Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of preventive zinc supplementation

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Population and baseline health parameters

Household structure		Source
Infant per 100 households	14.7	UN [24]
Children age 1–4 per 100 households: all	58.9	UN [24]
Children age 1–4 : stunted	18.8	UN [24], Black [63]
Children age 1–4: not stunted	40.1	UN [24], Black [63]
Children age 5–14 per 100 households	127.0	UN [24]
Persons ages 15 and older per 100 households	299.4	UN [24]
Baseline burden of disease
Diarrhea	3.42	DHS [25]
ALRI	2.51	DHS [25]
Infant mortality: deaths per 1000	44	UNICEF [26]
Child mortality all: deaths per 1000	19	UNICEF [26]
Annual child mortality: stunted	6.4	UNICEF [26], Black [63], author’s calculations
Annual child mortality: not-stunted	4.0	UNICEF [26], Black [63], author’s calculations

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