Magnitude, Severity, and Associated Factors of Anemia among Under-Five Children Attending Hawassa University Teaching and Referral Hospital, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia, 2016

Table 2

Distribution of hemoglobin level among male and female under-5 children at Hawassa University Teaching and Referral hospital, Hawassa, southern Ethiopia, 2016.

Hgb value	Male (%)	Female (%)	Total (%)
<7 g/dl (severe)	40 (17.0)	28 (15.0)	68 (16.1)
7–9.9 g/dl (moderate)	40 (17.0)	40 (21.4)	80 (19.0)
10–10.9 g/dl (mild)	18 (7.7)	10 (5.3)	28 (6.6)
≥11 g/dl (nonanemic)	137 (58.3)	109 (58.3)	246 (58.3)