Table 1 Proportion of sub-counties categorized by public health significance of anaemia: Prevalence below 5% was considered to be normal, prevalence between 5 and 19.9% was a mild public health problem, prevalence between 20 and 39.9% was moderate public health problem whereas prevalence ≥40% was considered a severe public health problem
From: Mapping of anaemia prevalence among pregnant women in Kenya (2016–2019)
Public Health Problema | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
Normal (< 5.0%) | 28.0 (25.4–30.7) | 12.0 (10.1–13.9) | 8.5 (6.9–10.1) | 5.4 (4.1–6.7) |
Mild (5.0–19.9%) | 48.2 (45.3–51.1) | 56.7 (53.9–59.6) | 53.4 (50.5–56.2) | 47.8 (45.0–50.8) |
Moderate (20.0–39.9%) | 16.8 (14.7–19.1) | 20.8 (18.5–23.1) | 24.0 (21.5–26.4) | 30.1 (27.5–32.8) |
Severe (> 40.0%) | 7.0 (5.6–8.6) | 10.5 (8.8–12.3) | 14.2 (12.3–16.4) | 16.6 (14.5–18.9) |