Lao PDR - Malnutrition prevalence

Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)

Definition: Prevalence of child malnutrition is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Aggregation is based on UNICEF/WHO Joint Global Malnutrition Analysis Date Set 2011, and additional analysis by UNICEF.

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Year	Value
1993	39.80
1994	35.90
2000	36.40
2006	31.60

Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5)

Definition: Prevalence of child malnutrition is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age (stunting) is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition.

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• Thematic map
• Country comparison
• Country ranking

Year	Value
1993	53.60
1994	52.90
2000	48.20
2006	47.60

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition