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Table 5 Percentage point difference in anemia estimates between DHS-BRINDA pairs

From: Comparing hemoglobin distributions between population-based surveys matched by country and time

Country

Survey

Year

Sample size

Difference in any anemia %

(DHS - BRINDA)

Children

Women

Children

Women

Bangladesh

DHS

BRINDA

2011

2012

2241

607

4982

1033

+ 18%

+ 16%

Liberia

DHS

BRINDA

2011

2011

1677

1456

NA

+ 20%

NA

Cameroon

DHS

BRINDA

2011

2009

4523

815

6768

775

+ 2%

+ 1%

Malawi

DHS

BRINDA

2015/2016

2015/2016

5228

1172

7266

770

+ 31%

+ 9%

  1. Differences significant alpha = 0.001 in bold. BRINDA Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia project, DHS The Demographic and Health Survey Program. any anemia < 11.0 and < 12.0 among children and non-pregnant women respectively