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CHILD NUTRITION

Malnutrition is the underlying cause of morbidity and mortality of a large proportion of children under-5 in Nigeria. It accounts for more than 50 per cent of deaths of children in this age bracket.

To track child nutrition we used the data for the rate of underweight as the best indicator to determine if children were malnourished.

2016 MIND THE GAP REPORT RANKINGS FOR CHILD NUTRITION

RANK

STATE

PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN
(Ages 0 - 15)*

RATE OF UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN

Edo

26%

7.1%

Enugu

31.5%

7.5%

Bayelsa

28%

9.3%

Ekiti

35.2%

9.9%

Rivers

37.7%

10.6%

Osun

33.4%

10.9%

Benue

21.8%

11.2%

Lagos

22%

12.3%

Imo

24.7%

12.3%

Abia

29.6%

12.3%

#11

Abuja FCT

34.1%

12.4%

#12

Ondo

26.6%

12.7%

#13

Ebonyi

31.6%

13.2%

#14

Kwara

24.1%

13.6%

#15

Cross River

19.8%

13.8%

#16

Akwa Ibom

20.9%

14.1%

#17

Delta

15.9%

14.4%

#18

Kogi

19.4%

14.4%

#19

Anambra

25.1%

15%

#20

Oyo

28.9%

16.8%

#21

Ogun

42.2%

17.4%

#22

Plateau

33%

19.7%

#23

Nasarawa

38.6%

20.6%

#24

Adamawa

32.4%

22.8%

#25

Borno

33%

23%

#26

Taraba

18.2%

24.2%

#27

Niger

45%

25.7%

#28

Gombe

32.7%

31.6%

#29

Yobe

32.6%

36.1%

#30

Zamfara

33.8%

37.7%

#31

Sokoto

40.4%

38.5%

#32

Kebbi

33.2%

39.8%

#33

Bauchi

45.4%

40%

#34

Jigawa

47.6%

45%

#35

Katsina

42.5%

46.9%

#36

Kaduna

33.8%

58.8%

#37

Kano

38%

59.2%

* - 2015 Estimates

Source:
National Bureau of Statistics
The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program
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