Portugal - Prevalence of anemia

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) in Portugal was 13.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 13.20 in 2019, while its lowest value was 12.00 in 2008.

Definition: Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age refers to the combined prevalence of both non-pregnant with haemoglobin levels below 12 g/dL and pregnant women with haemoglobin levels below 11 g/dL.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).

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Year Value
2000 13.00
2001 12.80
2002 12.60
2003 12.50
2004 12.40
2005 12.30
2006 12.20
2007 12.10
2008 12.00
2009 12.00
2010 12.00
2011 12.00
2012 12.00
2013 12.10
2014 12.30
2015 12.40
2016 12.50
2017 12.70
2018 13.00
2019 13.20

Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children under 5) in Portugal was 14.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 14.30 in 2019, while its lowest value was 12.40 in 2007.

Definition: Prevalence of anemia, children under age 5, is the percentage of children under age 5 whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter at sea level.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).

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Year Value
2000 14.00
2001 13.60
2002 13.20
2003 13.00
2004 12.70
2005 12.60
2006 12.50
2007 12.40
2008 12.40
2009 12.40
2010 12.50
2011 12.60
2012 12.70
2013 12.80
2014 13.00
2015 13.20
2016 13.40
2017 13.60
2018 13.90
2019 14.30

Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)

Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) in Portugal was 13.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 13.10 in 2019, while its lowest value was 11.80 in 2008.

Definition: Prevalence of anemia, non-pregnant women, is the percentage of non-pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 120 grams per liter at sea level.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).

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Year Value
2000 12.80
2001 12.50
2002 12.40
2003 12.30
2004 12.20
2005 12.10
2006 12.00
2007 11.90
2008 11.80
2009 11.80
2010 11.80
2011 11.80
2012 11.90
2013 12.00
2014 12.10
2015 12.20
2016 12.40
2017 12.60
2018 12.80
2019 13.10

Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)

The value for Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) in Portugal was 19.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21.10 in 2000 and a minimum value of 19.00 in 2011.

Definition: Prevalence of anemia, pregnant women, is the percentage of pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter at sea level.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).

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Year Value
2000 21.10
2001 20.70
2002 20.40
2003 20.10
2004 19.90
2005 19.70
2006 19.50
2007 19.40
2008 19.20
2009 19.10
2010 19.10
2011 19.00
2012 19.00
2013 19.10
2014 19.10
2015 19.20
2016 19.20
2017 19.30
2018 19.30
2019 19.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition