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Sub-Saharan Africa: Health > Nutrition > Malnutrition prevalence > Weight for age stats

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  • % of children under 5: Prevalence of child malnutrition is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.
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STAT SUB-SAHARAN TOTAL SUB-SAHARAN AVERAGE DATES
% of children under 5 16.4%
The same as average 		2007

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