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Weighing coverage (annualised)

Definition	The children <5 years actually weighed during the reporting period as a percentage of the total number of expected weighings in the target population. Expected weighings are defined as one weighing per month (12 per year) for children under 1 year, one weighing every second month for 1 year old children (6 per year), and 2 weighings per year for children 2-4 years (24 weighings in total over 5 years). Use: To evaluate the coverage or completeness of growth monitoring - weighing would normally always be combined with a brief clinical assessment, in particular for children that are underweight or not gaining weight.
Reference	District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Details	Minimum data set
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Weighing coverage (annualised) [Definition]
	EC	FS	GP	KZN	LP	MP	NC	NW	WC	ZA
2001	66.4	50.2	34.9	50.8	62.9	52.2	0.5	-	68.1	[1] 52.9
2002	63.3	53.7	37.5	60.5	82.1	55.5	33.9	-	69.2	[2] 59.2
2003	65.9	54.1	37.9	67.5	93.0	63.2	66.5	-	72.1	[3] 64.4
2004	58.8	54.2	38.2	69.0	87.4	56.5	74.8	33.4	74.0	[4] 60.7
2006 DHIS	57.5	58.2	53.6	67.7	92.0	76.7	70.0	57.8	68.3	[5] 65.9
EC: Eastern Cape FS: Free State GP: Gauteng KZN: KwaZulu-Natal LP: Limpopo MP: Mpumalanga NC: Northern Cape NW: North West WC: Western Cape ZA: South Africa

DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted June 2004.
DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted June 2004.
DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted June 2004.
DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted May 2005.
DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
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Data extracted July 2007.