Skip to main content

Table 3 The prevalence and severity of anemia according to selected children and parental characteristics

From: Anemia severity among children aged 6–59 months in Gondar town, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Variable

Categories

Anemic status and severity level (n (%))

Severely anemic

Moderately anemic

Mildly anemic

Non-anemic

Overall anemia prevalence

Sex of child

Male

3 (0.8)

38 (10.1)

69 (18.3)

268 (70.9)

110 (29.1)

Female

2 (0.6)

35 (10.6)

55 (16.8)

237 (72.0)

92 (28.0)

Age of child (months)

6–11

2 (2.7)

16 (21.6)

18 (24.3)

38 (51.4)

36 (48.6)

12–23

1 (0.6)

29 (16.0)

45 (24.9)

106 (58.8)

75 (41.4)

24–35

1 (0.6)

19 (10.9)

27 (15.5)

127 (73.0)

47 (27.0)

36–47

1 (0.6)

6 (3.9)

26 (16.8)

122 (78.7)

33 (21.3)

48–59

0

3 (2.4)

8 (6.5)

112 (91.1)

11 (8.9)

WHZ

Wasted

0

6 (13.0)

8 (17.4)

32 (69.6)

14 (30.4)

Normal

5 (0.8)

67 (10.1)

116 (17.5)

473 (71.6)

188 (28.4)

HAZ

Stunted

3 (0.9)

30 (9.3)

60 (18.6)

230 (71.2)

93 (28.8)

Normal

2 (0.5)

43 (11.2)

64 (16.7)

275 (71.6)

109 (28.4)

WAZ

Underweight

2 (1.8)

9 (8.1)

23 (20.7)

77 (69.4)

34 (30.6)

Normal

3 (0.5)

64 (10.7)

101 (16.9)

428 (71.8)

168 (28.2)

Maternal age

< 25 years

1 (0.6)

18 (10.9)

41 (24.8)

105 (63.6)

60 (36.4)

25–35 years

0

7 (9.2)

13 (17.1)

56 (73.7)

20 (26.3)

> 35 years

4 (0.9)

48 (10.3)

70 (15.0)

344 (73.8)

122 (26.2)

Maternal education

No formal education

2 (0.9)

25 (11.4)

42 (19.1)

151 (68.6)

69 (31.4)

Primary education

0

27 (12.9)

44 (21.0)

139 (66.2)

71 (33.8)

Secondary and above

3 (1.1)

21 (7.6)

38 (13.7)

215 (77.6)

62 (22.4)

Frequency of ANC visits

Never visited

1 (2.1)

9 (9.1)

12 (25.5)

25 (53.2)

22 (46.8)

1–4 times visited

4 (0.7)

55 (9.4)

101 (17.2)

428 (72.8)

160 (27.2)

More than 4 times visited

0

9 (12.5)

11 (15.3)

52 (72.2)

20 (27.8)

Child’s place of delivery

At home

1 (0.7)

25 (17.1)

29 (20.0)

90 (62.1)

55 (37.9)

At health institution

4 (0.7)

48 (8.5)

95 (16.9)

415 (73.8)

147 (26.2)

Type of child birth

Twin

1 (6.7)

4 (26.7)

3 (20.0)

7 (46.7)

15 (53.3)

Singleton

4 (0.6)

69 (10.0)

121 (17.5)

498 (72.0)

194 (28.0)

Frequency of Complementary feeding

< 3 times per day

1 (3.7)

6 (22.2)

7 (17.1)

13 (64.8)

14 (519)

3–4 times per day

3 (0.6)

54 (10.0)

90 (16.6)

394 (72.8)

147 (27.2)

>  4 times per day

1 (0.7)

13 (9.4)

27 (19.4)

98 (70.5)

41 (29.5)

Loss of appetite

Yes

2 (1.4)

15 (10.7)

34 (24.3)

89 (63.6)

51 (36.4)

No

3 (0.5)

58 (10.2)

90 (15.9)

416 (73.4)

51 (9.0)

Presence of morbidity symptoms

Yes

2 (1.3)

16 (10.5)

38 (25.0)

96 (63.2)

56 (36.8)

No

3 (0.5)

57 (10.3)

86 (15.5)

409 (73.7)

146 (26.3)

Child being breastfed

Yes

4 (1.3)

48 (15.9)

71 (23.6)

178 (59.1)

123 (40.9)

No

1 (0.2)

25 (6.2)

53 (13.1)

327 (80.3)

79 (19.5)

Presence of Diarrhea

Yes

0

8 (9.6)

23 (27.1)

52 (62.7)

31 (37.3)

No

5 (0.8)

65 (10.4)

101 (62.2)

453 (72.6)

624 (27.4)

Preceding birth intervala

12–24 months

1 (1.2)

9 (10.8)

16 (19.3)

57 (68.7)

26 (31.3)

25–48 months

1 (0.7)

19 (12.8)

24 (16.1)

105 (70.5)

44 (29.5)

> 48 months

1 (0.5)

16 (8.6)

26 (14.0)

143 (76.9)

43 (23.1)

Maternal marital status

Married

4 (0.6)

61 (9.9)

106 (17.1)

448 (72.4)

171 (27.6)

Unmarriedc

1 (1.1)

12 (13.6)

18 (20.5)

57 (64.8)

31 (35.2)

Pre-lacteal feeding

Yes

0

8 (13.8)

13 (22.4)

37 (63.8)

21 (36.2)

No

5 (0.8)

65 (10.0)

111 (17.1)

468 (72.1)

181 (27.9)

Number of under five children

1

2 (0.4)

58 (10.3)

100 (17.7)

405 (71.7)

160 (28.3)

≥2

3 (2.1)

15 (10.6)

24 (16.9)

100 (70.4)

42 (29.6)

Family monthly incomeb

< 108$

4 (0.9)

50 (11.2)

88 (19.7)

304 (68.2)

142 (31.8)

≥ 108$

1 (0.4)

23 (8.8)

36 (13.8)

201 (77.0)

60 (23.0)

  1. ANC antenatal care; aPercentage was calculated for 418 children whose birth order is 2nd and above. bclassified on the basis of the mean value; Unmarriedc: includes Single, divorced and widowed