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Table 3 the prevalence of undernourished children by each anthropometric and a single composite measure

From: Determinants of under-nutrition among children under five years of age in Ethiopia

Anthropometric indicators

Nourished

Moderately undernourished

Severely undernourished

Stunting

5857 (61.7)

1990 (21.0)

1647 (17.3)

Wasting

8535 (89.9)

677 (7.1)

282 (3.0)

Underweight

7247 (76.3)

1616 (17.0)

631 (6.7)

New single Composite

4846 (51.0)

1880 (19.8)

2768 (29.2)

  1. N.B. Numbers in each cell are frequencies and percentages are in the parentheses.