From: Comparing hemoglobin distributions between population-based surveys matched by country and time
country | survey | N | mean | SD | skew | kurtosis | % anemia | |||
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any | mild | mod | severe | |||||||
Bangladesh | DHS-2011 | 2241 | 10.81a | 1.23 | −0.48 | 3.84 | 51a | 29 | 21a | 1a |
BR-2012 | 607 | 11.52 | 1.08 | −0.58 | 4.13 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 0 | |
Liberia | DHS-2011 | 1677 | 9.76a | 1.49 | − 0.23 | 3.19 | 79a | 26 | 49a | 4a |
BR-2011 | 1456 | 10.55 | 1.30 | −0.52 | 3.75 | 59 | 31 | 28 | 1 | |
Cameroon | DHS-2011 | 4523 | 10.63 | 1.54 | −0.39 | 3.32 | 56 | 26 | 29 | 1 |
BR-2009 | 815 | 10.54 | 1.62 | −0.62 | 3.54 | 54 | 24 | 27 | 3 | |
Malawi | DHS-2015/16 | 5228 | 10.44a | 1.48 | −0.34 | 3.43 | 61a | 26a | 33a | 2 |
BR-2015/16 | 1172 | 11.44 | 1.39 | −0.99 | 5.69 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 |