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Not gaining weight under 5 years rate (%)

Definition	The percentage of children weighed who had an episode of growth faltering/failure during the period. Note that WC uses a 'tighter' definition of not gaining weight.
Reference	District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Details	Minimum data set
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Not gaining weight under 5 years rate (%) [Definition]
	EC	FS	GP	KZN	LP	MP	NC	NW	WC	ZA
2001	2.8	4.4	-	-	2.0	1.9	3.1	-	0.7	[1] 2.2
2002	2.5	5.3	-	-	1.6	1.9	4.0	-	0.7	[2] 2.1
2003	2.4	4.5	-	-	1.2	2.1	3.7	-	0.8	[3] 1.9
2004	2.0	3.5	0.8	1.4	1.2	2.5	3.5	3.7	1.2	[4] 2.2
2005 DHIS	1.3	3.3	0.7	1.5	0.9	1.4	3.3	2.4	0.8	[5] 1.4
2006 DHIS	1.1	3.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	1.2	2.8	1.5	1.2	[6] 1.2
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.
Local copy: -
Data extracted June 2006
DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted July 2007.