Indicator 2.2.1 - Prevalence of stunting (height for age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age
Percent of US children ages 0 to 5 experiencing stunting
Percent of US children ages 0 to 5 experiencing stunting
Global Metadata
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| SDG Indicator Name | Prevalence of stunting (height for age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age |
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| SDG Target Addressed | By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons. |
| Definition of SDG Indicator | Number of under-fives falling below minus 2 standard deviations from the median height-for-age of the reference population.Children under 5 years of age in the surveyed population |
| UN Designated Tier | 1 |
| UN Custodial Agency | UNICEF (Partnering agencies: WHO) |
U.S. Metadata
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| Method of computation for global SDG indicator | |
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| Graph Title | Percent of US children ages 0 to 5 experiencing stunting |
| Actual indicator available | Percent of US children from birth up to 5 years with height-for-age less than 2 standard deviations of the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards. |
| Description of actual indicator available | |
| Method of computation | The number of children from birth through <5 years with height-for-age more than 2 standard deviations below the median length/height-for-age was divided by the total number of children from birth through 5 years and the result was multiplied by 100. The numbers and resulting estimate are weighted to be nationally representative. The 2013-2014 NHANES data were merged with the expanded WHO growth chart files of length/height-for-age for boys and girls by age in days. Age in months at examination on the NHANES 2013-2014 file was converted to age in days by multiplying it by 30.4375 and taking the largest integer of the result. |
| Comments and limitations | Estimates reported for 2014 pertain to pooled 2013 and 2014 NHANES data. The estimated percent meets the NCHS standards for reliability and precision. The standard error for the 2013-14 estimate is 0.51 and the confidence interval widths for this estimate is less than 5%. |
| Periodicity | Biannually (every 2 years) |
| Time Period | 2013-2014 |
| Unit of measure | |
| Disaggregation #1 (Industry or social categories) | |
| Disaggregation #2 (Geographical coverage) | |
| Date of public data release from National source | October, 2015 |
| Date of last Update of This Page | |
| Scheduled Update by National source | |
| Scheduled Update by SDG Team | |
| Data Source1 (Agency STAFF NAME) | Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| Data Source2 (Staff E-MAIL) | JMadans@cdc.gov |
| Data Source3 (Agency/Survey/Dataset name) | Centers for Disease Control/National Center for Health Statistics/National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| Indicator web address (closest to data provided) | http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/index.htm |
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