Table 3 Malnutrition concentration indices by province
From: Inequities in under-five child malnutrition in South Africa
Province | Rate (%) | C | SE (C) | p-value | 95% confidence interval | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Higher | |||||
STUNTING | ||||||
Eastern Cape | 31.5 | -0.123 | 0.0318 | 0.000 | -0.186 | -0.061 |
Free State | 25.2 | -0.239 | 0.069 | 0.000 | -0.415 | -0.144 |
Gauteng | 18.2 | -0.270 | 0.0522 | 0.000 | -0.371 | -0.168 |
Kwazulu-Natal | 24.6 | -0.108 | 0.0357 | 0.003 | -0.178 | -0.038 |
Mpumalanga | 19.5 | -0.229 | 0.065 | 0.000 | -0.357 | -0.102 |
North West | 23.4 | -0.260 | 0.063 | 0.000 | -0.384 | -0.136 |
Northern Province | 27.2 | -0.255 | 0.037 | 0.000 | -0.327 | -0.182 |
Western Cape | 16.5 | -0.273 | 0.085 | 0.002 | -0.440 | -0.105 |
UNDERWEIGHT | ||||||
Eastern Cape | 9.4 | -0.199 | 0.0671 | 0.003 | -0.331 | -0.067 |
Free State | 19.9 | -0.146 | 0.083 | 0.078 | -0.309 | -0.016 |
Gauteng | 15.4 | -0.201 | 0.0585 | 0.001 | -0.316 | -0.086 |
Kwazulu-Natal | 15.9 | -0.054 | 0.0471 | 0.249 | -0.147 | 0.038 |
Mpumalanga | 15.2 | -0.099 | 0.0764 | 0.194 | -0.250 | 0.051 |
North West | 27.5 | -0.277 | 0.0557 | 0.000 | -0.386 | -0.167 |
Northern Province | 25.8 | -0.175 | 0.0393 | 0.000 | -0.252 | -0.098 |
Western Cape | 10.9 | -0.274 | 0.1093 | 0.013 | -0.489 | -0.058 |
WASTING | ||||||
Eastern Cape | 3.1 | -0.093 | 0.1229 | 0.450 | -0.3343 | 0.1484 |
Free State | 11.5 | -0.124 | 0.115 | 0.281 | -0.350 | 0.102 |
Gauteng | 10.8 | -0.094 | 0.072 | 0.193 | -0.237 | 0.048 |
Kwazulu-Natal | 8.7 | -0.067 | 0.0664 | 0.313 | -0.063 | 0.198 |
Mpumalanga | 6.7 | -0.226 | 0.174 | 0.194 | -0.567 | 0.116 |
Northern Province | 13.1 | -0.122 | 0.060 | 0.000 | -0.240 | -0.004 |
North West | 14.7 | -0.160 | 0.086 | 0.064 | -0.329 | 0.009 |
Western Cape | 4.8 | 0.123 | 0.1724 | 0.476 | -0.217 | 0.0463 |