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Severe malnutrition under 5 years incidence (per 1 000)

Definition	The number of children who weigh below 60% Expected Weight for Age (new cases that month) per 1 000 children in the target population.
Reference	District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Details	Minimum data set
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Severe malnutrition under 5 years incidence (per 1 000) [Definition]
	EC	FS	GP	KZN	LP	MP	NC	NW	WC	ZA
2001	19.3	9.9	34.4	46.6	9.4	-	12.8	17.8	5.9	[1] 25.0
2002	15.7	7.5	27.4	49.7	9.3	-	27.1	14.5	4.5	[2] 23.8
2003	13.7	6.1	18.6	42.1	10.1	-	21.5	13.8	4.2	[3] 19.9
2004	8.3	6.7	3.3	20.5	6.2	8.9	16.5	13.3	4.6	[4] 9.8
2006 DHIS	5.9	4.2	2.6	10.1	3.6	4.5	9.8	7.3	3.2	[5] 5.7
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 July 2007.