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Children under 5 moderately or severely underweight, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
199311.51
199511.32
200063
200111.14
2006105

Children under 5 severely underweight, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
19934.41
20013.84
20063.45

Footnotes:

  1. Syrian maternal and child health survey (SMCHS). PAPCHILD surveys. Cairo: The League of Arab States, 1994 (and additional analysis).
  2. Prime Minister's Council. Multiple indicator cluster survey in the Syrian Arab Republic (MICS). Central Bureau of Statistics. Damascus, The Syrian Arab Republic, 1996.
  3. Council of Ministers, Central Office of Statistics, Arab Republic of Syria, and UNICEF. [Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey II (MICS II) concerning Child Health and Welfare. Main report.] Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic: UNICEF, 2002 (and additional analysi
  4. League of Arab States (PAPFAM) and Syrian Arab Republic, Office of the Prime Minister, Central Bureau of Statistics. The family health survey in the Syrian Arab Republic. Principal Report. Cairo: The League of Arab States, 2002 (and additional analysis).
  5. Central Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health, State Planning Commission, UNICEF and PAPFAM/League of Arab States. Syrian Arab Republic multiple indicator cluster survey 2006. February 2008. www.childinfo.org/mics3_surveys.html, accessed 22 December 20

Source: United Nations Statistics Division

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