Indicator 2.2.2 - Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight)
Percent of children ages 0 to 5 years with wasting (very low weight-for-length/height) in the US
Percent of children ages 0 to 5 years with wasting (very low weight-for-length/height) in the US
Global Metadata
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| SDG Indicator Name | Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight) |
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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 | |
| 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 children ages 0 to 5 years with wasting (very low weight-for-length/height) in the US |
| Actual indicator available | Percent of children under 5 years with weight-for-height/length <2 standard deviations below (wasting) or >2 standard deviations above (overweight) the median weight-for-length/height |
| Description of actual indicator available | |
| Method of computation | The 2013-2014 NHANES data were merged with the expanded WHO growth chart files of weight-for-length/height for boys and girls by age. For the wasting estimate, the number of children 5 and younger with weight-for-length/height 2 or more standard deviations below the median weight-for-length/height was divided by the total number of children from birth through 5 years and the result was multiplied by 100. For the overweight estimate, the number of children with weight-for-length/height 2 or more standard deviations above the median weight-for-length/height was divided by the total number of children from birth through 5 years and the result was multiplied by 100. The numbers and resulting estimates are weighted to be nationally representative. |
| Comments and limitations | Estimates reported for 2014 pertain to the 2013-2014 pooled NHANES data. The estimates for percent wasting and overweight met the NCHS standards for reliability and precision and the confidence interval width for both estimates was less than 5 percent. The standard error for the wasting estimate was 0.27 and for the overweight estimate was 1.11. |
| 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 | December 2016 |
| 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 and Prevention/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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