Frequency of Anemia in the Patients of a Family Health Team in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Table 1

Hemoglobin values according to age range, Dourados, MS, Brazil, 2009.

Hemoglobin values (g/dL or g%)*	Younger than 1 year old		From 1 to 15 years old		Older than 15 years old
	N	%	N	%	N	%
6.5–7.9	1	7.7	—	—	1	0.3
8.0–9.4	2	15.4	2	2.1	2	0.6
9.5–10.9	3	23.1	14	14.7	12	3.4
11.0–12.4	7	53.8	36	37.9	63	17.8
12.5–13.9	—	—	39	41.1	135	38.1
14.0–15.4	—	—	3	3.2	115	32.5
15.5–16.9	—	—	1	1.1	24	6.8
17.0–18.4	—	—	—	—	2	0.6
Total	13	100	95	100	354	100

*g/dL: grams per deciliter of blood.