Description: Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5, disaggregated by type (wasting and overweight (By Age)
Sub description20062011
0-5 months05.7
6-11 months1.64.1
12-23months.71.7
24-35 months3.13.4
36-47 months1.54.1
48-59 months.72.8
Description: Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5, disaggregated by type (wasting and overweight (By Area)
Sub description20062011
Urban1.42.8
Rural1.43.6
Description: Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5, disaggregated by type (wasting and overweight (By Sex)
Sub description20062011
Both Sexes--
Male13.2
Female1.73.4
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DATA IDENTIFICATION


Name
Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5, disaggregated by type (wasting and overweight)
Indicator purpose

The purpose of this indicator is to track changes in the proportion of children who are malnourished (which encompasses both undernutrition and overweight).

Abstract

This indicator shows the prevalence of overweight (weight for height >+2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age. Child growth is an internationally accepted outcome area reflecting child nutritional status. Child overweight refers to a child who is too heavy for his or her height. This form of malnutrition results from expending too few calories for the amount of food consumed and increases the risk of noncommunicable diseases later in life. Child overweight is one of the World Health Assembly nutrition target indicators.

Data source

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

DATA CHARACTERISTICS



Contact organization person

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Date last updated
04-NOV-2019
Periodicity

Annual

Unit of measure

Estimates

Other characteristics

The official MDG indicator is overweight as assessed using weight for height. Overweight can however also be assessed with other indicators such body mass index for age. BMI is considered in absence of any other available estimates.

DATA CONCEPTS and CLASSIFICATIONS



Classification used

Overweight: Prevalence of overweight (weight for height >+2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age.

Numerator: Number of under-fives above 2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population

Denominator: Children under 5 years of age in the surveyed population

Wasting: Prevalence of wasting (weight for height <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age.

Numerator: Number of under-fives falling below minus 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) and minus 3 standard deviations (severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population

Denominator: Children under 5 years of age in the surveyed population

Disaggregation

This indicator is disaggregated by type (wasting and overweight) and by sex, age groups.

Key statistical concepts

Survey estimates are based on standardized methodology using the WHO Child Growth Standards.

Formula
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OTHER ASPECTS



Recommended uses

Prevalence of malnutrition and risk of malnutrition should be measured and documented, and the results widely disseminated to the public by the associated line ministries and related organizations.

Limitations

Survey estimates come with levels of uncertainty due to both sampling error and non-sampling error.

Other comments

Prevalence of malnutrition among children under 5 is estimated by comparing actual measurements to an international standard reference population. Since their release in April 2006, the WHO Child Growth Standards have been the recommended standard, replacing the previously used National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO reference population.

All the metadata shown in this document was gathered from United Nation Statistics Division. The metadata was extracted from https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/.