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Table 1 Description of the survey database used in the analysis

From: Children who are both wasted and stunted are also underweight and have a high risk of death: a descriptive epidemiology of multiple anthropometric deficits using data from 51 countries

Datasetsa

Number of surveysa

2426 surveys from 51 countries

Country (number)b

Afghanistan (43), Albania (1), Angola (22), Bangladesh (28), Benin (7), Burkina Faso (55), Burundi (25), Cameroon (10), Central African Republic (58), Chad (243), Congo - Kinshasa (266), Cote d’Ivoire (49), Djibouti (14), Eritrea (4), Ethiopia (265), Gambia (8), Guatemala (2), Guinea (12), Guinea Bissau (13), Haiti (49), India (8), Indonesia (3), Jordan (4), Kenya (132), Liberia (55), Madagascar (4), Malawi (16), Mali (14), Mauritania (57), Mozambique (13), Myanmar (22), Nepal (15), Niger (38), Nigeria (107), Pakistan (18), Philippines (12), Rwanda (26), Senegal (7), Sierra Leone (58), Somalia (227), South Sudan (140), Sri Lanka (3), Sudan (144), Tajikistan (5), Tanzania (8), Thailand (2), Togo (18), Uganda (84), Yemen (5), Zambia (6), Zimbabwe (1)

Year of survey (number)

1992 (3), 1993 (15), 1994 (35), 1995 (39), 1996 (27), 1997 (33), 1998 (21), 1999 (26), 2000 (39), 2001 (41), 2002 (55), 2003 (54), 2004 (76), 2005 (99), 2006 (70), 2007 (83), 2008 (143), 2009 (155) 2010 (201), 2011 (773), 2012 (261), 2013 (250) 2014 (340), 2015 (79), Unknown (7)

Agency (number)

ACF (802), CONCERN (108), FSNAU (207), GOAL (141), IMC (15), IRC (3), MSF (95), Plan International (2), SC (58), TDH (7), UNHCR (347), UNICEF (622), World Vision (18), Zerca y Lejos (1)

Childrenc

Number of children

1,796,991

Sex

Males

909,099 (50.6%)

Females

887,892 (49.4%)

Age

Minimum

06 months

1st Quartile

18 months

Median

30 months

Mean

31 months

3rd Quartile

44 months

Maximum

59 months

Country (number)a

Afghanistan (47,813), Albania (892), Angola (17,191), Bangladesh (14,554), Benin (7841), Burkina Faso (41,467), Burundi (14,604), Cameroon (8530), Central African Republic (36,161), Chad (145,506), Congo (Kinshasa) (226,767), Cote d’Ivoire (23,990), Djibouti (5257), Eritrea (2281), Ethiopia (167,368), Gambia (6721), Guatemala (608), Guinea (9487), Guinea Bissau (7131), Haiti (39,465), India (5145), Indonesia (1735), Jordan (1517), Kenya (86,018), Liberia (32,686), Madagascar (3156), Malawi (15,998), Mali (10,901), Mauritania (36,617), Mozambique (4417), Myanmar (14,322), Nepal (8844), Niger (48,995), Nigeria (65,738), Pakistan (14,098), Philippines (6095), Rwanda (15,559), Senegal (8421), Sierra Leone (62,914), Somalia (234,982), South Sudan (96,225), Sri Lanka (2573), Sudan (114,113), Tajikistan (4297), Tanzania (5290), Thailand (1795), Togo (11,835), Uganda (54,236), Yemen (1781), Zambia (2364), Zimbabwe (690)

  1. aNumbers given do not include duplicate datasets
  2. bSurveys were from emergency and refugees settings. The specified country of origin may not reflect the nationality or ethnicity of survey respondents
  3. cNumbers given are for records remaining after the censoring of records with biologically implausible values using WHO flagging criteria