Severe wasting in children — all countries

Severe wasting in children — Czechia

Severe wasting in children in Czechia in 2001 — 0.9%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 18.

2001 0.9%
World rank 5of 18
Period maximum 0.9%2001
Period minimum 0.9%2001

Trend over time

2001–2001 · % of children under 5

Change over the period: +0 pp

Comparison, 2001

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Czechia

Czechia 0.9%
World 2.66%
Severe wasting in children — Czechia, by year Czechia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2001 0.9

Eastern Europe, 2001

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of children under five whose weight falls short of the WHO norm for their height by more than three standard deviations. This is a subset of wasting, its extreme degree: without treatment mortality in this group runs into the tens of percent, which is why such cases are counted as a medical emergency and are treated with special therapeutic food. The indicator is the most sensitive of the child ones: it responds to a crisis earlier than the rest.

Important: Part of the wasting indicator rather than an addition to it: the two series cannot be added. The aggregate by group is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.