Research Article
Relationships between Wasting and Stunting and Their Concurrent Occurrence in Ghanaian Preschool Children
Table 3
Prevalence of undernutrition according to age, gender, and geographical location (weighted analysis).
| | | | Stunting | Wasting | Concurrent wasting and stunting | | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Age (months) | | | | | | 0–5 | 312 | 20 (7.2) | 29 (6.9) | 2 (0.7) | | 6–11 | 288 | 25 (8.3) | 30 (10.4) | 7 (2.3) | | 12–23 | 580 | 114 (17.3) | 39 (6.4) | 14 (2.1) | | 24–35 | 552 | 163 (27.5) | 19 (4.5) | 9 (2.0) | | 36–47 | 505 | 118 (22.9) | 8 (1.9) | 4 (0.6) | | 48–59 | 483 | 82 (15.3) | 8 (1.2) | 3 (0.4) | | Gender | | | | | | Male | 1407 | 295 (19.7) | 65 (4.4) | 21 (1.3) | | Female | 1313 | 227 (15.9) | 68 (5.1) | 18 (1.4) | | Region | | | | | | Western | 282 | 49 (16.6) | 11 (3.8) | 3 (1.2) | | Central | 281 | 63 (22.1) | 14 (6.8) | 4 (1.1) | | Greater Accra | 205 | 20 (9.1) | 7 (4.1) | 2 (1.0) | | Volta | 216 | 41 (19.2) | 4 (2.4) | 1 (0.5) | | Eastern | 240 | 38 (15.3) | 9 (3.8) | 3 (1.1) | | Ashanti | 267 | 38 (14.9) | 9 (3.8) | 2 (1.5) | | Brong Ahafo | 316 | 47 (14.4) | 15 (4.2) | 2 (0.7) | | Northern | 430 | 142 (33.5) | 27 (6.5) | 12 (2.9) | | Upper East | 252 | 35 (15.2) | 25 (10.1) | 7 (3.2) | | Upper West | 231 | 49 (21.9) | 12 (4.3) | 1 (0.7) |
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