Prevalence of vitamin-A deficiency in children

Prevalence of vitamin-A deficiency in pre-school children (aged under-5), measured as the percentage of children with serum retinol levels <0.7µmol/l (a key indicator ofvitamin-A deficiency) during the period 1995-2005.

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World

Source: WHO Global Database on Vitamin A Deficiency (2009)

Note: Countries with a 2005 gross domestic product (GDP) ≥US$ 15 000 were assumed to be free from vitamin-A deficiency of a public health significance and were therefore excluded.