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CAMBODIA DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY 2005 (CDHS 2005)
 

Table : Nutrition status of children

Percentage of children under five years classified as malnourished according to three  anthropometric indices of nutritional status: height-for-age, weight-for-height, and weight-for-age, by background characteristics, Cambodia 2005

Background characteristics	Height-for-age			Weight-for-height			Weight-for-age			Number of children
	Percentage below -3 SD	Percentage below -2SD	Mean Z-score	Percentage below -3SD	Percentage blow -2SD1	Mean Z-score	Percentage below -3SD	Percentage blow -2SD	Mean Z-score
Age in months
<6	0.2	5.6	-0.3	0.6	3.6	-0.1	1.2	4.7	-0.2	286
6-8	0.9	9.3	-0.7	0.9	4.9	-0.3	1.7	9.6	-0.8	189
9-11	5.1	20.4	-1.2	2.1	8.9	-0.7	11.0	34.7	-1.5	173
12-17	11.3	34.4	-1.7	0.9	11.6	-0.8	5.7	36.4	-1.7	373
18-23	15.3	49.3	-1.9	1.1	12.2	-1.1	6.6	45.3	-1.8	40.3
24-35	13.3	39.1	-1.6	0.5	6.9	-0.9	7.9	40.2	-1.7	706
36-47	17.3	43.6	-1.9	0.5	6.5	-0.8	9.6	41.5	-1.8	748
48-59	17.7	47.7	-2.0	0.7	5.1	-0.8	6.6	38.4	-1.8	710
Sex
Male	13.6	38.8	-1.7	0.6	7.1	-0.8	6.6	35.3	-1.6	1.739
Female	12.2	35.8	-1.6	0.9	7.4	-0.8	7.3	35.8	-1.6	1.849
Birth interval in month2
First birth3	10.6	29.7	-1.4	0.7	7.8	-0.7	5.6	30.8	-1.4	906
<24	19.1	46.5	-1.9	0.8	7.1	-0.8	9.5	44.5	-1.8	433
24-47	14.6	40.7	-1.7	0.9	6.2	-0.8	7.0	38.5	-1.7	1.191
48+	9.3	33.9	-1.5	0.5	8.8	-0.8	5.5	32.0	-1.6	802
Size at birth
Very small	17.8	49.8	-2.0	1.6	13.1	-1.1	15.4	53.8	-2.1	108
Small	15.8	47.9	-1.9	1.2	10.7	-1.0	14.1	49.4	-1.9	344
Average or larger	12.3	34.9	-1.6	0.6	6.9	-0.7	5.3	33.1	-1.5	2.853
Mother's status
Interviewed	12.9	36.8	-1.6	0.7	7.4	-0.8	6.6	35.6	-1.6	3.332
Not interviewed but in   household	9.5	43.4	-1.8	1.1	8.6	-1.0	8.2	43.7	-1.9	63
Not interviewed, and not in   the household4	15.0	42.7	-1.7	1.2	4.7	-0.7	12.7	31.8	-1.5	19.2
Mother's nutritional status5
Thin (BMI<18.5)	16.4	40.7	-1.8	1.3	11.8	-1.1	11.8	48.2	-1.9	645
Normal (BMI 18.5-24.9)	12.1	36.4	-1.6	0.6	6.6	-0.7	5.6	33.3	-1.5	2.445
Overweight/obese (BMI>=25)	9.4	33.9	-1.4	0.3	3.8	-0.6	2.8	28.5	-1.4	267
Residence
Urban	9.5	30.5	-1.4	0.9	8.3	-0.8	6.2	34.7	-1.4	486
Rural	13.4	38.3	-1.7	0.7	7.1	-0.8	7.0	35.7	-1.6	3.101
Province
Banteay Mean Chey	9.3	34.1	-1.5	0.0	5.5	-0.6	4.6	27.6	-1.4	145
Kampong Cham	17.2	37.2	-1.7	0.0	6.0	-0.7	8.0	33.1	-1.6	400
Kampong Chhnang	11.5	37.3	-1.6	0.5	4.6	-0.7	3.4	34.0	-1.5	146
Kampong Speu	6.5	36.6	-1.5	0.2	7.6	-0.8	5.1	30.7	-1.6	218
Kampong Thom	11.9	41.1	-1.8	0.0	3.4	-0.9	9.1	37.4	-1.7	197
Kandal	9.7	26.8	-1.3	1.4	11.5	-0.9	4.1	35.0	-1.5	328
Kratie	14.4	37.1	-1.7	0.4	4.2	-0.7	7.4	35.5	-1.6	100
Phnom penh	4.2	22.3	-1.0	0.5	5.5	-0.6	3.2	21.2	-1.1	282
Prey Veng	14.8	38.3	-1.7	2.7	11.3	-1.0	13.5	41.3	-1.8	262
Pursat	33.2	61.6	-2.3	4.7	17.0	-0.6	12.0	48.6	-1.9	90
Siem Reap	19.3	53.3	-2.1	0.4	6.3	-0.8	9.6	47.5	-1.8	311
Sray Rieng	13.3	35.4	-1.6	1.4	7.8	-0.8	7.0	37.6	-1.6	120
Takeo	14.5	38.5	-1.6	2.0	7.6	-0.8	6.5	37.8	-1.6	241
Otdar Mean Chey	15.3	47.3	-1.9	0.0	10.3	-0.8	8.0	39.2	-1.7	41
Battambang/Krong Pailin	7.5	36.2	-1.5	0.0	5.6	-0.7	2.4	29.8	-1.4	271
Kampot/Krong Kep	7.9	28.2	-1.4	0.0	5.0	-0.8	2.6	31.0	-1.5	184
Krong Preah Sihanouk/   Kaoh Kong	16.6	36.8	-1.6	0.3	7.3	-0.8	8.7	37.3	-1.6	91
Preah Vihear/Steung Treng	12.1	42.0	-1.8	0.4	9.7	-1.0	9.5	48.1	-1.9	90
Mondol Kiri/ Rattanak Kiri	30.4	54.0	-2.3	0.0	7.6	-0.8	22.1	52.2	-2.1	69
Mother's Education 6
No schooling	18.5	45.8	-1.9	1.2	7.9	-0.8	9.3	43.5	-1.8	809
Primary	12.8	37.8	-1.6	0.7	6.9	-0.8	6.6	35.9	-1.6	1,992
Secondary and higher	5.0	22.2	-1.1	0.3	8.6	-0.8	3.0	25.1	-1.3	594
Wealth quintile
Lowest	19.4	46.7	-1.9	0.9	8.3	-0.8	10.4	42.9	-1.8	884
Second	15.0	42.5	-1.8	0.8	9.2	-0.8	9.0	39.8	-1.7	785
Middle	11.6	36.5	-1.6	0.3	5.5	-0.8	5.0	33.5	-1.6	681
Fourth	9.7	35.5	-1.5	1.1	6.0	-0.8	5.5	34.3	-1.6	633
Highest	5.6	19.4	-1.1	0.7	6.7	-0.6	2.8	23.1	-1.2	605
Total	12.9	37.3	-1.6	0.8	7.3	-0.8	6.9	35.6	-1.6	3,587

Note: Table is based on children who stayed in the household the night before the interview. Each of the indices is expressed in standard deviation units
(SD) from the median of the NCHS/CDC/WHO International Reference Population. Table is based on children with valid dates of birth (month and year)
and valid measurement of both height and weight. Total includes 27 cases for which size at birth is missing and 34 cases for which mother’s nutritional
status is missing.
¹ Includes children who are below -3 standard deviations (SD) from the International Reference Population median
² Excludes children whose mothers were not interviewed
³ First-born twins (triplets, etc.) are counted as first births because they do not have a previous birth interval.
⁴ Includes children whose mothers are deceased
⁵ Mother's nutritional status in terms of BMI (Body Mass Index) is presented in Table 15
⁶ For women who are not interviewed, information is taken from the Household Questionnaire. Excludes children whose mothers are not listed in the Household Questionnaire.