-16) n = 225,002 |
A | No failure | 8958 (33.5) | 9337(37.6) | 18,497(42.5) | 99,224(44.1) |
B | Wasting only | 977(9.8) | 1001(9.7) | 1934(9.3) | 13,587(12) |
C | Wasting & Underweight | 1537(12.8) | 1499(12.1) | 2771(11.3) | 18,063(13.3) |
D | Wasting, Stunting & Underweight | 2517(9.4) | 2088(8.4) | 3223(7.4) | 14,492(6.4) |
E | Stunting & Underweight | 7077(33.8) | 5580(28.8) | 9161(26.5) | 39,753(22.9) |
F | Stunting only | 4346(32.7) | 3960(29.8) | 6006(24.5) | 29,052(20.5) |
G | Stunting & Overweight | 490 (3.5) | 536(3.8) | 531(2.1) | 3016(2.3) |
H | Overweight Only | 321(3.5) | 338(3.5) | 444(1.8) | 2508(2.5) |
Y | Underweight Only | 532(5.4) | 516(5.2) | 931(4.7) | 5307(5.1) |
ECIAF | 66.5 | 62.4 | 57.5 | 55.8 | |