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Zambia:
Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency Status and Actions
Current Micronutrient Status 2004
| 63% | Estimated prevalence of IDA in children under 5 years of age |
| 46% | Estimated prevalence of IDA in women age 15-49 |
| 480 | Estimated annual no. of maternal deaths from severe anemia |
| 115,000 | Estimated annual no. of children born mentally impaired |
| 25% | Total Goitre Rate |
| 19,000 | Estimated annual no. of child deaths precipated |
| 66% | Estimated % of children under 6 with sub-clinical vitamin A deficiency |
| 900 | Estimated annual no. of neural tube birth defects |
| 1.3% | Estimated % of GDP lost to all form of VM deficiency |
| V | Type of programme (M = mandatory, V = Voluntary, P = Proposed) |
| 28.9 | IRON (parts per million) |
| - | FOLIC ACID (parts per million) |
| 68% | Estimated % of household salt iodised |
| 83% | Estimated % of children receiving at lease one dose of vitamin A per year |