Dominican Republic - Prevalence of anemia

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) in Dominican Republic was 26.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 36.80 in 2000, while its lowest value was 26.40 in 2019.

Definition: Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age refers to the combined prevalence of both non-pregnant with haemoglobin levels below 12 g/dL and pregnant women with haemoglobin levels below 11 g/dL.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).

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Year Value
2000 36.80
2001 36.20
2002 35.50
2003 34.70
2004 33.90
2005 33.00
2006 32.00
2007 30.90
2008 30.00
2009 29.40
2010 28.90
2011 28.50
2012 28.00
2013 27.60
2014 27.50
2015 27.30
2016 26.90
2017 26.60
2018 26.50
2019 26.40

Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children under 5) in Dominican Republic was 27.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 34.60 in 2000, while its lowest value was 27.80 in 2019.

Definition: Prevalence of anemia, children under age 5, is the percentage of children under age 5 whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter at sea level.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).

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Year Value
2000 34.60
2001 34.10
2002 33.70
2003 33.20
2004 32.80
2005 32.30
2006 31.70
2007 31.10
2008 30.60
2009 30.20
2010 30.00
2011 29.80
2012 29.60
2013 29.30
2014 29.20
2015 28.90
2016 28.50
2017 28.20
2018 28.00
2019 27.80

Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)

Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) in Dominican Republic was 26.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 36.80 in 2000, while its lowest value was 26.40 in 2018.

Definition: Prevalence of anemia, non-pregnant women, is the percentage of non-pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 120 grams per liter at sea level.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).

See also:

Year Value
2000 36.80
2001 36.20
2002 35.50
2003 34.70
2004 33.90
2005 33.00
2006 31.90
2007 30.80
2008 30.00
2009 29.40
2010 28.80
2011 28.40
2012 27.90
2013 27.60
2014 27.50
2015 27.20
2016 26.80
2017 26.50
2018 26.40
2019 26.40

Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)

The value for Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) in Dominican Republic was 27.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.30 in 2000 and a minimum value of 27.50 in 2019.

Definition: Prevalence of anemia, pregnant women, is the percentage of pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter at sea level.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).

See also:

Year Value
2000 36.30
2001 35.90
2002 35.40
2003 34.90
2004 34.30
2005 33.50
2006 32.60
2007 31.70
2008 31.00
2009 30.50
2010 30.10
2011 29.80
2012 29.40
2013 29.10
2014 29.00
2015 28.70
2016 28.30
2017 27.90
2018 27.70
2019 27.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition