Table 1 Overall prevalence of anemia by age, gender, financial status and birth weight
Characteristic | Sample size(n) | Prevalence of anemia % (Weighted) | Prevalence of anemia % (Unweighted) | p- value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(95% confidence interval) | (95% confidence interval) | ||||
Age** in years | Total | 2168 | 78·4 (76·7 - 80·2) | 80·1 (78·4 - 81·8) | < 0·0001 |
6 months<age< 1 | 260 | 85·1 (80·5 - 89·6) | 86·5 (82·2 - 90·6) | ||
1≤ age < 2 | 521 | 85·1 (81·9 - 88·2) | 87·1 (84·2 - 90·0) | ||
2≤ age < 3 | 465 | 80·1 (76·2 - 83·7) | 81·1 (77·5 - 84·7) | ||
3≤ age <4 | 432 | 74·1 (69·8 - 78·0) | 75·5 (71·2 - 79·4) | ||
4≤ age <5 | 490 | 70·5 (66·2 - 74·4) | 72·2 (68·1 - 76·1) | ||
< 2 | 781 | 85·1 (82·6-87·7) | 86·9 (84·6- 89·3) | < 0·0001 | |
2≤ age <5 | 1387 | 74·8 (72·5-77·1) | 76·2 (73·6 – 78·5) | ||
Gender | Male | 1095 | 79·6 (77·1 - 81·9) | 81·4 (78·9 - 83·6) | 0·1670 |
Female | 1073 | 77·1 (74·4 - 79·6) | 78·8 (76·2 - 81·2) | ||
Financial status | Low | 1223 | 85·6 (83·4 - 87·7) | 86·2 (84·2 - 88·1) | < 0·0001 |
Middle | 344 | 81·0 (76·7 - 84·8) | 81·1 (76·9 - 85·2) | ||
High | 601 | 66·3 (62·6 - 69·7) | 67·1 (63·2 - 70·8) | ||
Birth weight*** | Large | 1179 | 77·3 (74·9 - 79·7) | 79·2 (76·9 - 81·5) | 0·4530 |
Average | 664 | 79·3 (76·1 - 82·3) | 80·6 (77·6 - 83·6) | ||
Small | 306 | 80·1 (75·5 - 84·8) | 81·7 (77·3 - 86·1) | ||
Has symptoms of infection*** | Yes | 945 | 83·3 (80·7 - 85·6) | 84·4 (81·9 - 86·7) | < 0·0001 |
No | 1219 | 74·6 (72·0 - 77·1) | 76·7 (74·2 - 79·0) | ||