Table 3 |
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Malnutrition concentration indices by province |
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| Province |
Rate (%) |
C |
SE (C) |
p-value |
95% confidence interval |
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| Lower |
Higher |
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| STUNTING |
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| Eastern Cape |
31.5 |
-0.123 |
0.0318 |
0.000 |
-0.186 |
-0.061 |
| Free State |
25.2 |
-0.239 |
0.069 |
0.000 |
-0.415 |
-0.144 |
| Gauteng |
18.2 |
-0.270 |
0.0522 |
0.000 |
-0.371 |
-0.168 |
| Kwazulu-Natal |
24.6 |
-0.108 |
0.0357 |
0.003 |
-0.178 |
-0.038 |
| Mpumalanga |
19.5 |
-0.229 |
0.065 |
0.000 |
-0.357 |
-0.102 |
| North West |
23.4 |
-0.260 |
0.063 |
0.000 |
-0.384 |
-0.136 |
| Northern Province |
27.2 |
-0.255 |
0.037 |
0.000 |
-0.327 |
-0.182 |
| Western Cape |
16.5 |
-0.273 |
0.085 |
0.002 |
-0.440 |
-0.105 |
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| UNDERWEIGHT |
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|
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| Eastern Cape |
9.4 |
-0.199 |
0.0671 |
0.003 |
-0.331 |
-0.067 |
| Free State |
19.9 |
-0.146 |
0.083 |
0.078 |
-0.309 |
-0.016 |
| Gauteng |
15.4 |
-0.201 |
0.0585 |
0.001 |
-0.316 |
-0.086 |
| Kwazulu-Natal |
15.9 |
-0.054 |
0.0471 |
0.249 |
-0.147 |
0.038 |
| Mpumalanga |
15.2 |
-0.099 |
0.0764 |
0.194 |
-0.250 |
0.051 |
| North West |
27.5 |
-0.277 |
0.0557 |
0.000 |
-0.386 |
-0.167 |
| Northern Province |
25.8 |
-0.175 |
0.0393 |
0.000 |
-0.252 |
-0.098 |
| Western Cape |
10.9 |
-0.274 |
0.1093 |
0.013 |
-0.489 |
-0.058 |
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| WASTING |
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| Eastern Cape |
3.1 |
-0.093 |
0.1229 |
0.450 |
-0.3343 |
0.1484 |
| Free State |
11.5 |
-0.124 |
0.115 |
0.281 |
-0.350 |
0.102 |
| Gauteng |
10.8 |
-0.094 |
0.072 |
0.193 |
-0.237 |
0.048 |
| Kwazulu-Natal |
8.7 |
-0.067 |
0.0664 |
0.313 |
-0.063 |
0.198 |
| Mpumalanga |
6.7 |
-0.226 |
0.174 |
0.194 |
-0.567 |
0.116 |
| Northern Province |
13.1 |
-0.122 |
0.060 |
0.000 |
-0.240 |
-0.004 |
| North West |
14.7 |
-0.160 |
0.086 |
0.064 |
-0.329 |
0.009 |
| Western Cape |
4.8 |
0.123 |
0.1724 |
0.476 |
-0.217 |
0.0463 |
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Zere and McIntyre International Journal for Equity in Health 2003 2:7 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-2-7 |
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