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Table 2 Prevalence of stunting and wasting among under 5 children in Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 4,840)

From: Magnitude of under-nutrition among under five children in Ethiopia based on 2019 Mini-Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey: Generalized Linear Mixed Model (GLMM)

Types of Under-nutrition

Weighted frequency

Percentage(%)

Confidence Interval(95%)

Lower

Upper

Stunting

No stunting

3,015

62.29

60.92

63.64

Stunting

Moderate stunting

Severe Stunting

1,825

1,225

600

37.71

25.30

12.40

36.35

24.10

11.51

39.08

26.55

13.36

Wasting

No wasting

4,494

92.86

92.09

93.55

Wasting

Moderate wasting

Severe wasting

346

278

68

7.14

5.75

1.40

6.52

5.13

1.10

7.91

6.44

1.77