Papua New Guinea - Prevalence of wasting
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
Definition: Prevalence of wasting, female, is the proportion of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.
Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 4.00 |
| 2010 | 13.70 |
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)
Definition: Prevalence of wasting, male,is the proportion of boys under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.
Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 4.80 |
| 2010 | 14.40 |
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)
Definition: Prevalence of wasting is the proportion of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.
Source: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1983 | 5.50 |
| 2005 | 4.40 |
| 2010 | 14.10 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Nutrition
