Table 1 Prevalence of anemia of mothers with children under-three years by years among baseline characteristics a
Characteristics b c | 2001 | 2005 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample | Any anemia (<12.0 g/dl) | Mild anemia (10.0-11.9 g/dl) | Moderate anemia (7.0-9.9 g/dl) | Severe anemia (<7.0 g/dl) | Sample | Any anemia (<12.0 g/dl) | Mild anemia (10.0-11.9 g/dl) | Moderate anemia (7.0-9.9 g/dl) | Severe anemia (<7.0 g/dl) | |
No.(%) | No.(%) | No.(%) | No.(%) | No.(%) | No.(%) | No.(%) | No.(%) | |||
Region | ||||||||||
Gansu | 635 | 163(25.7) | 137(21.6) | 25(3.9) | 1(0.2) | 256 | 50(19.5) | 44(17.2) | 4(1.6) | 2(0.8) |
Guangxi | 823 | 374(45.4) | 318(38.6) | 51(6.2) | 5(0.6) | 734 | 383(52.2)** | 330(45.0)* | 52(7.1) | 1(0.1)*** |
Guizhou | - | - | - | - | - | 455 | 252(55.4) | 224(49.2) | 28(6.2) | 0(0.0) |
Inner Mongolia | 816 | 227(27.8) | 209(25.6) | 17(2.1) | 1(0.1) | 590 | 177(30.0) | 161(27.3) | 15(2.5) | 1(0.2) |
Ningxia | 832 | 202(24.3) | 182(21.9) | 18(2.2) | 2(0.2) | 550 | 187(34.0)*** | 165(30.0)*** | 22(4.0)* | 0(0.0) |
Qinghai | 957 | 467(48.8) | 350(36.6) | 108(11.3) | 9(0.9) | 615 | 375(61.0)*** | 198(32.2) | 175(28.5)*** | 2(0.3) |
Sichuan | 688 | 221(32.1) | 195(28.3) | 24(3.5) | 2(0.3) | 640 | 268(41.9)*** | 236(36.9)** | 29(4.5) | 3(0.5) |
Xinjiang | 666 | 210(31.5) | 179(26.9) | 29(4.4) | 2(0.3) | 1028 | 467(45.4)*** | 351(34.1)*** | 111(10.8)*** | 5(0.5) |
Chongqing | 755 | 212(28.1) | 192(25.4) | 20(2.6) | 0(0.0) | 504 | 295(58.5)*** | 177(35.1)*** | 118(23.4)*** | 0(0.0) |
Ethnicity | ||||||||||
Han | 4036 | 1208(29.9) | 1062(26.3) | 140(3.5) | 6(0.1) | 3078 | 1303(42.3)*** | 1029(33.4)*** | 270(8.8)*** | 4(0.1) |
Tibet | 446 | 189(42.4) | 142(31.8) | 42(9.4) | 5(1.1) | 317 | 143(45.1) | 90(28.4) | 51(16.1)** | 2(0.6) |
Uighur | 569 | 190(33.4) | 161(28.3) | 27(4.7) | 2(0.4) | 621 | 246(39.6)* | 197(31.7) | 46(7.4) | 3(0.5) |
Hui | 334 | 128(38.3) | 101(30.2) | 26(7.8) | 1(0.3) | 260 | 106(40.8) | 59(22.7)* | 45(17.3)*** | 2(0.8) |
Zhuang | 398 | 199(50.0) | 159(39.9) | 36(9.0) | 4(1.0) | 334 | 196(58.7)* | 155(46.4) | 40(12.0) | 1(0.3) |
Others | 386 | 162(42.0) | 137(35.5) | 21(5.4) | 4(1.0) | 751 | 453(60.3)*** | 351(46.7)*** | 100(13.3)*** | 2(0.3) |
Parity | ||||||||||
1 | 3718 | 1272(34.2) | 1076(28.9) | 183(4.9) | 13(0.3) | 3127 | 1424(45.5)*** | 1094(35.0)*** | 326(10.4)*** | 4(0.1) |
2 | 2016 | 673(33.4) | 579(28.7) | 88(4.4) | 6(0.3) | 1921 | 886(46.1)*** | 690(35.9)*** | 190(9.9)*** | 6(0.3) |
>2 | 436 | 131(30.0) | 107(24.5) | 21(4.8) | 3(0.7) | 324 | 144(44.4)*** | 102(31.5)* | 38(11.7)** | 4(1.2) |
Altitude, m | ||||||||||
<500 | 1521 | 477(31.4) | 409(26.9) | 65(4.3) | 3(0.2) | 1222 | 545(44.6)*** | 445(36.4)*** | 98(8.0)*** | 2(0.2) |
500 ~ 1500 | 2370 | 651(27.5) | 574(24.2) | 69(2.9) | 8(0.3) | 2430 | 1098(45.2)*** | 832(34.2)*** | 262(10.8)*** | 4(0.2) |
>1500 | 2281 | 948(41.6) | 779(34.2) | 158(6.9) | 11(0.5) | 1720 | 811(47.2)*** | 609(35.4) | 194(11.3)*** | 8(0.5) |
Wealth index | ||||||||||
Poorest | 1956 | 707(36.1) | 594(30.4) | 108(5.5) | 5(0.3) | 1656 | 759(45.8)*** | 581(35.1)** | 173(10.4)*** | 5(0.3) |
Middle | 2370 | 773(32.6) | 665(28.1) | 98(4.1) | 10(0.4) | 2108 | 970(46.0)*** | 715(33.9)*** | 250(11.9)*** | 5(0.2) |
Wealthiest | 1846 | 596(32.3) | 503(27.2) | 86(4.7) | 7(0.4) | 1608 | 725(45.1)*** | 590(36.7)*** | 131(8.1)*** | 4(0.2) |
Total | 6172 | 2076(33.6) | 1762(28.5) | 292(4.7) | 22(0.4) | 5372 | 2454(45.7)*** | 1886(35.1)*** | 554(10.3)*** | 14(0.3) |