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Statistics about Nutrition
| Nutrition |
Indicators
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| % of infants with low birthweight, 1999-2006* |
21 |
| % of children (2000-2006*) who are: exclusively breastfed
(<6 months) |
53 |
| % of children (2000-2006*) who are: breastfed with complementary
food (6-9 months) |
75 |
| % of children (2000-2006*) who are: still breastfeeding
(20-23 months) |
95 |
| % of under-fives (2000-2006*) suffering from: underweight,
moderate & severe |
39 |
| % of under-fives (2000-2006*) suffering from: underweight,
severe |
11 |
| % of under-fives (2000-2006*) suffering from: wasting,
moderate & severe |
13 |
| % of under-fives (2000-2006*) suffering from: stunting,
moderate & severe |
49 |
| "Vitamin A supplement coverage rate (6-59 months) 2005
at least one dose‡ (%)" |
96 |
| "Vitamin A supplement coverage rate (6-59 months) 2005
full coverage? (%)" |
96 |
| % of households consuming iodized salt 2000-2006* |
63 |
Definitions of the indicators
Low birthweight - Less than 2,500 grams.
Underweight - Moderate and severe - below minus two standard deviations
from median weight for age of reference population; severe - below minus
three standard deviations from median weight for age of reference population.
Wasting - Moderate and severe - below minus two standard deviations from
median weight for height of reference population.
Stunting - Moderate and severe - below minus two standard deviations from
median height for age of reference population.
Vitamin A - Percentage of children aged 6-59 months who have received
at least one high dose of vitamin A capsules in 2001.
Main data sources
Low birthweight - Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator
Cluster Surveys (MICS), other national householdsurveys and data from
routine reporting systems.
Breastfeeding - DHS, MICS, and UNICEF.
Underweight, wasting and stunting - DHS, MICS, World Health Organization
(WHO) and UNICEF.
Salt iodization - MICS, DHS and UNICEF.
Vitamin A - UNICEF field offices and WHO.
Notes
- Data not available.
x Indicates data that refer to years or periods other than those specified
in the column heading, differ from the standard definition, or refer to
only part of a country.
k Refers to exclusive breastfeeding for less than 4 months.
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified
in the column heading.
t Identifies countries that have achieved a second round of vitamin A
coverage grater than or equal to 70%.
We have used figures provided by UNICEF from their website
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/nepal_nepal_statistics.html
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