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The objective of this section is to present the best available data on a wide range of health and related indicators. This should provide health planners and managers with easy access to data from a variety of sources.

Iodine deficiency

Definition	Indicator may be reported using a number of definitions: Iodine deficient school (narrow definition) = median urinary iodine concentration < 100mcg/litre or Iodine deficient school (comprehensive definition) = median urinary iodine concentration < 100mcg/litre or >= 20% of children with urinary iodine < 50mcg/litre Iodine deficient child = urinary iodine concentration < 100mcg/litre Indicator reported as proportion of schools or proportion of children as appropriate. Note: The WHO definition of adequate iodine intake is a median urinary iodine concentration of >= 100mcg/litre and a goitre prevalence of less than 5%. Since goitre prevalence was not related to urinary iodine levels in any school surveyed, this South African survey used an adapted definition.
Reference	Report of the South African Institute for Medical Research on the Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) Survey of Primary School Learners for the Department of Health, South Africa. Pretoria: SAIMR; 2000.
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Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Nutrition

Iodine deficiency [Definition]
	AO	BR	BW	CD	DZ	GH	KE	LS	MG	MU	MW	MX	MZ	NA	NO	SZ	TH	TR	TZ	US	VE	ZA	ZM	ZW
1998 schools (comprehensive)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	[1] 16.2	-	-
1998 schools (narrow)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	[2] 10.6	-	-
AO: Angola BR: Brazil BW: Botswana CD: Congo, Democratic Republic of DZ: Algeria GH: Ghana KE: Kenya LS: Lesotho MG: Madagascar MU: Mauritius MW: Malawi MX: Mexico MZ: Mozambique NA: Namibia NO: Norway SZ: Swaziland TH: Thailand TR: Turkey TZ: Tanzania US: United States of America VE: Venezuela ZA: South Africa ZM: Zambia ZW: Zimbabwe

Iodine Deficiency 2000: Report of the South African Institute for Medical Research on the Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) Survey of Primary School Learners for the Department of Health, South Africa. Pretoria: SAIMR; 2000.
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Iodine Deficiency 2000: Report of the South African Institute for Medical Research on the Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) Survey of Primary School Learners for the Department of Health, South Africa. Pretoria: SAIMR; 2000.
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