APPENDICES

TABLE AI: Data used In the calculation of country group prevalences of below 2 S,D. weight-for-age (by country).
TABLE AII: Data from Nationally Representative Surveys of Prevalences of low Height-for-Age
Table AIII: Indicators by country group (Sources and Notes given at end)

TABLE AI: Data used In the calculation of country group prevalences of below 2 S,D. weight-for-age (by country).

Country	Total Pop'n 1974/76	Child Pop'n 1974/76	Kcals/caput/day 1974/76	IMR 1975	Total Pop'n 1979/81	Child Pop' n 1979/81	Kcals/caput/day 1979/81	IMR 1980	Total Pop'n 1983/85	Child Pop'n 1983/B5	Kcals/caput/day 1983/85	IMR 1984
Sub Saharan Africa
angola	6.74	1.21	1972	166	7.72	1.39	2158	154	8.54	1.54	1946	144
benin	3.13	0.62	2019	140	3.50	0.69	2138	125	3.93	0.78	2138	116
botswana	0.79	0.17	2117	88	0.92	0.19	2140	79	1.07	0.22	2165	72
burundi	3.80	0.71	2277	132	4.12	0.77	2345	127	4.59	0.86	2216	120
burkina faso	5.64	1.00	1961	160	6.17	1.10	2034	154	6.78	1.21	1962	146
Cameroon	7.75	1.36	2270	115	8.63	1.51	2173	107	9.61	1.68	2074	99
cehafrirep	2.10	0.35	2239	146	2.30	0.39	2114	144	2.52	0.43	2046	138
chad	4.09	0.70	1755	160	4.48	0.77	1817	148	4.90	0.84	1577	139
congopeorp	1.38	0.25	2274	88	1.53	0.28	2443	83	1.70	0.31	2532	78
coteivoire	6.98	1.31	2310	137	8.17	1.53	2570	116	9.46	1.77	2445	106
ethiopia	34.81	6.47	1575	155	38.55	7.17	1797	155	42.51	7.91	1692	153
gafflbia	0.52	0.10	2124	188	0.58	0.11	2177	180	0.63	0.12	2229	170
gabon	1.00	0.13	2017	127	1.07	0.14	2226	117	1.13	0.15	2434	108
ghana	10.20	1.94	2164	106	11.56	2.20	1783	100	13.16	2.50	1682	95
guinea	4.92	0.86	1933	176	5.41	0.95	1767	166	5.94	1.04	1725	154
kenya	14.29	3.16	2250	93	16.78	3.71	2191	84	19.77	4.37	2163	77
lesotho	1.21	0.21	2081	126	1.34	0.23	2346	117	1.48	0.26	2346	107
liberia	1.64	0.31	2281	149	1.87	0.36	2381	138	2.12	0.40	2343	128
madagascar	7.79	1.39	2533	80	8.71	1.56	2511	71	9.74	1.74	2467	64
malawi	5.29	1.02	2479	184	5.96	1.15	2473	170	6.74	1.30	2429	158
mall	6.40	1.22	1767	197	7.04	1.34	1752	185	7.86	1.50	1793	175
mauritius	0.90	0.10	2556	46	0.96	0.10	2723	33	1.03	0.11	2721	26
mauritania	1.45	0.27	1803	153	1.63	0.31	2000	143	1.83	0.35	2076	133
mozambique	10.29	1.76	1937	166	12.06	2.06	1804	159	13.58	2.32	1664	148
niger	4.76	0.91	1958	162	5.31	1.02	2364	152	5.94	1.14	2265	142
nigeria	70.00	13.93	2084	136	80.57	16.03	2245	119	92.09	18.33	2062	110
rwanda	4.48	0.90	1926	140	5.15	1.04	2073	136	5.87	1.19	2010	128
senegal	4.91	0.88	2269	158	5.66	1.02	2389	148	6.28	1.13	2341	138
sierraleon	3.07	0.52	1941	197	3.30	0.56	2049	185	3.54	0.60	1833	175
somalia	3.40	0.62	1977	155	4.00	0.72	2054	155	4.52	0.82	2059	153
sudan	16.42	2.99	2104	138	18.68	3.40	2320	124	20.95	3.81	2004	113
swaziland	0.48	0.08	2457	142	0.56	0.10	2498	134	0.63	0.11	2562	125
tanzania	16.46	3.32	2260	128	18.88	3.81	2428	120	21.72	4.39	2315	111
togo	2.30	0.41	2084	116	2.56	0.46	2218	106	2.88	0.52	2203	98
uganda-	11.55	2.30	2252	115	13.12	2.61	2171	113	14.98	2.98	2293	108
zaire	22.86	4.16	2291	122	25.86	4.71	2128	112	29.08	5.29	2154	103
zambia	4.96	0.96	2321	97	5.65	1.09	2203	91	6.45	1.24	2123	85
zimbabwe	6.43	1.25	2104	90	7.37	1.43	2110	83	8.48	1.65	2095	77
South Asia
afghanistan	14.90	2.46	2207	194	16.05	2.65	2221	194	16.43	2.71	2196	190
bangladesh	78.09	13.82	1861	138	88.24	15.62	1850	132	98.48	17.43	1854	124
india	624.81	81.85	1987	130	688.61	90.21	2104	11B	744.46	97.52	2161	106
iranisimrp	33.89	5.52	2768	124	38.64	6.30	2883	118	43.37	7.07	3115	112
nepal	13.15	2.14	1926	150	14.67	2.39	1975	143	16.11	2.63	2047	135
pakistan	76.51	13.31	2113	135	86.23	15.00	2222	125	97.39	16.95	2185	116
srilanka	13.68	1.78	2145	52	14.82	1.93	2227	44	15.92	2.07	2411	37
Near East and North Africa
algeria	- 16.42	2.89	2169	122	18.67	3.29	2618	100	21.08	3.71	2712	82
Cyprus	0.61	0.06	3007	25	0.63	0.06	3280	20	0.66	0.07	3497	16
egyptarbrp	37.53	5.70	2693	135	41.49	6.31	3029	110	45.79	6.96	3263	94
Iraq	11.50	2.14	2355	90	13.29	2.47	2740	80	15.35	2.86	2901	74
jordan	2.63	0.51	2366	74	2.93	0.57	2764	60	3.39	0.66	2962	50
kuwait		0.00		38		0.00		28		0.00		22
lebanon	2.57	0.32	2577	48	2.67	0.34	2938	48	2.65	0.33	3014	44
libya	2.54	0.47	3471	112	2.98	0.55	3653	102	.3.47	0.65	3618	91
morocco	17.48	2.66	2574	116	19.40	2.95	2727	104	21.41	3.25	2688	91
saudiarabi	7.79	1.40	1992	95	9.35	1.68	2827	73	11;08	1.99	3092	61
syrianabrp	7.64	1.51	2498	79	8.81	1.74	2883	64	10.14	2.00	3199	55
turkey	40.17	5.18	2952	129	44.46	5.74	3104	106	48.29	6.23	3180	86
tunisia	5.78	0.80	2609	111'	6.38	0.88	2772	.94	6.94	0.96	2827	79
uniarabemi		0.00		52		0.00		42		0.00		36
yemen pdr	1.69	0.31	1974	159	1.86	0.34	2212	142	2.08	0.38	2293	129
yemenarbrp	5.45	1.02	1974	159	5.99	1.13	2198	142	6.67	1.25	2255	129
Southeast Asia
burma	30.52	4.00	2134	80	33.71	4.42	2376	72	36.44	4.77	2518	67
Indonesia	136.14	18.52	2191	100	150.96	20.53	2441	90	163.24	22.20	2504	80
kampcheadm		0.00		222		0.00		212	7.09	1.23	1839	148
lao pdr	3.37	0.55	1807	140	3.69	0.60	2086	128	4.03	0.66	2243	117
malaysia	12.41	1.74	2536	38	13.78	1.93	2596	32	15.18	2.13	2634	28
papuanguin	2.70	0.43	2085	95	3.09	0.49	3377	80	3.42	0.55	3474	69
Philippine	43.26	6.32	2136	59	48.31	7.05	2355	52	53.21	7.77	2312	49
thailand	41.70	5.21	2378	60	46.47	5.81	2404	52	50.40	6.30	2440	44
Vietnam	48.05	6.49	2007	105	54.10	7.30	2116	83	58.57	7.91	2480	72
China	908.99	79.99	2055	51	977.89	86.05	2289	40	1027.71	90.44	2564	38
Middle America and Caribbean
cost a rica	2.03	0.28	2562	40	2.28	0.31	2621	25	2.54	0.35	2772	19
cuba	9.19	0.74	2647	30	9.73	0.79	2834	20	9.97	0.81	3094	16
domincanrp	4.97	0.72	2234	89	5.56	0.81	2316	80	6.10	0.88	2469	71
elsalvador	4.23	0.72	2059	90	4.80	0.82	2153	76	5.40	0.92	2148	66.
guatemala	6.15	1.10	2159	88	6.92	1.24	2221	76	7.74	1.39	2299	66
haiti	5.24	0.89	1940	147	5.81	0.99	1903	134	6.42	1.09	1837	124
honduras	3.21	0.58	2110	103	3.69	0.67	2197	88	4.23	0.77	2209	77
Jamaica	2.03	0.27	2662	30	2.18	0.29	2572	23	2.30	0.31	2577	20
mexico	61.09	9.10	2827	65	69.40	10.34	3054	57	77.05	11.48	3147	51
nicaragua	2.43	0.44	2382	96	2.77	0.50	2326	84	3.16	0.58	2424	70
panama	1.76	0.22	2341	38	1.96	0.25	2322	29	2.13	0.27	2420	25
trindadttob	1.03	0.12	2631	28	1.10	0.13	2853	25	1.17	0.14	2966	22
South America
argentina	26.22	2.96	3263	45	28.24	3.19	3252	38	30.09	3.40	3196	34
bolivia	5.00	0.87	2016	144	5.57	0.96	2085	131	6.20	1.07	2115	118
brazil	109.46	14.56	2497	85	121.30	16.13	2623	75	132.66	17.64	2637	68
Chile	10.33	1.09	2582	58	11.13	1.18	2642	34	11.85	1.26	2588	21
Colombia	23.38	3.20	2347	60	25.80	3.53	2506	52	28.11	3.85	2578	48
ecuador	7.15	1.12	2035	88	8.13	1.28	2063	76	9.12	1.43	2031	67
guyana	0.78	0.09	2305	52	0.87	0.10	2412	42	0.94	0.11	2492	34
Paraguay	2.77	0.44	2730	51	3.17	0.50	2780	47	3.58	0.57	2814	44
peru	15.38	2.34	2272	108	17.30	2.63	2179	102	19.20	2.92	2144	95
Uruguay	2.86	0.27	2931	46	2.91	0.27	2832	37	2.10	0.20	2721	29
Venezuela	12.98	1.92	2447	46	15.00	2.22	2665	41	16.84	2.49	2550	38

Sources of data: see notes to table A III.

TABLE AII: Data from Nationally Representative Surveys of Prevalences of low Height-for-Age

Country Group	Country	Year of survey	Infant Mortality Rate	Child Death Rate	DES kcals/caput/day.	GNP	Total Population (millions)	Prevalence < 2 SD weight-for-age
Africa	Botswana	84	72	11	2217	960	1.0	27.0
	Cameroon	78	157	27	2216	460	8.1	16.8
	Ethiopia	82	122	25	1699	140	32.9	38.1
	Guinea-Bissau	80	143		1874	170	.8	24.1
	Kenya	82	77	13	2249	390	18.1	20.5
	Lesotho	76 81	114 113	21 22	2158 2296	170 540	1.2 1.4	17.8 15.6
	Liberia	76	159	17	2340	450	1.6	20.0
	Mauritius	85	26	1	2715	1090	1.0	24.0
	Malawi	82	137	29	2429	210	6.5	22.6
	Rwanda	76	127	27	2003	110	4.2	28.0
	Sierra Leone	75 78	208 208	27 27	1937 2019	200 210	3.1 3.3	31.0 23.2
	Swaziland	84	130		2574	890		9.7
	Togo	77	121	27	2015	300	2.4	24.8
	Zimbabwe	84	77	7	2053	760	8.1	20.7
Middle America & Caribbean	Costa Rica	78	28	3	2587	1540	2.1	16.0
		82	18	1	2647	1430	2.3	6.0
	El Salvador	75	58	7	2139	490	4.1	21.6
		78	60	8	2137	660	4.3	20.5
	Nicaragua	82	86	9	2330	920	2.9	10.4
	Panama	80	22	1	2324	1730	1.8	15.6
	Haiti	78	150	23	1893	260	4.8	32.0
	Jamaica	78	20	3	2674	1110	2.1	9.3
	Trinida & Tobago	76	27	3	2668	2240	1.1	16.1
South America	Bolivia	81	129	23	2089	600	5.7	13.9
	Chile	78	55	5	2571	1410	10.7	2.5
		85	22	1	2542	1700	11.8	2.5
	Colombia	80	56	4	2506	1180	26.7	17.2
	Peru	84	95	11	2118	1000	18.2	12.8
South Asia	Bangladesh	75	140	23	1786	110	80.4	91.3
		82	133	19	1915	140	92.9	71.7
	Indonesia	76	122	18	2001	150	620.4	78.7
		79	125	15	2147	190	659.2	72.3
	Maldives	81	77	-	2013	-	.2	56.1
	Nepal	75	150	23	1840	120	12.9	69.6
	Sri Lanka	76	45	2	2044	200	13.8	58.2
		80	44	3	2243	270	14.7	47.5
Near East	Egypt	78	108	18	2858	390	39.9	15.8
	Tunisia	75	63	15	2651	840	5.7	21.4
South East Asia	Burma Laos	85	67	7	2508	180	36.1	38.1
		84	153	24	2227		3.5	36.5
	Philippines	78	65	7	2255	510	45.6	33.2
		82	51	4	2403	820	50.7	32.5
	Papua New Guinea	84	69	7	2182	710	3.4	34.7

Sources: See next page

List of sources of Anthropometric Survey Data shown in Table MI.

Botswana: Spafford Yohannes, Margaret (1986).

Cameroon: The Government of Cameroon (1978). United Republic of Cameroon National Nutrition Survey, USAID. Washington, DC.

Ethiopia; Ethiopian Nutrition Institute (1984). Anthropometric measurements of preschool children, unpublished data.

Guinea-Bissau: Aaby, P. 11980). Child Mortality in Guinea-Bissau: Malnutrition or Overcrowding. Report of a MISAC/SAREC Team on Project of Child Health and Nutrition in Guinea-Bissau, Institute of Anthropology, Denmark.

Kenya: Central Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Nairobi, Kenya (1983). Republic of Kenya Third Rural Child Nutrition Survey, 1982.

Lesotho; The Government of Lesotho (1976). Lesotho National Nutrition Survey, 1977. USAID, Washington, DC (1977).

Ministry of Health and Social Services, Government of Lesotho (1982). Nutritional Surveillance, with additional analysis by WHO.

Liberia; Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Republic of Liberia (1978). Liberia National Nutrition Survey, 1976. USAID. Washington, DC.

Mauritius; Government of Mauritius (1986). National Nutritional Surveillance, unpublished data.

Malawi; National Statistics Office, Zomba (1984). National Sample Survey of Agriculture, 1980/81; Volume II.

Rwanda; Meheus, A. (1977). Evaluation de l'etat nutritionnel des enfants de 0 a 5 ans dans la Republique Rwandaise, 1976, with additional analysis by WHO. Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, Wilrijk, Belgique.

Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone Ministry of Health in collaboration with WHO Global Epidemiological Surveys and Health Situation Assessment Unit (1975), unpublished data.

Government of Sierra Leone, UCLA Nutrition Assessment Unit and USAID (1978). Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey, 1977-78. USAID, Washington, DC. swaziland: CDC/USAID/Government of Swaziland (1985). Swaziland National Nutrition Status Survey, Full Report.

Togo; Togo Ministry of Rural Development (1978). Togo Nutrition Status Survey, 1977 with additional analysis by CDC. USAID, Washington, DC.

Zimbabwe; (1984) Personal communication, K. Test, from work with the Ministry of Health, Nutrition Unit, National Nutrition Survey.

Costa Rica: Sistems de Informacion en Nutricion/Ministerior de Salud, San Jose (1978). Aspectos Socioeconomicos de la Nutricion. Encuesta Nacional de Nutricion. 1978.

Sistems de Information en Nutricion (1982). Encuesta Nacional de Nutricion, 1982.

El Salvador; Trowbridge, P. L. (1975). Nutritional status surveillance in El Salvador. Bulletin of the World Health Organization (1982) 58(2); 327-332, with unpublished data from Trowbridge.

Ministry of Health, Maternal and Child Health Division, El Salvador with the cooperation of USAID (1978). El Salvador National Nutrition Status Surveys, January-March 1978 and July-September 1978. USAID, Washington DC.

Nicaragua: Nicaragua Ministry of Health, unpublished data of National Nutritional Status Survey. 1980-1982.

Panama; Franklin, D. L. et al (1982). Nutritional Evaluation Project: Second Annual Report.

Haiti: Department of Public Health and Population, Republic of Haiti (1979). Republic of Haiti National Nutrition Survey, 1978. USAID, Washington, DC, with additional analysis by CDC.

Jamaica; Nutrition Unit, Ministry of Health and Environmental Control (1978), unpublished data with additional analysis by WHO.

Trinidad and Tobago: Gueri, M. et al (1976). Nutritional status of young children in Trinidad and Tobago, Journal of Tropical Pediatrics (1980) 26:11-15, with additional analysis by WHO.

Bolivia: The National Institute of Food and Nutrition, Government of Bolivia (1981). Bolivia National Nutritiona