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

Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people with advanced HIV infection)
%
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)
26.4 %
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children under 5)
21.4 %
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
26.2 %
Number of deaths ages 5-14 years
45344
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
4.3 %
Number of infant deaths
143560
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
7 %
Number of under-five deaths
167678
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
88.7 %
Number of neonatal deaths
85711
Probability of dying at age 5-14 years (per 1,000 children age 5)
2.8
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)
0.1 %
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000)
9.9
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
9.3
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
10.5
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70
18 %
Mortality rate; neonatal (per 1;000 live births)
5.1
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 %
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
2.34
Physicians
3.62
Specialist surgical workforce (per 100,000 population)
40.06
Notified cases of malaria (per 100;000 people)
27
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
32.4 %
Prevalence of syphilis (% of women attending antenatal care)
0.2 %
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
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care
96.2 %
Exclusive breastfeeding (% of children under 6 months)
20.8 %
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)
99.9 %
Low-birthweight babies (% of births)
2.38 %
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
Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)
11.3 %
Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults)
30.1 %
Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults)
34.5 %
Prevalence of overweight (% of adults)
32.3 %
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)
1.9 %
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)
64
Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people)
2.8
Number of people pushed below the 50% median consumption poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure
36200000 %
Proportion of population pushed below the 50% median consumption poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%)
2.75 %
Increase in poverty gap at $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure (USD)
0.0448
Number of people pushed below the $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure
28000000
Increase in poverty gap at $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure (% of poverty line)
0.0122 %
Proportion of population pushed below the $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%)
2.13 %
Increase in poverty gap at $3.10 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure (USD)
0.0145
Number of people pushed below the $3.10 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure
40700000
Increase in poverty gap at $3.10 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure (% of poverty line)
0.00643 %
Proportion of population pushed below the $3.10 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%)
3.09 %
Number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure
233000000 %
Proportion of population spending more than 10% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%)
17.71 %
Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure
62700000 %
Proportion of population spending more than 25% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%)
4.76 %
Number of people spending more than 40% of non-food consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure
81900000 %
Proportion of population spending more than 40% of non-food consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%)
6.22 %
UHC service coverage index
76
External resources for health (% of total expenditure on health)
0.5022 %
Out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of total expenditure on health)
512 %
Out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of private expenditure on health)
1158 %
Health expenditure per capita
6716 USD
Health expenditure per capita, PPP (constant 2005 international $)
11688
Health expenditure, private (% of total health expenditure)
44.21 %
Health expenditure, private (% of GDP)
39.25 %
Health expenditure, public (% of total health expenditure)
893 %
Health expenditure, public (% of government expenditure)
167 %
Health expenditure, public (% of GDP)
49.52 %
Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)
88.77 %
Number of people who are undernourished
134700000
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)
6.5
Completeness of total death reporting (% of reported total deaths to estimated total deaths)
96.89 %
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
67.08
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
92.11
Birth rate, crude
12
Death rate, crude
7.3
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
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
8.5
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
9
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
77.83 years
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
76.25 years
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
74.8 years
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
1.62
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
87.75 %
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
83.54 %
Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information
4 %
Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49)
2.3 %






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