The State of the World's Children 2000

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Statistical Tables

Table 2: Nutrition

% of children (1990-99*) who are:
% of under-fives (1990-98*) suffering from:

underweight wasting stunting

Under-5
mortality
rank % of infants
with low
birthweight
1990-97* exclusively
breastfed
(0-3 months) breastfed with
complementary
food
(6-9 months) still
breastfeeding
(20-26 months) moderate
& severe severe moderate
& severe moderate
& severe Vitamin A
supplementation
coverage rate
(6-59 months)
1998 % of
households
consuming
iodized salt
1992-98*

Afghanistan 4 20 25 - - 48 - 25 52 - -

Albania 90 7 - - - - - - - - -

Algeria 88 9 48 29 21 13 3 9 18 - 92

Andorra 165 - - - - - - - - - -

Angola 2 19 12 70 49 42 14 6 53 - 10

Antigua and Barbuda 133 8 - - - 10x 4x 10x 7x - -

Argentina 126 7 - - - - - - - - 90

Armenia 104 7 21 34 - - - - - - -

Australia 175 6 - - - - - - - - -

Austria 175 6 - - - - - - - - -

Azerbaijan 80 6 53 75 - 10 2 3 22 - -

Bahamas 130 - - - - - - - - - -

Bahrain 133 6 - 69 - 9 2 5 10 - -

Bangladesh 48 50 52 69 90 56 21 18 55 95 78

Barbados 146 10 - - - 5x 1x 4x 7x - -

Belarus 110 - - - - - - - - - 37

Belgium 165 6 - - - - - - - - -

Belize 83 4 24 49 - 6 1 - - - 90

Benin 22 - 15 97 65 29 7 14 25 100 79

Bhutan 41 - - - - 38x - 4x 56x 87 82

Bolivia 57 5 61 80 32 10 2 2 26 73 90

Bosnia and Herzegovina 137 - - - - - - - - - -

Botswana 77 11 39 - - 17 5 11 29 - 27

Brazil 85 8 42 30 17 6 1 2 11 20 95

Brunei Darussalam 156 - - - - - - - - - -

Bulgaria 144 6 - - - - - - - - -

Burkina Faso 22 21 5 56 - 30 8 13 29 97 23

Burundi 17 - 89x 66x 73x 37 11 9 43 15 80

Cambodia 24 - 60 - 48 52 18 13 56 80 7

Cameroon 27 13 16 - 29 22 5 6 29 - 82

Canada 165 6 - - - - - - - - -

Cape Verde 65 9 18 - - 14 2 6 16 - 99

Central African Rep. 18 15 23 - - 27 8 7 34 - 65

Chad 13 - 2 81 62 39 14 14 40 0 55

Chile 148 5 77 17 - 1 - 0 2 - 97

China 79 9 64 - - 16 - - 34 - 83

Colombia 104 9 16 61 17 8 1 1 15 - 92

Comoros 53 8 5 87 45 26 8 8 34 - -

Congo 47 16 43x 95x 27x 17x 3x 4x 21x 93 -

Congo, Dem. Rep. 9 15 32 40 64 34 10 10 45 46 90

Cook Islands 104 1 - - - - - - - - -

Costa Rica 145 7 35 47 12 2 - - - - 89

Côte d'Ivoire 28 12 4 77 - 24 6 8 24 - -

Croatia 156 - 24 - - 1 - 1 1 - 70

Cuba 160 7 76 66 - 9 - 3 - - 45

Cyprus 156 - - - - - - - - - -

Czech Rep. 165 6 - - - 1 0 2 2 - -

Denmark 175 6 - - - - - - - - -

Djibouti 26 11 - - - 18 6 13 26 41 -

Dominica 133 10 - - - 5x 0x 2x 6x - -

Dominican Rep. 75 13 25 47 7 6 1 1 11 16 13

Ecuador 89 13 29 52 34 17x 0x 2x 34x 69 97

Egypt 68 10 53 37 - 12 3 6 25 - 0

El Salvador 97 11 16 76 68 11 1 1 23 - 91

Equatorial Guinea 20 - - - - - - - - - 20

Eritrea 45 13 66 45 60 44 17 16 38 86 80

Estonia 126 - - - - - - - - - -

Ethiopia 18 16 74 - 35 48 16 8 64 83 0

Fiji 120 12 - - - 8 1 8 3 - 31

Finland 175 4 - - - - - - - - -

France 175 5 - - - - - - - - -

Gabon 30 - 32 - - - - - - - -

Gambia 59 - - 8 58 26 5 - 30 - 0

Georgia 120 - - - - - - - - - -

Germany 175 - - - - - - - - - -

Ghana 49 8 37 - 66 27 8 11 26 90 10

Greece 162 6 - - - - - - - - -

Grenada 109 9 - - - - - - - - -

Guatemala 74 15 50 56 43 27 6 3 50 57 64

Guinea 14 13 52 - 15 - - 12 29 97 37

Guinea-Bissau 11 20 - - - 23x - - - - -

Guyana 60 15 - - - 12 - 12 10 - -

Haiti 36 15 3 83 25 28 8 8 32 60 10

Holy See - - - - - - - - - - -

Honduras 81 9 42 69 45 18 3 2 40 58 85

Hungary 149 9 - - - 2x 0x 2x 3x - -

Iceland 175 - - - - - - - - - -

India 49 33 51 31 67 53 21 18 52 25 70

Indonesia 71 8 52 - 65 34 8 13 42 66 62

Iran 100 10 66 - 41 16 3 7 19 35 94

Iraq 37 15 - - 25 23 6 10 31 89 10

Ireland 162 4 - - - - - - - - -

Israel 165 7 - - - - - - - - -

Italy 165 5 - - - - - - - - -

Jamaica 149 10 - - - 10 1 4 6 - 100

Japan 189 7 - - - - - - - - -

Jordan 93 10 15 68 12 5 1 2 8 - 95

Kazakhstan 83 9 12 61 21 8 2 3 16 - 53

Kenya 40 16 17 94 54 22 5 6 33 10 100

Kiribati 62 3 - - - 13x - 11x 28x - -

Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 104 - - - - 60 - 19 60 - 5

Korea, Rep. of 175 9 - - - - - - - - -

Kuwait 147 7 - - - 6x - 3x 12x - -

Kyrgyzstan 69 6 31 - 79 11 2 3 25 - 27

Lao People's Dem. Rep. 41 18 36 - 31 40 12 11 47 39 93

Latvia 126 - - - - - - - - - -

Lebanon 94 10 - - - 3 - 3 12 - 92

Lesotho 33 11 54 47 52 16 4 5 44 - 73

Liberia 6 - - 17 25 - - - - - -

Libya 117 7 - - 39 5 - 3 15 - 90

Liechtenstein 149 - - - - - - - - - -

Lithuania 120 - - - - - - - - - -

Luxembourg 175 - - - - - - - - - -

Madagascar 25 5 61 93 49 40 13 7 48 100 73

Malawi 7 20 11 78 68 30 9 7 48 34 58

Malaysia 153 8 - - - 19 1 - - - -

Maldives 56 13 8 - - 43 10 17 27 - -

Mali 5 16 13 33 60 40 17 23 30 93 9

Malta 162 - - - - - - - - - -

Marshall Islands 52 14 - - - - - - - 35 -

Mauritania 16 11 60 64 59 23 9 7 44 80 3

Mauritius 120 13 16 29 - 16 2 15 10 0 0

Mexico 97 7 38x 36x 21x 14x - 6x 22x 93 99

Micronesia, Fed. States of 117 9 - - - - - - - 50 -

Moldova, Rep. of 94 4 - - - - - - - - -

Monaco 175 - - - - - - - - - -

Mongolia 28 7 93 84 74 10 - 2 22 87 68

Morocco 67 9 31 33 20 9 2 2 23 75 -

Mozambique 10 20 38 87 58 26 9 8 36 - 62

Myanmar 44 24 - 78 75 39 13 - - 91 65

Namibia 62 16 22 65 23 26 6 9 28 83 59

Nauru 104 - - - - - - - - - -

Nepal 51 - 83 63 88 47 16 11 48 90 93

Netherlands 175 - - - - - - - - - -

New Zealand 165 6 - - - - - - - - -

Nicaragua 77 9 29 65 29 12 2 2 25 63 86

Niger 3 15 1 - 47 50 20 21 41 82 64

Nigeria 15 16 2 52 43 36 12 9 43 - 98

Niue - - - - - - - - - - -

Norway 189 4 - - - - - - - - -

Oman 140 8 28 85 64 23 3 13 23 98 65

Pakistan 33 25 16 31 56 38 13 - - 1 19

Palau 97 8 - - - - - - - - -

Panama 133 8 32 38 21 7 1 1 9 - 92

Papua New Guinea 45 23 75 74 66 30x 6x 6x 43x - -

Paraguay 100 5 7 59 15 4 1 0 17 - 79

Peru 73 11 63 83 43 8 1 1 26 - 93

Philippines 81 9 47 - 23 28 - 6 30 80 15

Poland 149 - - - - - - - - - -

Portugal 156 5 - - - - - - - - -

Qatar 140 - - - - 6 - 2 8 - -

Romania 117 7 - - - 6 1 3 8 - -

Russian Federation 115 6 - - - 3 1 4 13 - 30

Rwanda 21 17 90 68 85 27 11 9 42 75 95

Saint Kitts and Nevis 90 9 - - - - - - - - -

Saint Lucia 130 8 - - - - - - - - -

Saint Vincent/Grenadines 120 8 - - - - - - - - -

Samoa 110 6 - - - - - - - - -

San Marino 165 - - - - - - - - - -

Sao Tome and Principe 61 7 - - - 16 5 5 26 - -

Saudi Arabia 113 7 - - - - - - - - -

Senegal 38 4 16 69 50 22 - 7 23 0 9

Seychelles 140 10 - - - 6x 0x 2x 5x - -

Sierra Leone 1 11 - 94 41 29 - 9 35 - 75

Singapore 175 7 - - - - - - - - -

Slovakia 153 - - - - - - - - - -

Slovenia 175 - - - - - - - - - -

Solomon Islands 113 20 - - - 21x 4x 7x 27x - -

Somalia 8 16 - - - - - - - 90 -

South Africa 58 - - - - 9 1 3 23 - 40

Spain 165 4 - - - - - - - - -

Sri Lanka 137 25 24 60 66 34 - 14 18 - 47

Sudan 43 15 14x 45x 44x 34 11 13 33 80 0

Suriname 94 13 - - - - - - - - -

Swaziland 53 10 37 51 20 10x - 1x 30x - 26

Sweden 189 5 - - - - - - - - -

Switzerland 175 5 - - - - - - - - -

Syria 102 7 - 50 - 13 4 9 21 - 40

Tajikistan 62 - - - - - - - - - 20

Tanzania 32 14 41 93 53 27 8 6 42 80 74

TFYR Macedonia 110 - 8 - - - - - - - 100

Thailand 90 6 4 71 27 19 - 6 16 4 50

Togo 30 20 15 - 77 25 7 12 22 - 73

Tonga 120 2 - - - - - - - - -

Trinidad and Tobago 140 10 - - - 7x 0x 4x 5x - -

Tunisia 102 8 12 - 16 9 - 4 23 - 98

Turkey 85 8 9 38 - 10 3 - - - 18

Turkmenistan 66 5 54 - - - - - - - 0

Tuvalu 71 3 - - - - - - - - -

Uganda 35 13 70 64 40 26 7 5 38 95 69

Ukraine 126 - - - - - - - - - 4

United Arab Emirates 153 6 - 52 - 14 3 15 17 - -

United Kingdom 165 7 - - - - - - - - -

United States 160 7 - - - 1 0 1 2 - -

Uruguay 137 8 - - - 5 1 1 8 - -

Uzbekistan 70 - 4 - 35 19 5 12 31 - 0

Vanuatu 76 7 - - - 20x - - 19x - -

Venezuela 115 9 - - - 5 1 3 13 - 65

Viet Nam 85 17 - - - 41 9 14 44 98 65

Yemen 38 19 25 79 41 46 15 13 52 100 39

Yugoslavia 130 - 6 35 13 2 0 2 7 25 70

Zambia 12 13 26 95 43 24 5 4 42 91 78

Zimbabwe 55 10 16 93 26 15 3 6 32 - 80

Regional Summaries

Sub-Saharan Africa 15 31 66 49 32 10 9 41 68 62

Middle East and North Africa 11 41 45 33 18 5 8 25 69 48

South Asia 33 45 36 68 51 19 18 52 30 65

East Asia and Pacific 10 59 74 - 22 - - 36 70 74

Latin America and Caribbean 9 39 45 23 10 1 3 18 52 89

CEE/CIS and Baltic States 7 - - - 8 2 5 16 25 25

Industrialized countries 6 - - - - - - - - -

Developing countries 18 44 47 53 31 12 11 39 48 68

Least developed countries 22 43 67 59 40 13 12 47 80 57

World 17 44 47 53 30 11 11 37 48 66

Definitions of the indicators

Main data sources

Low birth weight - Less than 2,500 grams.

Underweight - Moderate and severe - below minus two standard deviations from median weight for age of reference population; severe - below minus three standard deviations from median weight for age of reference population.

Wasting - Moderate and severe- below minus two standard deviations from median weight for height of reference population.

Stunting - Moderate and severe - below minus two standard deviations from median height for age of reference population.

Vitamin A - Percentage of children aged 6-59 months who have received a high dose of vitamin A capsules within the last six months.

Low birth weight - World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.

Breastfeeding - Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.

Underweight, wasting and stunting - Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.

Salt iodization - Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and UNICEF.

Vitamin A - UNICEF field offices

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