Table 2 Prevalence of under nutrition in children 6–35 month age in Ethiopia
From: Dietary zinc intake and its determinants among Ethiopian children 6–35 months of age
Region | Stunting Prevalence (%) | Wasting Prevalence (%) | Underweight Prevalence (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | <-3SD | <-2SD | N | <-3SD | <-2SD | n | <-3SD | <-2SD | |
Tigray | 640 | 18.1 | 47.7 | 639 | 1.7 | 8.9 | 638 | 6.8 | 28.4 |
Afar | 497 | 17.7 | 36.1 | 492 | 6.6 | 26.0 | 494 | 16 | 38.6 |
Amhara | 825 | 21 | 44.9 | 822 | 1.4 | 8.1 | 823 | 7.6 | 27.9 |
Oromiya | 921 | 15.3 | 34.9 | 918 | 1.6 | 8.9 | 920 | 8 | 22.4 |
Somali | 615 | 11.2 | 27.4 | 612 | 3.2 | 13.1 | 614 | 7.2 | 22.5 |
B/Gumuz | 501 | 18.8 | 38.4 | 500 | 3.9 | 15.1 | 501 | 11.2 | 27.6 |
SNNP | 893 | 18.6 | 40.7 | 891 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 893 | 7 | 21.9 |
Gambella | 415 | 10.1 | 24.4 | 415 | 3.1 | 13.9 | 415 | 6.3 | 21.5 |
Harari | 383 | 12.9 | 31.0 | 382 | 1.2 | 8.2 | 383 | 4.9 | 20.8 |
A/ Ababa | 572 | 6.6 | 19.4 | 570 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 572 | 2 | 7.6 |
Dire Dawa | 440 | 10.8 | 27.7 | 440 | 2.6 | 10.6 | 440 | 5 | 19.9 |
Total | 6702 | 17.2 | 38.7 | 6681 | 1.6 | 8.4 | 6693 | 7.5 | 23.8 |