Table 1 Basic characteristics of children under 5 years according to selected characteristics (Nutrition)
Tunisia (2011-2012) | Nutrition: Weight for Age | Nutrition: Height for Age | Nutrition: Weight for height | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Underweight | No ponderal insufficiency | Growth delay | No growth delay | Emarciation | No emarciation | |||
Total | 2768 100.00 | 71 2.57 | 2697 97.43 | 286 10.33 | 2482 89.67 | 61 2.20 | 2707 97.80 | |
Gender | Male | 1482 53.54 | 48 3.24 | 1434 96.76 | 163 11.00 | 1319 89.00 | 40 2.70 | 1442 97.30 |
Female | 1286 46.46 | 23 1.79 | 1263 98.21 | 123 9.56 | 1163 90.44 | 21 1.63 | 1265 98.37 | |
Residence | Urbain | 1607 58.06 | 41 2.55 | 1566 97.45 | 126 7.84 | 1481 92.16 | 38 2.36 | 1569 97.64 |
Rural | 1161 41.94 | 30 2.58 | 1131 97.42 | 160 13.78 | 1001 86.22 | 23 1.98 | 1138 98.02 | |
Region | District Tunis | 356 12.86 | 5 1.40 | 351 98.60 | 24 6.74 | 332 93.26 | 10 2.81 | 346 97.19 |
North East | 379 13.69 | 8 2.11 | 371 97.89 | 37 9.76 | 342 90.24 | 6 1.58 | 373 98.42 | |
North west | 291 10.51 | 10 3.44 | 281 96.56 | 38 13.06 | 253 86.94 | 4 1.37 | 287 98.63 | |
Centre East | 308 11.13 | 5 1.62 | 303 98.38 | 18 5.84 | 290 94.16 | 8 2.60 | 300 97.40 | |
Kasserine | 282 10.19 | 5 1.77 | 277 98.23 | 39 13.83 | 243 86.17 | 7 .48 | 275 97.52 | |
Kairouan | 305 11.02 | 11 3.61 | 294 96.39 | 40 13.11 | 265 86.89 | 5 1.64 | 300 98.36 | |
Sidi Bouzid | 250 9.03 | 10 4.00 | 240 96.00 | 33 13.20 | 217 86.80 | 6 2.40 | 244 97.60 | |
South East | 347 12.54 | 6 1.73 | 341 98.27 | 24 6.92 | 323 93.08 | 9 2.59 | 338 97.41 | |
South Ouest | 250 9.03 | 11 4.40 | 239 95.60 | 33 13.20 | 217 86.80 | 6 2.40 | 244 97.60 | |
Mather’s education | Nothingness | 466 16.84 | 21 4.51 | 445 95.49 | 79 16.95 | 387 83.05 | 9 1.93 | 457 98.07 |
Primary and similar | 917 33.13 | 16 1.74 | 901 98.26 | 101 11.01 | 816 88.99 | 17 1.85 | 900 98.15 | |
Secondary and similar | 951 34.36 | 23 2.42 | 928 97.58 | 79 8.31 | 872 91.69 | 21 2.21 | 930 97.79 | |
Superior | 434 15.68 | 11 2.53 | 423 97.47 | 27 6.22 | 407 93.78 | 14 3.23 | 420 96.77 | |
Annual family incomes (Economic quintile) | The poorest | 737 26.63 | 30 4.07 | 707 95.93 | 118 16.01 | 619 83.99 | 13 1.76 | 724 98.24 |
Second | 606 21.89 | 11 1.82 | 595 98.18 | 72 11.88 | 534 88.12 | 14 2.31 | 592 97.69 | |
Medium | 479 17.30 | 11 2.30 | 468 97.70 | 29 6.05 | 450 93.95 | 9 1.88 | 470 98.12 | |
Fourth | 565 20.41 | 11 1.95 | 554 98.05 | 46 8.14 | 519 91.86 | 13 2.30 | 552 97.70 | |
The richest | 381 13.76 | 8 2.10 | 373 97.90 | 21 5.51 | 360 94.49 | 12 3.15 | 369 96.85 | |