Dominican Republic - Prevalence of severe wasting
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5) in Dominican Republic was 0.400 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 0.600 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.400 in 1996.
Definition: Prevalence of severe wasting, female, is the proportion of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.
Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.500 |
| 1996 | 0.400 |
| 2000 | 0.500 |
| 2002 | 0.600 |
| 2006 | 0.400 |
| 2007 | 0.600 |
| 2013 | 0.400 |
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5) in Dominican Republic was 1.30 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 1.30 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.40 in 2006.
Definition: Prevalence of severe wasting, male, is the proportion of boys under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.
Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.70 |
| 1996 | 0.90 |
| 2000 | 0.50 |
| 2002 | 1.00 |
| 2006 | 0.40 |
| 2007 | 1.10 |
| 2013 | 1.30 |
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5) in Dominican Republic was 0.800 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 1.000 in 1986, while its lowest value was 0.400 in 2006.
Definition: Prevalence of severe wasting is the proportion of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.
Source: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1986 | 1.000 |
| 1991 | 0.600 |
| 1996 | 0.600 |
| 2000 | 0.500 |
| 2002 | 0.800 |
| 2006 | 0.400 |
| 2007 | 0.900 |
| 2013 | 0.800 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Nutrition
