Indicator 2.2.1 Prevalence of stunting (height for age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age

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Prevalence of stunting (height-for-age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age.

For a well-nourished population, there is a reference distribution of height and weight for children under 5. The reference population used in this report is based on WHO Child Growth Standards 89. The malnutrition of population can be measured by comparing children with this reference population. Each of three indicators - weight for age, height for age and weight for growth - can be expressed in units of standard deviation (z-score) based on the reference population median.

Child growth is an internationally accepted outcome reflecting child nutritional status. Child stunting refers to a child who is too short for his or her age and is the result of chronic or recurrent malnutrition. Stunting is a contributing risk factor to child mortality and is also a marker of inequalities in human development. Stunted children fail to reach their physical and cognitive potential. Child stunting is one of the World Health Assembly nutrition target indicators.

Household survey collects anthropometric measurements at the individual level. Survey estimates are obtained using a standardized methodology applying WHO Child Growth Standards, as described in another source (WHO Anthro/Anthro software manual). Global and regional estimates are based on the methodology outlined in “Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates-Levels and Trends (UNICEF/WHO / WB-2012)”.

Only data that have passed data quality control is used for estimates. Any technical errors, such as measurement errors, recording errors are excluded from calculations at all levels: country, regional and global.

Data quality control ensured at all survey stages: toolset design, sampling, training, interview techniques, data control with weekly production of data quality tables, calculation of weights, calculation of indicators, report preparation. Experts from UNICEF country, regional and headquarters offices conducted the audit. When calculating the indicator no imputation of missing values is applied.

Availability of country assessments in accordance with the UNICEF MICS international rounds.

Estimates refer to the age group of children under 5 years, sexes combined and disaggregated at national and sub national level by area, sex, age groups, wealth quintile, mothers’ education.

Data are collected and calculated in accordance with international standards and are comparable across countries.

data.unicef.org/nutrition/malnutrition.html; http://www.who.int/nutgrowthdb/estimates2014/en/; http://datatopics.worldbank.org/child-malnutrition; United Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, The World Bank (2012). UNICEFWHO-World

KR National SDG Reporting Platform: https://sustainabledevelopment-kyrgyzstan.github.io

«On the situation of children and women» Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey conducted in the Kyrgyz Republic in accordance with the rounds of MICS international household survey.

Sample Household Survey «On the situation of children and women», includes “Anthropometric measurements of children under 5” module.

National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz republic (Household Statistics Division) under the UNICEF MICS global programme

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