Table 2 Prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight by age groups and sex (n = 497)
Age group | Underweight (%) | Stunting (%) | Wasting (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |
12–23 months | 15.5 | 18.6 | 12.3 | 31.0 | 30.5 | 31.6 | 10.3 | 15.3 | 5.3 |
23–35 months | 19.7 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 26.0 | 23.9 | 28.6 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 3.6 |
36–47 months | 22.7 | 21.5 | 23.8 | 32.0 | 34.9 | 29.2 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 6.2 |
48–60 months | 19.0 | 18.8 | 19.4 | 21.4 | 21.9 | 21.0 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 8.1 |
Total | 19.3 | 20.2 | 18.3 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 5.8 |