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Table 4 Proportion of females and children under 2 years of age in SAMall, SAMmuac, and target of “MUAC and Severe Underweight” program, by country and region

From: “No weight for height” case detection strategies for therapeutic feeding programs: sensitivity to acute malnutrition and target composition based on representative surveys in humanitarian settings

Region

Country

Proportion of SAMall that are female

Proportion of SAMmuac that are female

Proportion of Target MUAC+ SWAZ that are female

Proportion of SAMall that are < 2 years

Proportion of SAMmuac that are < 2 years

Proportion of Target MUAC+ SWAZ that are < 2 years

East Asia and Pacific

Myanmar

48.2%

61.3%

51.6%

61.3%

79.8%

43.8%

Philippines

44.7%

33.3%

47.6%

50.0%

100.0%

31.2%

Total

47.7%

60.7%

50.6%

59.6%

80.3%

40.7%

Latin America and Caribbean

Haiti

49.8%

54.3%

42.1%

60.5%

64.6%

40.8%

South Asia

Afghanistan

51.3%

60.2%

47.4%

72.5%

84.1%

55.7%

Bangladesh

49.7%

65.0%

50.5%

59.3%

88.8%

35.9%

India

43.8%

61.8%

47.8%

50.2%

81.8%

35.3%

Nepal

48.5%

61.2%

48.3%

68.3%

85.6%

40.1%

Pakistan

48.8%

58.1%

46.5%

65.9%

82.7%

46.8%

Total

49.9%

60.2%

48.0%

68.1%

84.2%

46.6%

East and South Africa

Kenya

45.4%

57.3%

44.4%

38.1%

81.5%

36.7%

Madagascar

47.2%

49.0%

44.3%

73.1%

80.2%

53.3%

Somalia

46.5%

56.4%

45.3%

63.6%

88.3%

54.0%

South Sudan

46.9%

58.1%

44.5%

52.6%

79.5%

50.2%

Sudan

42.4%

55.8%

44.0%

58.0%

81.7%

49.6%

Uganda

51.2%

58.7%

45.0%

71.3%

80.3%

58.3%

Total

45.4%

56.6%

44.4%

56.9%

81.3%

49.9%

West and Central Africa

Burkina Faso

38.8%

54.3%

43.6%

73.7%

76.1%

49.8%

Central African Republic

50.0%

53.1%

45.6%

55.6%

59.3%

32.4%

Chad

51.3%

60.5%

48.2%

61.7%

74.5%

44.8%

Guinea

49.7%

54.5%

47.6%

78.6%

85.1%

58.8%

Mali

38.9%

59.6%

42.8%

66.9%

80.7%

51.3%

Niger

46.1%

59.2%

46.2%

71.3%

83.0%

48.0%

Nigeria

51.1%

57.1%

47.6%

62.1%

73.3%

44.2%

Sierra Leone

40.6%

43.7%

38.1%

69.2%

83.1%

55.7%

Total

46.8%

56.7%

45.7%

65.7%

75.1.%

46.3%

DRC

48.0%

52.1%

44.8%

55.6%

63.2%

37.2%

Overall Aggregate Total

47.7%

55.3%

45.7%

60.3%

72.6%

43.5%

  1. SAMall: MUAC< 115 mm and/or oedema and/or WHZ < −3
  2. SAMmuac: MUAC < 115 mm and/or oedema
  3. Target MUAC+SWAZ: all children eligible for “MUAC and Severe Underweight” program defined by MUAC < 115 mm or WAZ < −3 or oedema
  4. DRC Democratic Republic of Congo
  5. Regional and overall totals are in bold