Table 3 The diagnosis of SAM by WHZ, absolute-MUAC or by both criteria in 38 countries with more than 75 SAM children and from 9 other countries
Country | SAM subjects | WHZ < -3 only % | MUAC <115 mm only % | Both criteria % | %WHZ minus %MUAC | Total WHZ < -3 % | Total MUAC <115 mm % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mozambique | 171 | 18.7 | 51.5 | 29.8 | −32.7 | 48.5 | 81.3 |
Malawi | 493 | 19.3 | 73.4 | 7.3 | −54.2 | 26.6 | 80.7 |
Tajikistan | 226 | 19.5 | 67.7 | 12.8 | −48.2 | 32.3 | 80.5 |
Ivory Coast | 106 | 25.5 | 62.3 | 12.3 | −36.8 | 37.7 | 74.5 |
Uganda | 1 031 | 25.5 | 63.7 | 10.8 | −38.2 | 36.3 | 74.5 |
Rwanda | 491 | 26.1 | 51.3 | 22.6 | −25.3 | 48.7 | 73.9 |
Burundi | 734 | 26.3 | 57.9 | 15.8 | −31.6 | 42.1 | 73.7 |
Sierra Leone | 2 585 | 26.3 | 51.4 | 22.2 | −25.1 | 48.6 | 73.7 |
Haiti | 329 | 27.4 | 60.5 | 12.2 | −33.1 | 39.5 | 72.6 |
Afghanistan | 1 729 | 27.5 | 52.2 | 20.4 | −24.7 | 47.8 | 72.5 |
Madagascar | 163 | 28.2 | 54.6 | 17.2 | −26.4 | 45.4 | 71.8 |
Angola | 1 456 | 28.7 | 56.0 | 15.2 | −27.3 | 44.0 | 71.3 |
Guinea | 158 | 29.1 | 53.8 | 17.1 | −24.7 | 46.2 | 70.9 |
CAR | 622 | 31.2 | 56.3 | 12.5 | −25.1 | 43.7 | 68.8 |
DRC | 4 683 | 34.8 | 55.4 | 9.8 | −20.6 | 44.6 | 65.2 |
Tanzania | 255 | 35.7 | 42.7 | 21.6 | −7.1 | 57.3 | 64.3 |
Pakistan | 795 | 37.0 | 43.6 | 19.4 | −6.7 | 56.4 | 63.0 |
Liberia | 1 383 | 39.3 | 45.5 | 15.3 | −6.2 | 54.5 | 60.7 |
Myanmar | 489 | 40.5 | 37.4 | 22.1 | 3.1 | 62.6 | 59.5 |
Nepal | 238 | 43.3 | 36.6 | 20.2 | 6.7 | 63.4 | 56.7 |
Ethiopia | 1 973 | 43.4 | 41.0 | 15.6 | 2.4 | 59.0 | 56.6 |
Bangladesh | 532 | 44.7 | 42.5 | 12.8 | 2.3 | 57.5 | 55.3 |
Niger | 1 537 | 50.7 | 25.4 | 23.9 | 25.4 | 74.6 | 49.3 |
Nigeria | 764 | 51.0 | 32.2 | 16.8 | 18.8 | 67.8 | 49.0 |
Chad | 3 813 | 51.9 | 25.8 | 22.3 | 26.1 | 74.2 | 48.1 |
South Sudan | 8 286 | 57.2 | 25.5 | 17.3 | 31.7 | 74.5 | 42.8 |
Somalia | 5 541 | 57.4 | 28.9 | 13.6 | 28.5 | 71.1 | 42.6 |
Benin | 95 | 57.9 | 24.2 | 17.9 | 33.7 | 75.8 | 42.1 |
Burkina Faso | 916 | 58.7 | 23.0 | 18.2 | 35.7 | 77.0 | 41.3 |
Cameroun | 90 | 60.0 | 26.7 | 13.3 | 33.3 | 73.3 | 40.0 |
Sudan | 3 312 | 60.5 | 19.2 | 20.4 | 41.3 | 80.8 | 39.5 |
Mauritania | 675 | 61.5 | 27.6 | 11.0 | 33.9 | 72.4 | 38.5 |
India | 341 | 61.6 | 15.5 | 22.9 | 46.0 | 84.5 | 38.4 |
Mali | 449 | 62.6 | 23.4 | 14.0 | 39.2 | 76.6 | 37.4 |
Kenya | 1 156 | 77.7 | 12.9 | 9.4 | 64.8 | 87.1 | 22.3 |
Gambia | 112 | 78.6 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 67.9 | 89.3 | 21.4 |
Senegal | 534 | 86.0 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 79.2 | 93.3 | 14.0 |
Sri Lanka | 115 | 87.0 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 80.0 | 93.0 | 13.0 |
Total/%a | 48 697 | 47.3 | 36.3 | 16.5 | 11.0 | 63.7 | 52.7 |
Mean ± SDb | - | 44.7 ± 19.1 | 39.3 ± 18.2 | 16 ± 5.4 | 31.4 ± 19.4c | 60.7 ± 18.2 | 55.3 ± 19.1 |
Countries with total number of SAM children in surveys <75 | Â | Â | |||||
Guatemala | 14 | 7.1 | 92.9 | 0.0 | −85.7 | 7.1 | 92.9 |
Zambia | 44 | 15.9 | 77.3 | 6.8 | −61.4 | 22.7 | 84.1 |
Timor | 40 | 35.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 2.5 | 67.5 | 65.0 |
Zimbabwe | 37 | 37.8 | 48.6 | 13.5 | −10.8 | 51.4 | 62.2 |
Eritrea | 44 | 47.7 | 43.2 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 56.8 | 52.3 |
Guinea−Bissau | 22 | 59.1 | 31.8 | 9.1 | 27.3 | 68.2 | 40.9 |
Togo | 52 | 61.5 | 32.7 | 5.8 | 28.8 | 67.3 | 38.5 |
Philippines | 51 | 78.4 | 15.7 | 5.9 | 62.7 | 84.3 | 21.6 |
Thailand | 15 | 80.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 80.0 | 20.0 |