The nutritional status of children in Bhutan: results from the 2008 National nutrition survey and trends over time

Table 2 Percentage of children under age 5 by nutritional status according to four anthropometric indicators, Bhutan 2008

	Sample size	WFA % < -2SD	WFA % < -3SD	WFA mean Z-score	LHFA % < -2SD	LHFA % < -3SD	LHFA mean Z-score	WFLH % < -2SD	WFLH % < -3SD	WFLH % > +2SD	WFLH mean Z-score	BMIFA % < -2SD	BMIFA % < -3SD	BMIFA % > +2SD	BMIFA mean Z-score
Total	2162	10.4	1.7	−0.70	34.9	12.0	−1.44	4.7	1.4	4.4	0.11	4.4	1.9	6.9	0.31
Male	1147	10.5	1.6	−0.74	37.7	11.9	−1.45	5.1	1.6	4.8	0.08	5.1	2.3	7.6	0.29
Female	1015	10.3	1.8	−0.66	31.8	12.1	−1.43	4.4	1.1	4.0	0.15	3.7	1.4	6.2	0.32
Age:
6-11	202	5.4	0.5	−0.10	12.3	5.1	−0.31	7.1	3.3	2.7	−0.08	6.1	3.6	5.1	0.06
12-23	476	7.1	1.3	−0.38	26.3	10.8	−1.16	6.8	1.7	6.3	0.04	5.7	2.6	12.0	0.39
24-35	595	10.9	1.5	−0.75	38.1	12.9	−1.57	4.6	0.3	5.2	0.18	3.8	0.9	7.6	0.37
36-47	532	12.2	2.4	−0.94	42.1	12.2	−1.68	3.9	2.1	3.5	0.12	4.8	2.5	4.8	0.27
48-59	357	14.0	2.0	−1.04	42.9	15.6	−1.86	2.3	0.6	2.9	0.20	2.3	0.9	3.2	0.29
Residence:
Urban	531	7.2	1.1	−0.53	28.3	7.4	−1.30	3.3	0.0	5.0	0.24	2.7	0.2	7.3	0.42
Rural	1631	11.5	1.8	−0.76	37.1	13.5	−1.49	5.2	1.9	4.2	0.07	5.0	2.5	6.8	0.27

WFA = Weight-for-age, LHFA = Length/Height-for-age, WFLH = Weight-for-length/height, BMIFA = Body mass index-for-age.

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