Severe wasting in children — all countries

Severe wasting in children — Kazakhstan

Severe wasting in children in Kazakhstan in 2015 — 1.1%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 32. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 0.7 pp.

2015 1.1% −0.6 pp vs 2010
World rank 10of 32
Period maximum 2.3%2006
Period minimum 1%1999

Trend over time

1995–2015 · % of children under 5

Severe wasting in children — Kazakhstan, 1995–201511.522.5199519971999200120032005200720092011201320151995: 1.8%1999: 1%2006: 2.3%2010: 1.7%2015: 1.1%
Change over the period: −0.7 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2015

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

Kazakhstan 1.1%
World 2.07%
Severe wasting in children — Kazakhstan, by year Kazakhstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 1.1
2010 1.7
2006 2.3
1999 1
1995 1.8

Central Asia, 2015

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

KZ Kazakhstan 1.1 TM Turkmenistan 1.1

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.