Research Article

Prevalence of Malnutrition and Associated Factors among Children in Rural Ethiopia

Table 2

Prevalence of malnutrition based on CIAF among under-five-year-old children in rural Ethiopia, 2014.

GroupDescription of the groupFrequency (percentage)

INo failure1594 (51.5%)
IIWasting only101.4 (3.3%)
IIIWasting and underweight85.3 (2.8%)
IVWasting, stunting, and underweight113 (3.7%)
VStunting and underweight599.2 (19.4%)
VIStunting only563 (18.2%)
VIIUnderweight only39 (1.3%)

Totalā€‰3094.9 (100%)

CIAF (II + III + IV + V + VI + VII) = 48.5%.