China - Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)

Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5) in China was reported at 3.4 % in 2010, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources.



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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.


China | Health

Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
7.6
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
19.5 %
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children under 5)
18.7 %
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
19.4 %
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
4.3 %
Number of infant deaths
156450
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
7 %
Number of under-five deaths
181574
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
88.7 %
Number of neonatal deaths
93435
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)
0.1 %
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000)
10.7
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
10
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
11.3
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70
18 %
Mortality rate; neonatal (per 1;000 live births)
5.5
Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods (% of married women with demand for family planning)
96.6 %
Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)
0.1 %
Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24)
0.1 %
Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people with advanced HIV infection)
%
Immunization, BCG (% of one-year-old children)
99 %
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
99 %
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
99 %
Immunization, Pol3 (% of one-year-old children)
99 %
Hospital beds
3.8
Community health workers
0.831
Nurses and midwives
1.85
Physicians
1.94
Specialist surgical workforce (per 100,000 population)
40.06
Notified cases of malaria (per 100;000 people)
3
Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk)
0.00016
Number of maternal mortality deaths
4400
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2400
Lifetime risk of maternal death
0.0423 %
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women
21.8 %
Prevalence of syphilis (% of women attending antenatal care)
0.2119 %
Smoking prevalence, females (% of adults)
1.8 %
Smoking prevalence, males (% of adults)
47.6 %
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)
45.6 %
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)
52.7 %
Number of surgical procedures (per 100,000 population)
2732
Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access)
76.5 %
Improved sanitation facilities, urban (% of urban population with access)
86.6 %
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care
95.6 %
Exclusive breastfeeding (% of children under 6 months)
27.6 %
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)
99.9 %
Low-birthweight babies (% of births)
2.38 %
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
9.8 %
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female (% of children under 5)
3.3 %
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5)
3.5 %
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)
3.4 %
Malaria cases reported
39
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
27
Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate; per 100;000 live births)
23.2
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)
1.6 %
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)
0 %
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
0.7 %
Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)
11.3 %
Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults)
33.1 %
Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults)
38.7 %
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
5.6 %
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)
7.5 %
Prevalence of overweight (% of children under 5)
6.6 %
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5)
8.9 %
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5)
9.9 %
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5)
9.4 %
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
10
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)
19.4
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
2.1 %
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)
2.4 %
Prevalence of wasting (% of children under 5)
2.3 %
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
0.6 %
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)
0.8 %
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)
0.7 %
Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of registered cases)
94 %
Tuberculosis case detection rate (all forms)
87
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)
67
Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people)
2.6
External resources for health (% of total expenditure on health)
0.0314 %
Out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of total expenditure on health)
31.99 %
Out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of private expenditure on health)
72.35 %
Health expenditure per capita
420 USD
Health expenditure per capita, PPP (constant 2005 international $)
731
Health expenditure, private (% of GDP)
2.45 %
Health expenditure, public (% of total health expenditure)
55.79 %
Health expenditure, public (% of government expenditure)
10.43 %
Health expenditure, public (% of GDP)
3.1 %
Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)
5.55 %
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum
301052
Refugee population by country or territory of origin
212911
Number of people who are undernourished
133800000
Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population)
9.3 %
Depth of the food deficit (kilocalories per person per day)
74
Depth of hunger (kilocalories per person per day)
250
Consumption of iodized salt (% of households)
96.8 %
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
7.26
Completeness of total death reporting (% of reported total deaths to estimated total deaths)
96.89 %
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
70.72
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
96.6
Birth rate, crude
12.1
Death rate, crude
7.1
Contraceptive prevalence, modern methods (% of women ages 15-49)
84 %
Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)
87.9 %
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
8.6
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
9.2
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
9.8
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
77.55 years
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
75.99 years
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
74.5 years
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
1.57
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
87.16 %
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
82.84 %
Female population 00-04
38595000 Persons
Population ages 0-4, female (% of female population)
5.78 %
Male population 00-04
44578000 Persons
Population ages 0-4, male (% of male population)
6.3 %
Female population 05-09
36614000 Persons
Population ages 5-9, female (% of female population)
5.44 %
Male population 05-09
42736000 Persons
Population ages 5-9, male (% of male population)
5.97 %
Female population 10-14
34934000 Persons
Population ages 10-14, female (% of female population)
5.24 %
Male population 10-14
40483000 Persons
Population ages 10-14, male (% of male population)
5.69 %
Female population 15-19
35503000 Persons
Population ages 15-19, female (% of female population)
5.54 %
Male population 15-19
40448000 Persons
Population ages 15-19, male (% of male population)
5.92 %
Female population 20-24
46900000 Persons
Population ages 20-24, female (% of female population)
7.53 %
Male population 20-24
52458000 Persons
Population ages 20-24, male (% of male population)
7.89 %
Female population 25-29
61465000 Persons
Population ages 25-29, female (% of female population)
9.3 %
Male population 25-29
66701000 Persons
Population ages 25-29, male (% of male population)
9.45 %
Female population 30-34
50734000 Persons
Population ages 30-34, female (% of female population)
7.24 %
Male population 30-34
53787000 Persons
Population ages 30-34, male (% of male population)
7.2 %
Female population 35-39
45146000 Persons
Population ages 35-39, female (% of female population)
6.95 %
Male population 35-39
47528000 Persons
Population ages 35-39, male (% of male population)
6.89 %
Female population 40-44
55676000 Persons
Population ages 40-44, female (% of female population)
8.72 %
Male population 40-44
58486000 Persons
Population ages 40-44, male (% of male population)
8.6 %
Female population 45-49
61288000 Persons
Population ages 45-49, female (% of female population)
9.12 %
Male population 45-49
63168000 Persons
Population ages 45-49, male (% of male population)
8.84 %
Female population 50-54
51098000 Persons
Population ages 50-54, female (% of female population)
7.31 %
Male population 50-54
52904000 Persons
Population ages 50-54, male (% of male population)
7.14 %
Female population 55-59
39486000 Persons
Population ages 55-59, female (% of female population)
5.82 %
Male population 55-59
40815000 Persons
Population ages 55-59, male (% of male population)
5.66 %
Female population 60-64
38800000 Persons
Population ages 50-64, female (% of female population)
5.79 %
Male population 60-64
39384000 Persons
Population ages 50-64, male (% of male population)
5.53 %
Female population 65-69
27702000 Persons
Population ages 65-69, female (% of female population)
3.86 %
Male population 65-69
27303000 Persons
Population ages 65-69, male (% of male population)
3.59 %
Population ages 65 and above (% of total)
9.55 %
Female population 70-74
17639000 Persons
Population ages 70-74, female (% of female population)
2.55 %
Male population 70-74
17224000 Persons
Population ages 70-74, male (% of male population)
2.36 %
Female population 75-79
12638000 Persons
Population ages 75-79, female (% of female population)
1.89 %
Male population 75-79
11662000 Persons
Population ages 75-79, male (% of male population)
1.63 %
Population ages 80 and above, female
13479000 Persons
Population ages 80 and above, female (% of female population)
1.93 %
Male population 80+
10143000 Persons
Population ages 80 and above, male (% of male population)
1.34 %
Age population, age 06, female, interpolated
7345751 Persons
Age population, age 06, male, interpolated
8581044 Persons
Age population, age 07, female, interpolated
7250028 Persons
Age population, age 07, male, interpolated
8467829 Persons
Age population, age 08, female, interpolated
7161479 Persons
Age population, age 08, male, interpolated
8357063 Persons
Age population, age 09, female, interpolated
7084108 Persons
Age population, age 09, male, interpolated
8253994 Persons
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated
7030421 Persons
Age population, age 10, male
8172652 Persons
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated
7012929 Persons
Age population, age 11, male
8127066 Persons
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated
6993104 Persons
Age population, age 12, male
8078566 Persons
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated
6957936 Persons
Age population, age 13, male
8014830 Persons
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated
6936946 Persons
Age population, age 14, male
7967458 Persons
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated
6952425 Persons
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated
7956072 Persons
Age population, age 16, female, interpolated
6975628 Persons
Age population, age 16, male, interpolated
7947597 Persons
Age population, age 17, female, interpolated
7174292 Persons
Age population, age 17, male, interpolated
8138894 Persons
Age population, age 18, female, interpolated
7626420 Persons
Age population, age 18, male, interpolated
8620637 Persons
Age population, age 19, female, interpolated
8246276 Persons
Age population, age 19, male, interpolated
9291888 Persons
Age population, age 20, female, interpolated
8831513 Persons
Age population, age 20, male, interpolated
9922218 Persons
Age population, age 21, female, interpolated
9376260 Persons
Age population, age 21, male, interpolated
10511131 Persons
Age population, age 22, female, interpolated
9984920 Persons
Age population, age 22, male, interpolated
11145282 Persons
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated
10674009 Persons
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated
11829426 Persons
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated
11368156 Persons
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated
12495697 Persons
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated
12035255 Persons
Age population, age 25, male, interpolated
13136824 Persons
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
36.58 %
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
13.05 %
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
23.53 %
Population, female (% of total)
48.48 %
Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information
4 %
Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49)
2.3 %