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Table 7 Exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months of life, low birth weight, and anemia prevalence in pregnant women

From: Nutrition transition, double burden of malnutrition, and urbanization patterns in secondary cities of Bangladesh, Kenya and Rwanda

 

Exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months (n)

Low birth weight (< 2500 g) (n)

Pregnant women with anemia (< 11 g/dl) (n)

Dinajpur (BG)

59.4% (301)

18.9% (1851)

21.4% (1637)a

Rangpur (BG)

52.3% (298)

19.6% (1771)

9.9% (4644)a

Bungoma (KE)

47.0% (136)

6.3% (3077)

30.0% (3112)

Busia (KE)

61.9% (168)

8.1% (869)

24.1% (1230)

Rubavu (RW)

62.6% (169)

-

-

Rusizi (RW)

50.0% (181)

-

-

  1. No low birth weight and anemia assessment possible in Rwanda as no records kept for total number of deliveries and total number of pregnant women not suffering from anemia as no records kept for such cases
  2. Exclusive breastfeeding data collected during household visit within this survey. Low birth weight data and anemia prevalence data collected through review of respective ANC records from Jan-May2021 in Bangladesh and from Jan-Mar2021 in Kenya and Rwanda
  3. BG Bangladesh, KE Kenya, RW Rwanda
  4. aonly for NGOs’ antenatal care centers as governmental hospitals/clinics don’t keep records of hemoglobin/anemia
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