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Table 1 Description of demographic and health survey data by country

From: Quantifying the increased risk of illness in malnourished children: a global meta-analysis and propensity score matching approach

Continent

Country

Survey Year

Number of Children

Number of Clusters

Wasted (%)

Overweight (%)

Double Burden (%)

Morbidity (%)

Europe

Albania

2018

2,462

631

1.4

16.9

18.3

12.8

Africa

Angola

2016

6,407

625

5.0

3.6

8.6

27.3

Asia

Armenia

2016

1,561

304

4.2

13.5

17.7

11.5

Africa

Benin

2018

12,033

555

5.1

2.0

7

26.4

Africa

Burundi

2017

6,052

554

5.1

1.4

6.5

51.8

Africa

Cameroon

2019

4,477

428

4.4

11.1

15.5

24.7

Africa

Gambia

2020

3,811

279

5.3

2.3

7.5

31.6

Africa

Guinea

2018

3,430

399

9.1

6.0

15.1

26.2

Americas

Haiti

2017

5,598

449

3.8

3.6

7.4

48.9

Africa

Liberia

2020

2,457

324

3.7

4.5

8.2

36.0

Africa

Malawi

2016

5,178

850

2.8

4.5

7.3

43.3

Asia

Maldives

2017

2,362

260

9.2

4.1

13.3

26.8

Africa

Mali

2018

8,588

345

8.9

2.0

10.9

27.5

Asia

Nepal

2016

2,369

375

9.8

1.3

11

25.5

Africa

Nigeria

2018

11,405

1,378

6.9

2.1

9

31.7

Asia

Pakistan

2018

4,151

554

7.0

2.5

9.5

50.0

Oceania

Papua New Guinea

2018

3,290

674

9.2

9.0

18.2

28.2

Africa

Rwanda

2020

3,809

500

1.2

5.8

6.9

27.8

Africa

Senegal

2019

5,531

214

8.0

2.4

10.4

24.3

Africa

Sierra Leone

2019

4,144

564

5.6

4.9

10.5

22.3

Africa

South Africa

2016

1,082

466

2.5

13.7

16.2

29.4

Asia

Tajikistan

2017

5,867

366

5.5

3.3

8.8

18.4

Africa

Tanzania

2016

8,962

607

4.8

3.8

8.5

27.1

Asia

Timor-Leste

2016

5,718

455

24.2

5.4

29.5

19.0

Africa

Uganda

2016

4,413

688

3.8

4.0

7.8

50.0

Africa

Zambia

2019

8,711

545

4.3

5.3

9.6

26.7

Africa

Zimbabwe

2015

4,914

399

3.5

5.9

9.4

30.0

Total

 

138,782

13,788

6.3

4.3

10.5

30.2