Region | Under-5 population,2000 (000’s) | Wasting, prevalence (%)* | Wasting, numbers (000’s) | Annual mortality, numbers | ||||
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Moderate and severe | Severe | ⩽2 z scores,WFH, total | ⩽3 z scores,WFH, total | Between −2 and −3 z scores, WFH* | ⩽3 z scores,WFH† | ⩽2 z scores,total | ||
Under-5 population and prevalence of wasting from UNICEF global database on child malnutrition, 2001.12 CEE, Central and Eastern Europe; CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States (an alliance of 11 former Soviet Republics). | ||||||||
*Moderate mortality rate = 76/1000/year (average of nine studies, range 30–148/1000) for children with <80% weight-for-height (WFH) or −2 z scores.14 | ||||||||
†Severe mortality rate = 132/1000/year (average of five studies, range 73–187/1000 for children with middle upper arm circumference (MUAC) <110 mm.14 | ||||||||
Sub-Saharan Africa | 106 394 | 10 | 3 | 10 639 | 3192 | 565 768 | 421 767 | 987 535 |
Middle East and North Africa | 44 478 | 7 | 2 | 3113 | 890 | 168 942 | 117 546 | 286 489 |
South Asia | 166 566 | 15 | 2 | 24 985 | 3331 | 1 644 950 | 440 201 | 2 085 151 |
East Asia and Pacific | 159 454 | 4 | – | 6378 | – | 484 528 | – | 484 528 |
Latin America and Caribbean | 54 809 | 2 | 0 | 1096 | – | 83 273 | – | 83 273 |
CEE/CIS and Baltic States | 30 020 | 4 | 1 | 1201 | 300 | 68 416 | 39 668 | 108 084 |
Industrialised countries | 50 655 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Developing countries | 546 471 | 9 | 2 | 49 182 | 10 929 | 2 905 951 | 1 444 214 | 4 350 164 |
Least developed countries | 110 458 | 10 | 2 | 11 046 | 2209 | 671 290 | 291 918 | 963 208 |
Total | 707 584 | 60 228 | 13 139 | 3 577 241 | 1 736 132 | 5 313 373 |