Table 2 Prevalence of composite index of anthropometric failure in Tanzania (1991–2015)
CIAF categories | 1991 | 1996 | 1999 | 2004–05 | 2010–11 | 2015–16 | P-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | No failure (%) | 50.0 | 49.0 | 50.2 | 57.8 | 54.1 | 61.7 | < 0.001 |
B | Wasting only (%) | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | < 0.001 |
C | Wasting and underweight (%) | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | < 0.001 |
D | Wasting. Stunting and underweight (%) | 2.2 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | < 0.001 |
E | Stunting and underweight (%) | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 16.5 | 11.4 | 9.7 | < 0.001 |
F | Stunting only (%) | 20.1 | 19.3 | 19.5 | 19.9 | 28.8 | 23.2 | < 0.001 |
Y | Underweight only (%) | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | < 0.001 |
|  | CIAF, (%)a | 50.0 | 51.0 | 49.8 | 42.2 | 45.9 | 38.2 | < 0.001 |
| Â | Total (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | Â |