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Table 4 Disparity by maternal level of education for wasting, stunting, Acute Respiratory Infections, and immunization status, Arab countries

From: Disparities in child health in the Arab region during the 1990s

 

Wasting

Stunting

ARI

Immunization

Country

Number of children of illiterate mothers wasted for 100 with secondary-level mothers

Number of children of illiterate mothers stunted for 100 with secondary-level mothers

Number of children of illiterate mothers with ARI for 100 with secondary-level mothers

Number of children of secondary mothers immunized for 100 illiterate mothers

Algeria

98

188

-

105

Bahrain

-

-

-

98

Egypt

116

148

110

105

Jordan

151

322

103

-

Kuwait

61

174

-

110

Lebanon

141

248

77

115

Libya

129

158

61

102

Mauritania

159

107

-

92

Morocco

123

450

56

102

Occupied Palestinian Territory

100

202

67

-

Oman

163

160

-

99

Qatar

-

-

-

118

Saudi Arabia

89

127

-

98

Sudan

141

296

77

145

Syria

160

173

85

110

Tunisia

121

1835

61

103

United Arab Emirates

112

143

-

113

Yemen

176

290

143

111