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Table 2 Anaemia prevalence and haemoglobin level of 6 months to under 5 years old children by age groups, states, and type of place of residence, Sudan, 2016

From: Anaemia prevalence and determinants in under 5 years children: findings of a cross-sectional population-based study in Sudan

Variables

Anaemia prevalence in 6 months to under 2 years

Anaemia prevalence in 2 to under 5 years

p. value

Anaemia prevalence (overall)

Severe anaemia prevalence (overall)

N

Mean haemoglobin (g/L)

Sudan

Frequency

427/690

1096/2404

1523/3094

50/3094

3094

%

61.9%

45.6%

< 0.001

49.2%

1.6%

108.1 (15.4)

States

 Northern

Frequency

16/22

39/81

55/103

1/103

103

%

72.7%

48.1%

0.040

53.4%

1.0%

107.4 (12.8)

 River Nile

Frequency

17/28

60/107

77/135

2/135

135

%

60.7%

56.1%

0.659

57.0%

1.5%

106.0 (15.7)

 Red Sea

Frequency

4/9

19/54

23/63

0/63

63

%

44.4%

35.2%

0.593

36.5%

0.0%

108.2 (13.5)

 Kassala

Frequency

30/52

109/190

139/242

4/242

242

%

57.7%

57.4%

0.967

57.4%

1.7%

105.1 (15.5)

 Gedarif

Frequency

29/38

68/146

97/184

2/184

184

%

76.3%

46.6%

0.001

52.7%

1.1%

108.7 (15.2)

 Khartoum

Frequency

32/40

70/131

102/171

3/171

171

%

80.0%

53.4%

0.003

59.6%

1.8%

104.6 (15.1)

 Gezira

Frequency

37/48

52/122

89/170

0/170

170

%

77.1%

42.6%

< 0.001

52.4%

0.0%

108.2 (12.3)

 White Nile

Frequency

22/37

55/114

77/151

3/151

151

%

59.5%

48.2%

0.236

51.0%

2.0%

107.0 (14.4)

 Sinnar

Frequency

31/38

62/114

93/152

4/152

152

%

81.6%

54.4%

0.003

61.2%

2.6%

103.8 (14.2)

 Blue Nile

Frequency

36/44

68/163

104/207

3/207

207

%

81.8%

41.7%

< 0.001

50.2%

1.4%

107.9 (15.4)

 North Kordofan

Frequency

23/48

60/150

83/198

1/198

198

%

47.9%

40.0%

0.333

41.9%

0.5%

110.2 (14.1)

 South Kordofan

Frequency

22/43

72/151

94/194

2/194

194

%

51.2%

47.7%

0.687

48.5%

1.0%

108.7 (14.1)

 West Kordofan

Frequency

16/29

43/98

59/127

1/127

127

%

55.2%

43.9%

0.284

46.5%

0.8%

109.8 (15.7)

 North Darfur

Frequency

26/50

59/203

85/253

1/253

253

%

52.0%

29.1%

0.002

33.6%

0.4%

114.4 (14.7)

 West Darfur

Frequency

28/59

51/138

79/197

2/197

197

%

47.5%

37.0%

0.168

40.1%

1.0%

111.2 (13.6)

 South Darfur

Frequency

28/57

85/206

113/263

6/263

263

%

49.1%

41.3%

0.298

43.0%

2.3%

109.5 (17.4)

 Central Darfur

Frequency

17/30

62/127

79/157

12/157

157

%

56.7%

48.8%

0.439

50.3%

7.6%

105.4 (20.2)

 East Darfur

Frequency

13/18

62/109

75/127

3/127

127

%

72.2%

56.9%

0.220

59.1%

2.4%

105.6 (16.2)

p. value*

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Area classification

 Rural

Frequency

308/494

795/1692

1103/2186

33/2186

2186

%

62.3%

47.0%

< 0.001

50.5%

1.5%

107.9 (15.2)

 Urban

Frequency

96/151

231/545

327/696

10/696

696

%

63.6%

42.4%

< 0.001

47.0%

1.4%

108.6 (15.2)

 Camp Refugees

Frequency

23/45

70/167

93/212

7/212

212

%

51.1%

41.9%

0.270

43.9%

3.3%

109.0 (18.0)

p. value*

 

0.295

0.106

0.076

0.130

0.389

  1. N: total number of cases included in the analysis
  2. * p. value for categorical data (anaemia) is calculated based on Chi-square test and for continuous data (haemoglobin level) is based on ANOVA test