Seychelles - Prevalence of severe wasting
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)
Definition: Prevalence of severe wasting is the proportion of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three 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 |
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| 2012 | 1.20 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Nutrition
