Extended Data Fig. 6: Incidence of wasting by age and country characteristics.
From: Child wasting and concurrent stunting in low- and middle-income countries
Proportion of children at different ages in months who experienced the onset of wasting episodes (a) by national health expenditures as a percentage of gross domestic product (0–4.4%: n = 5 studies, n = 3,305 children; 4.5–5.5%: n = 5 studies, n = 2,697 children; >5.5%: n = 3 studies, n = 3,325 children); (b) by national percentage of individuals living on less than $1.90 US per day (0–18%: n = 5 studies, n = 2,818 children; 18–51%: n = 6 studies, n = 3,584 children; 51–100%: n = 2 studies, n = 3,381 children); (c) and by national under-5 mortality rate (<50 per 100,000: n = 6 studies, n = 2,743 children; 50–80 per 100,000: n = 3 studies, n = 3,952 children; >80 per 100,000: n = 3 studies, n = 3,611 children). The ‘Birth’ age category includes measurements in the first 7 days of life and the ‘0–3’ age category includes ages from 8 days up to 3 months. Vertical bars indicate 95% CI from random-effects meta-analysis models with restricted maximum likelihood estimation, and grey points indicate cohort-specific estimates.
