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South
Africa:
Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency Status and Actions
Current Micronutrient Status 2004
| 37% | Estimated prevalence of IDA in children under 5 years of age |
| 26% | Estimated prevalence of IDA in women age 15-49 |
| - | Estimated annual no. of maternal deaths from severe anemia |
| 160,000 | Estimated annual no. of children born mentally impaired |
| 16% | Total Goitre Rate |
| 6,000 | Estimated annual no. of child deaths precipated |
| 33% | Estimated % of children under 6 with sub-clinical vitamin A deficiency |
| 1,500 | Estimated annual no. of neural tube birth defects |
| 0.4% | Estimated % of GDP lost to all form of VM deficiency |
| M | Type of programme (M = mandatory, V = Voluntary, P = Proposed) |
| 35 | IRON (parts per million) |
| 1.43 | FOLIC ACID (parts per million) |
| 62% | Estimated % of household salt iodised |
| - | Estimated % of children receiving at lease one dose of vitamin A per year |