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Table 1 Sample sizes and stunting prevalence among children under the age of five years, by ethnicity and country

From: Ethnic inequalities in child stunting and feeding practices: results from surveys in thirteen countries from Latin America

Country/year

N

Stunting (%)

95% CI

Ethnic group

N

Stunting (%)

95% CI

Belize 2015

2418

14.9

(13.0;17.1)

Indigenous

379

34.7

(27.9; 42.3)

Afrodescendant

677

8.6

(6.3; 11.6)

Reference

1133

14.0

(12.0; 16.3)

Bolivia 2008

8325

27.1

(25.5; 28.7)

Indigenous

4489

33.1

(31.1; 35.2)

Afrodescendant

–

–

–

Reference

3203

16.1

(14.2; 18.2)

Brazil 2006

4389

7.3

(6.0; 8.8)

Indigenous

111

12.4

(4.9; 28.3)

Afrodescendant

2650

7.7

(5.9; 9.9)

Reference

1463

6.5

(4.9; 8.6)

Colombia 2010

17,784

12.6

(11.9; 13.4)

Indigenous

2374

27.4

(23.3; 31.8)

Afrodescendant

1918

10.3

(8.6; 12.3)

Reference

11,421

11.8

(11.1; 12.7)

Ecuador 2012

8206

24.6

(23.0; 26.4)

Indigenous

1170

41.8

(37.0; 46.7)

Afrodescendant

319

16.9

(11.4; 24.4)

Reference

6464

23.6

(21.7; 25.6)

Guatemala 2014

12,259

46.7

(45.0; 48.4)

Indigenous

5109

61.4

(59.0; 63.7)

Afrodescendant

–

–

–

Reference

6588

34.1

(32.1; 36.1)

Guyana 2014

2997

11.3

(9.6; 13.2)

Indigenous

603

24.4

(19.7; 30.0)

Afrodescendant

796

6.6

(4.4; 9.8)

Reference

1585

10.7

(8.7; 13.1)

Honduras 2011

10,926

22.7

(21.5; 23.9)

Indigenous

1618

32.4

(29.1; 35.9)

Afrodescendant

257

14.2

(9.9; 20.0)

Reference

7764

22.2

(20.8; 23.5)

Mexico 2015

7855

12.4

(10.6; 14.3)

Indigenous

824

25.2

(20.0; 31.3)

Afrodescendant

–

–

–

Reference

7023

11.2

(9.4; 13.2)

Nicaragua 2006

6584

20.7

(19.0; 22.5)

Indigenous

355

30.4

(25.1; 36.4)

Afrodescendant

–

–

–

Reference

5790

20.0

(18.3; 21.9)

Paraguay 2016

4419

5.6

(4.6; 6.8)

Indigenous

268

31.3

(19.1; 46.8)

Afrodescendant

–

–

–

Reference

4151

4.9

(4.0; 5.8)

Peru 2016

21,253

13.1

(12.3; 13.9)

Indigenous

1719

33.8

(30.6; 37.1)

Afrodescendant

–

–

–

Reference

17,448

11.5

(10.7; 12.3)

Suriname 2010

2710

8.8

(7.6; 10.2)

Indigenous

186

12.1

(7.8; 18.4)

Afrodescendant

1711

9.3

(7.6; 11.2)

Reference

791

8.0

(6.1; 10.4)