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Table 2 Proportion of children under 2 years of age and females in SAM and MAM categories defined based on “expanded MUAC-only” admission criteria, by country and region

From: Potential consequences of expanded MUAC-only programs on targeting of acutely malnourished children and ready-to-use-therapeutic-food allocation: lessons from cross-sectional surveys

Region

Country

Excluded SAM (< 2 years) (%)

Under- estimated SAM (< 2 years) (%)

Ignored Risk SAM (< 2 years) (%)

Correctly Detected SAM (< 2 years) (%)

Excluded MAM (< 2 years) (%)

Included MAM (< 2 years) (%)

Excluded SAM (females) (%)

Under- estimated SAM (females) (%)

Ignored Risk SAM (females) (%)

Correctly Detected SAM (females) (%)

Excluded MAM (females) (%)

Included MAM (females) (%)

East Asia and Pacific

Myanmar

11.1%

62.1%

73.9%

82.6%

29.0%

74.3%

26.7%

37.9%

52.2%

65.2%

41.3%

64.1%

Philippines

34.6%

77.8%

100.0%

25.0%

37.7%

92.3%

42.3%

55.6%

0.0%

75.0%

45.3%

69.2%

Total

19.7%

64.2%

74.5%

76.6%

31.1%

75.3%

32.4%

40.3%

51.1%

66.2%

42.2%

64.4%

Latin America and Caribbean

Haiti

39.1%

73.9%

77.1%

70.7%

40.1%

68.7%

50.0%

17.4%

57.1%

58.6%

35.7%

58.2%

South Asia

Afghanistan

44.3%

69.0%

88.1%

82.7%

43.9%

74.3%

39.9%

43.8%

44.9%

64.3%

39.3%

57.5%

Bangladesh

25.5%

61.7%

89.3%

89.5%

29.1%

80.0%

38.9%

43.0%

50.0%

81.6%

38.7%

65.2%

India

22.5%

56.1%

78.1%

83.3%

27.6%

71.1%

36.3%

39.0%

56.3%

66.7%

42.0%

64.1%

Nepal

30.6%

61.3%

85.0%

92.5%

34.0%

74.2%

34.7%

35.0%

50.0%

70.1%

40.5%

61.8%

Pakistan

28.5%

66.5%

89.4%

78.2%

28.5%

65.2%

39.6%

32.3%

46.6%

66.9%

39.6%

56.7%

Total

35.3%

64.5%

87.8%

82.7%

33.4%

73.2%

39.1%

39.3%

47.3%

66.2%

39.6%

59.0%

East and South Africa

Kenya

11.1%

46.8%

80.4%

79.5%

18.4%

70.7%

41.6%

37.8%

31.4%

67.0%

41.5%

63.3%

Madagascar

14.3%

54.5%

74.1%

82.4%

23.2%

64.9%

28.6%

27.3%

33.3%

55.9%

34.8%

52.9%

Somalia

29.5%

69.6%

87.5%

90.0%

23.8%

81.1%

42.3%

35.7%

37.5%

62.9%

40.2%

55.9%

South Sudan

24.5%

61.1%

77.9%

78.5%

25.6%

69.7%

43.3%

38.9%

51.3%

62.5%

44.4%

57.4%

Sudan

20.5%

66.6%

83.4%

84.9%

24.8%

75.3%

33.7%

31.3%

47.5%

65.6%

41.2%

59.9%

Uganda

42.1%

68.9%

84.5%

82.0%

46.4%

75.7%

43.9%

34.4%

45.4%

67.2%

39.6%

56.7%

Total

21.5%

63.4%

82.1%

82.9%

25.0%

74.0%

38.8%

34.5%

45.6%

64.8%

41.7%

58.5%

West and Central Africa

Burkina Faso

54.8%

77.8%

74.3%

79.6%

52.5%

68.1%

19.4%

14.3%

47.3%

68.5%

39.1%

63.2%

Central African Republic

25.0%

56.3%

71.2%

63.7%

29.0%

60.6%

45.8%

34.4%

44.1%

58.8%

39.6%

54.2%

Chad

30.7%

58.6%

74.0%

78.6%

22.7%

67.6%

39.4%

40.8%

50.7%

69.6%

39.6%

60.3%

Guinea

60.0%

65.5%

92.5%

85.7%

46.6%

78.6%

33.3%

41.4%

42.5%

61.9%

40.5%

60.4%

Mali

44.7%

73.0%

83.3%

76.6%

36.2%

75.1%

22.4%

25.4%

53.7%

68.1%

43.9%

60.5%

Niger

31.7%

69.7%

72.5%

92.0%

36.3%

73.6%

31.7%

25.8%

37.7%

78.7%

31.4%

63.2%

Nigeria

40.8%

57.1%

80.5%

69.8%

38.8%

62.4%

40.8%

46.4%

48.8%

63.5%

39.7%

68.3%

Sierra Leone

38.8%

91.3%

100.0%

80.4%

51.7%

82.7%

42.9%

26.1%

35.7%

46.4%

36.1%

60.9%

Total

38.1%

66.4%

77.2%

77.4%

35.9%

69.7%

34.6%

32.3%

46.7%

65.4%

39.0%

60.7%

DRC

27.5%

44.7%

65.9%

72.3%

27.1%

65.4%

37.9%

35.9%

42.3%

57.0%

39.9%

55.4%

Overall Aggregate Total

28.4%

59.8%

78.0%

77.1%

29.1%

70.0%

38.2%

35.6%

45.6%

61.5%

40.4%

57.9%

  1. SAM severe acute malnutrition, MAM moderate acute malnutrition, RUTF ready-to-use therapeutic food, DRC Democratic Republic of Congo
  2. Regional and overall totals are in bold