Table 2 Subgroup analysis of primary school children undernutrition (stunting, underweight and wasting) by study province/region of Ethiopia between 2006 and September 2019
Category of undernutrition | Province/region | Study number | Sample size | Prevalence of undernutrition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stunting | Amhara | 14 | 6471 | 27.6 (20.7,34.5) |
SNNP | 6 | 2871 | 15 (6.5,23.4) | |
Oromia | 4 | 1645 | 10.5 (8.2,12.7) | |
Tigray | 2 | 984 | 2202 (2.9,47.3) | |
Addis Ababa | 2 | 1667 | 22.0 (17.7,26.3) | |
Hararie | 1 | 632 | 12.8 (10.2,15.4) | |
Underweight | Amhara | 10 | 5523 | 22.7 (19.2,26.3) |
SNNP | 5 | 2463 | 12.2 (7.1,17.2) | |
Oromia | 2 | 677 | 15.7 (1.2,32.4) | |
Tigray | 1 | 384 | 15.4 (11.8,19.0) | |
Addis Ababa | 1 | 459 | 15.9 (12.6,19.3) | |
Wasting | Amhara | 10 | 6481 | 16.5 (11.7,21.3) |
SNNP | 4 | 2057 | 19.3 (5.1,33.4) | |
Oromia | 1 | 458 | 13.2 (10.1,16.3) | |
Hararie | 1 | 632 | 18.1 (15.121.1) |