PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN AGE 12-23 MONTHS OF ADEQUATE NUTRITIONAL STATUS
Country Rate(%) Year Source
Antigua & Barbuda 85 1981 WHO Anthropometry Database
Barbados 95 1981 WHO Anthropometry Database
Bolivia 76 1981 WHO Anthropometry Database
81 1989 Encuesta Nacional de Demografia y Salud, DHS-1989
Brazil 91 1988 UNICEF Status Report, 1/92
Chile 98 1980 WHO Anthropometry Database
98 1981 WHO Anthropometry Database
99 1982 WHO Anthropometry Database
98 1983 WHO Anthropometry Database
99 1984 WHO Anthropometry Database
97 1985 WHO Anthropometry Database
96 1986 WHO Anthropometry Database
Colombia 86 1986 Encuesta de Prevalencia Demografia y Salud, DHS-1986
Costa Rica 93 1982 WHO Anthropometry Database
Dominica 92 1985 WHO Anthropometry Database
Dom. Rep. 87 1986 Encuesta Demografica y de Salud, DHS-1986
86 1991 Republica Dominicana Encuesta Demographica y de Salud
Ecuador 76 1987 National Nutrition Survey
El Salvador 77 1988 Evaluacion de la Situacion Alimentaria Nutricional en El Salvador
Guatemala 56 1987 Encuesta Nacional de Salud Materno Infantil, DHS-1987
Guyana 75 1981 WHO Anthropometry Database
Honduras 77 1987 National Nutrition Survey
Jamaica 91 1989 UNICEF Status Report, 1/92
Nicaragua 90 1982 WHO Anthropometry Database
Panama 83 1980 WHO Anthropometry Database
Paraguay 93 1990 Encuesta Nacional de Demografia y Salud, DHS 1990
Peru 78 1984 Encuesta Nacional de Nutricion y Salud (ENNSA) 1984
84 1992 Peru: Encuesta Demografica y de Salud Familiar 1991/92
Trinidad & Tobago 91 1987 Demographic and Health Survey, 1987
Venezuela 88 1982 WHO Anthropometry Database
92 1987 WHO Anthropometry Database
Source: Center for International Health Information (CIHI), 3/94.
Definition: An individual child of a certain age is said to be adequately nourished if his/her weight
is greater than the weight corresponding to "two Z-scores" (two standard deviations) below the
median weight achieved by children of that age.