Table 2 The diagnosis of GAM by WHZ, absolute-MUAC or by both criteria 47 countries with more than 75 GAM children and from 8 other countries
Country | GAM subjects | WHZ < -2 only % | MUAC <125 mm only % | Both criteria % | %WHZ minus %MUAC | Total WHZ < -2 % | Total MUAC <125 mm % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guatemala | 77 | 13.0 | 70.1 | 16.9 | −57.1 | 29.9 | 87.0 |
Tajikistan | 843 | 17.1 | 57.2 | 25.7 | −40.1 | 42.8 | 82.9 |
Malawi | 2 343 | 20.5 | 59.5 | 20.1 | −39.0 | 40.5 | 79.5 |
Mozambique | 572 | 21.0 | 43.9 | 35.1 | −22.9 | 56.1 | 79.0 |
Rwanda | 1 882 | 21.7 | 44.8 | 33.5 | −23.2 | 55.2 | 78.3 |
Afghanistan | 7 628 | 22.6 | 43.7 | 33.7 | −21.1 | 56.3 | 77.4 |
Angola | 6 053 | 23.5 | 45.6 | 30.9 | −22.2 | 54.4 | 76.5 |
Burundi | 3 239 | 23.6 | 45.5 | 31.0 | −21.9 | 54.5 | 76.4 |
Sierra Leone | 9 476 | 23.7 | 37.8 | 38.5 | −14.1 | 62.2 | 76.3 |
Zambia | 251 | 23.9 | 52.2 | 23.9 | −28.3 | 47.8 | 76.1 |
Uganda | 5 790 | 24.4 | 46.1 | 29.4 | −21.7 | 53.9 | 75.6 |
Tanzania | 1 034 | 25.9 | 37.4 | 36.7 | −11.5 | 62.6 | 74.1 |
Madagascar | 742 | 29.5 | 35.2 | 35.3 | −5.7 | 64.8 | 70.5 |
Ivory Coast | 644 | 30.9 | 36.6 | 32.5 | −5.7 | 63.4 | 69.1 |
DRC | 23 416 | 32.6 | 42.7 | 24.6 | −10.1 | 57.3 | 67.4 |
Liberia | 6 289 | 33.4 | 33.5 | 33.1 | −0.1 | 66.5 | 66.6 |
Haiti | 2 415 | 33.8 | 40.5 | 25.8 | −6.7 | 59.5 | 66.2 |
Eritrea | 275 | 33.8 | 42.2 | 24.0 | −8.4 | 57.8 | 66.2 |
CAR | 3 675 | 33.9 | 39.4 | 26.8 | −5.5 | 60.6 | 66.1 |
Myanmar | 2 323 | 34.6 | 30.5 | 34.9 | 4.1 | 69.5 | 65.4 |
Guinea | 1 014 | 36.0 | 34.6 | 29.4 | 1.4 | 65.4 | 64.0 |
Pakistan | 3 769 | 36.8 | 35.2 | 28.0 | 1.7 | 64.8 | 63.2 |
Nepal | 1 082 | 39.4 | 26.6 | 34.0 | 12.8 | 73.4 | 60.6 |
Nigeria | 3 856 | 40.1 | 29.1 | 30.8 | 10.9 | 70.9 | 59.9 |
Zimbabwe | 128 | 41.4 | 32.8 | 25.8 | 8.6 | 67.2 | 58.6 |
Ethiopia | 10 883 | 41.8 | 30.3 | 27.9 | 11.5 | 69.7 | 58.2 |
Niger | 7 963 | 44.7 | 21.6 | 33.7 | 23.1 | 78.4 | 55.3 |
Bangladesh | 3 321 | 46.8 | 25.2 | 28.0 | 21.5 | 74.8 | 53.2 |
Somalia | 19 550 | 48.6 | 26.4 | 25.1 | 22.2 | 73.6 | 51.4 |
Chad | 17 582 | 50.9 | 18.7 | 30.4 | 32.2 | 81.3 | 49.1 |
Timor | 285 | 51.2 | 20.7 | 28.1 | 30.5 | 79.3 | 48.8 |
Cameroun | 570 | 52.8 | 18.8 | 28.4 | 34.0 | 81.2 | 47.2 |
South Sudan | 33 770 | 52.9 | 18.2 | 28.9 | 34.6 | 81.8 | 47.1 |
Benin | 652 | 53.7 | 19.5 | 26.8 | 34.2 | 80.5 | 46.3 |
India | 1 498 | 54.9 | 11.7 | 33.4 | 43.3 | 88.3 | 45.1 |
Sudan | 15 336 | 55.1 | 15.3 | 29.7 | 39.8 | 84.7 | 44.9 |
Burkina Faso | 5 173 | 55.8 | 15.1 | 29.1 | 40.8 | 84.9 | 44.2 |
Mali | 2 625 | 57.1 | 17.3 | 25.7 | 39.8 | 82.7 | 42.9 |
Mauritania | 4 851 | 59.5 | 22.2 | 18.3 | 37.3 | 77.8 | 40.5 |
Guinea-Bissau | 147 | 60.5 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 41.5 | 81.0 | 39.5 |
Togo | 432 | 65.0 | 13.7 | 21.3 | 51.4 | 86.3 | 35.0 |
Thailand | 129 | 72.1 | 10.9 | 17.1 | 61.2 | 89.1 | 27.9 |
Kenya | 6 657 | 72.9 | 11.1 | 16.0 | 61.8 | 88.9 | 27.1 |
Gambia | 738 | 73.7 | 7.2 | 19.1 | 66.5 | 92.8 | 26.3 |
Philippines | 325 | 76.6 | 7.4 | 16.0 | 69.2 | 92.6 | 23.4 |
Sri Lanka | 873 | 77.2 | 7.8 | 15.0 | 69.4 | 92.2 | 22.8 |
Senegal | 3 648 | 78.4 | 6.8 | 14.8 | 71.6 | 93.2 | 21.6 |
Total/%a | 225 824 | 43.8 | 28.0 | 28.2 | 15.8 | 56.2 | 43.8 |
Mean ± SDb | - | 43 ± 18 | 29.9 ± 15.3 | 27.1 ± 6.3 | 28.6 ± 20.4c | 70.1 ± 15.3 | 57 ± 18 |
Countries with total number of GAM children in surveys <75 | |||||||
Indonesia | 74 | 27.0 | 51.4 | 21.6 | −24.3 | 48.6 | 73.0 |
Congo-B | 47 | 48.9 | 17.0 | 34.0 | 31.9 | 83.0 | 51.1 |
Nicaragua | 15 | 53.3 | 40.0 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 60.0 | 46.7 |
Albania | 43 | 55.8 | 18.6 | 25.6 | 37.2 | 81.4 | 44.2 |
Macedonia | 16 | 56.3 | 37.5 | 6.3 | 18.8 | 62.5 | 43.8 |
Kosovar | 14 | 57.1 | 21.4 | 21.4 | 35.7 | 78.6 | 42.9 |
Venezuela | 18 | 61.1 | 27.8 | 11.1 | 33.3 | 72.2 | 38.9 |
Syria | 25 | 72.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 56.0 | 84.0 | 28.0 |