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Table 2: Nutrition

	% of infants with low birth weight 1990		% of children (1986-94) who are:			% of under-fives (1980-94) suffering from:								Total goitre rate (6-11 years) (%) 1980-92		Daily per capita calorie supply as a % of requirements 1988-90	% share of total household consumption (1980-85)
			exclusively breastfed (0-3 months)	breastfed with complementary food (6-9) months	still breastfeeding (20-23 months)	underweight				wasting		stunting					% share of total household consumption (1980-85)
			exclusively breastfed (0-3 months)	breastfed with complementary food (6-9) months	still breastfeeding (20-23 months)	moderate & severe		severe		moderate & severe		moderate & severe					all food	cereals
1 Niger	15		..	..	..	36		12		16		32		9		95	..	..
2 Angola	19		3	83	53	..		..		..		..		7		80	..	..
3 Sierra Leone	17		..	94	41	29		..		9	x	35		7		83	56	22
4 Mozambique	20		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		20		77	..	..
5 Afghanistan	20		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		20		72	..	..
6 Guinea-Bissau	20		..	..	..	23	x	..		..		..		19		97	..	..
7 Guinea	21		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		19		97	..	..
8 Malawi	20		3	88	56	27		8		5		49		13		88	30	9
9 Liberia	..		15	56	26	20	x	..		3	x	37	x	6		98	..	..
10 Mali	17		8	45	44	31	x	9	x	11	x	24	x	29		96	57	22
11 Gambia	..		..	..	61	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
12 Somalia	16		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		7		81	..	..
13 Zambia	13		13	88	34	25		6		5		40		51	x	87	36	8
14 Chad	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		15		73	..	..
15 Eritrea	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
16 Ethiopia	16		74	..	35	48	x	16	x	8	x	64	x	22		73	49	24
17 Mauritania	11		12	39	..	48		..		16		57		..		106	..	..
18 Bhutan	..		..	..	..	38		..		4		56		25		128	..	..
19 Nigeria	16		2	52	43	36		12		9		43		10		93	48	18
20 Zaire	15		..	..	..	28	x	..		5	x	43	x	9		96	..	..
21 Uganda	..		63	71	24	23		5		2		45		7		93	..	..
22 Cambodia	..		..	..	..	40		7		8		38		15		96	..	..
23 Burundi	..		89	66	73	38	x	10	x	6	x	48	x	42		84	..	..
24 Central African Rep.	15		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		63		82	..	..
25 Burkina Faso	21	x	3	44	..	30		8		13		29		16		94	..	..
26 Madagascar	17		47	80	45	39		9		5		51		24		95	59	26
27 Tanzania, U. Rep. of	14		32	59	57	29		7		6		47		37		95	64	32
28 Lesotho	11		..	..	..	16		2		5		26		16		93	..	..
29 Gabon	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		5		104	..	..
30 Cote d'Ivoire	14	x	..	..	..	12		2		9		17		6		111	39	13
31 Benin	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		24		104	37	12
32 Rwanda	17		90	68	..	29		6		4		48		49		82	29	10
33 Lao Peo. Dem. Rep.	18		..	..	..	37		..		11		40		25		111	..	..
34 Pakistan	25		25	29	52	40		14		9		50		32		99	37	12
35 Togo	20		10	86	68	24	x	6	x	5	x	30	x	22		99	..	..
36 Ghana	17		8	36	53	27		8		11		26		10		93	50	..
37 Haiti	15		3	..	..	27		3	x	5		34		4		89	..	..
38 Sudan	15		14	45	44	20		..		14		32		20		87	60	..
39 India	33		51	31	67	69	x	27	x	..		65	x	9		101	52	18
40 Nepal	..		..	..	..	70	x	5	x	14	x	69	x	44		100	57	38
41 Bangladesh	50		54	..	..	67		25		17		63		11		88	59	36
42 Senegal	11		7	41	48	20		5		9		22		12		98	49	15
43 Yemen, Rep. of	19		15	51	..	30		4		13		44		32		..	..	..
44 Indonesia	14		47	76	62	40		..		..		..		28		121	48	21
45 Bolivia	12		53	78	36	16		4		4		28		21		84	33	..
46 Cameroon	13		7	77	35	14		3		3		24		26		95	24	7
47 Congo	16		43	..	27	24		..		5		27		8		103	37	16
48 Myanmar	16		..	..	..	32	x	9	x	..		..		18		114	..	..
49 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		6		140	..	..
50 Papua New Guinea	23		..	..	..	35		..		..		..		30		114	..	..
51 Kenya	16		17	90	54	22		6		6		33		7		89	38	16
52 Turkmenistan	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		20		..	..	..
53 Tajikistan	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		20		..	..	..
54 Zimbabwe	14		11	94	26	12	x	2	x	1	x	29	x	42		94	40	9
55 Namibia	16		22	65	23	26		6		9		28		35		..	..	..
56 Mongolia	10		..	..	..	12	x	..		2	x	26	x	7		97	..	..
57 Iraq, Rep. of	15		..	..	..	12		2		3		22		7		128	..	..
58 Guatemala	14		..	..	44	34	x	8	x	1	x	58	x	20		103	36	10
59 South Africa	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		25		2		128	34	..
60 Nicaragua	15		..	..	..	12		1		2		24		4		99	..	..
61 Algeria	9		..	..	..	9		..		6		18		9		123	..	..
62 Uzbekistan	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		18		..	..	..
63 Brazil	11		4	27	13	7		1		2		16		14	x	114	35	9
64 Peru	11		40	62	36	11		2		1		37		36		87	35	8
65 Philippines	15		33	52	18	34		5		6		37		15		104	51	21
66 Ecuador	11		31	31	23	17		0		2		34		10		105	30	..
67 El Salvador	11		20	71	28	11		1		1		23		25		102	33	12
68 Morocco	9		65	35	..	9		2		2		23		20		125	38	12
69 Kyrgyzstan	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		20		..	..	..
70 Turkey	8		..	..	..	10		2		3		21		36		127	40	9
71 Botswana	8		41	82	23	15	x	..		..		44		8		97	25	12
72 Honduras	9		11	..	..	21		4		2		39		9		98	39	..
73 Egypt	10		38	52	..	9		2		3		24		5		132	49	10
74 Azerbaijan	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		20		..	..	..
75 Iran, Islamic Rep. of	9		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		30		125	37	10
76 Kazakhstan	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		20		..	..	..
77 Viet Nam	17		..	..	..	42		14		6		51		20		103	..	..
78 Dominican Rep.	16		10	32	7	10		2		1		19		..		102	46	13
79 China	9		..	..	..	17		3	x	4	x	32	x	9		112	61	..
80 Albania	7		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		41		107	..	..
81 Lebanon	10		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		15		127	..	..
82 Syrian Arab Rep.	11		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		73		126	..	..
83 Moldova	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
84 Saudi Arabia	7		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		121	..	..
85 Paraguay	8		7	61	8	4		1		0		17		49		116	30	6
86 Tunisia	8		12	53	16	10	x	2	x	3	x	18	x	4		131	37	7
87 Thailand	13		4	69	34	26	x	4	x	6	x	22	x	12		103	30	7
88 Armenia	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		10		..	..	..
89 TFYR Macedonia	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
90 Mexico	12		37	36	21	14		..		6		22		15		131	35	..
91 Russian Federation	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
92 Korea, Dem. Peo. Rep. of	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		121	..	..
93 Romania	7		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		10		116	..	..
94 Georgia	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		20		..	..	..
95 Argentina	6		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		8		131	35	4
96 Oman	10		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
97 Latvia	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
98 Ukraine	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		10		..	..	..
99 Jordan	7		32	48	13	9		..		2		16		..		110	35	..
100 Venezuela	9		..	..	..	6		..		2		6		11		99	23	..
101 Estonia	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
102 Yugoslavia	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
103 Mauritius	9		16	29	..	24		..		16		22		..		128	24	7
104 Belarus	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		22		..	..	..
105 Uruguay	8		..	..	..	7		2		..		16		..		101	31	7
106 United Arab Emirates	6		..	..	26	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
107 Lithuania	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
108 Panama	10		..	..	..	7		1		1		9		13		98	38	7
109 Trinidad and Tobago	10		10	39	16	7	x	0	x	4	x	5	x	..		114	19	3
110 Bulgaria	6		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		20		148	..	..
111 Sri Lanka	25		14	47	46	38		3	x	16		24		14		101	43	18
112 Colombia	10		17	48	24	10		2		3		17		10		106	29	..
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
114 Poland	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		10		131	29	4
115 Costa Rica	6		..	..	..	2		0		2		8		3		121	33	8
116 Chile	7		..	..	..	3	x	..		1	x	10	x	9		102	29	7
117 Slovakia	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
118 Malaysia	10		..	..	..	23		1		..		..		20		120	23	..
119 Croatia	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
120 Hungary	9		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		137	25	3
121 Kuwait	7		..	..	..	6		..		3		12		..		..	..	..
122 Jamaica	11		..	..	..	9		1		1		5		..		114	36	14
123 Portugal	5		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		15		136	34	8
124 Cuba	9		..	..	..	..		..		1		..		10		135	..	..
125 United States	7		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		138	10	2
126 Czech Rep.	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
127 Belgium	6		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		5		149	15	2
128 Greece	6		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		10		151	30	3
129 Spain	4		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		10		141	24	3
130 France	5		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		5		143	16	2
131 Israel	7		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		125	21	..
132 New Zealand	6		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		131	12	2
133 Korea, Rep. of	9		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		120	35	14
134 Slovenia	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		..	..	..
135 Australia	6		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		124	13	2
136 Italy	5		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		20		139	19	2
137 Netherlands	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		3		114	13	2
138 Norway	4		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		120	15	2
139 Canada	6		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		122	11	2
140 Austria	6		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		133	16	2
141 United Kingdom	7		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		130	12	2
142 Switzerland	5		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		130	17	..
143 Ireland	4		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		157	22	4
144 Germany	..		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		10		..	12	2
145 Denmark	6		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		5		135	13	2
146 Japan	6		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		125	17	4
147 Hong Kong	8		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		125	12	1
148 Singapore	7		..	..	..	14	x	..		4	x	11	x	..		136	19	..
149 Finland	4		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		113	16	3
150 Sweden	5		..	..	..	..		..		..		..		..		111	13	2

Countries listed in descending order of their 1994 under-five mortality rates(table 1).

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