Table 3 Sample characteristics by country
| Â | Benin | Djibouti | Egypt | Ghana | Malawi | Mauritania | Morocco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Survey year | 2009 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2010 |
N (% missing BMI) | 2681 (2.2%) | 1711 (9.7%) | 5179 (13.3%) | 6155 (5.8%) | 2305 (13.3%) | 2028 (34.6%) | 5756 (6.9%) |
Male | 65.1% | 57.1% | 52.8% | 52.4% | 46.6% | 47.4% | 52.4% |
Age: 12 or under | 4.3% | 4.1% | 22.3% | 10.7% | 5.8% | 6.1% | 14.4% |
13 | 7.0% | 6.6% | 45.3% | 16.3% | 26.6% | 9.5% | 22.2% |
14 | 14.8% | 18.2% | 22.8% | 21.8% | 38.6% | 20.0% | 26.8% |
15 | 24.6% | 27.8% | 7.3% | 26.9% | 28.4% | 28.9% | 20.8% |
16+ | 49.3% | 43.2% | 2.3% | 24.3% | 0.7% | 35.6% | 15.9% |
Underweight | 17.5% | 31.9% | 12.6% | 25.7% | 21.1% | 22.3% | 24.0% |
Normal weight | 71.3% | 49.4% | 56.0% | 65.6% | 68.9% | 53.4% | 59.4% |
Overweight* | 11.2% | 18.8% | 31.4% | 8.7% | 10.0% | 24.3% | 16.6% |
Obese | 0.6% | 5.2% | 9.3% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 3.4% | 3.6% |