CHILDREN'S HEALTH                                                                        


                                   % of       % of children             % of children  suffering from:        
                                Infants with   exclusively     underweight (0-4 )       wasting       stunting    
                                 low birth      breastfed                             (12-23 mo.)    (24-59 mo.)   
                                   weight     (0-3 months)     moderate                 moderate       moderate    
                                                               & severe     severe      & severe       & severe    
                                    1990         1988-92       1980-92     1980-92     1980-92        1980-92     


CARIBBEAN                                                                                     
Cuba                                   8                                                    1 
Dominican Republic                    16             10           10          2             1              22 
Haiti                                 15                          37          3            17              51 
Jamaica                               11                           7          1             6               7 
Trinidad and Tobago                   10             10            7          0             5               4 

CENTRAL AMERICA                                                                               
Costa Rica                             6                           6                        3               8 
El Salvador                           11                          15                        3              36 
Guatemala                             14                          34          8             3              68 
Honduras                               9                          21          4             2              34 
Nicaragua                             15                          11          1             0              22 
Panama                                10                          16                        7              24 

SOUTH AMERICA                                                                                 
Argentina                              8                                                      
Bolivia                               12             59           13          3             2              51 
Brazil                                11              4            7          1             3              16 
Chile                                  7                           3          0             1              10 
Colombia                              10             17           10          2             5              18 
Ecuador                               11             31           17          0             4              39 
Paraguay                               8              7            4          1             0              17 
Peru                                  11             40           11          2             3              46 
Uruguay                                8                           7          2                            16 
Venezuela                              9                           6                        4               7 

Mexico                                12             37           14                        6              22 

Source: UNICEF, 1994.                                                                         

Note: Data is from latest available year within the range noted.