 | Coping with Natural Disasters: Role of Local Health Personnel & Community (World Health Organisation) |
 |  | Annexes |
| | Annex 3 : Nutrition |
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Arm-circumference-for-height, young children (both sexes)
This method is not used by the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for its assessment of nutritional status because it is more reliable as a means of measuring malnutrition.
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Height |
Standard arm circumference |
90% |
85% |
80% |
75% |
70% |
60% |
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(cm) |
(cm) |
standard |
standard |
standard |
standard |
standard |
standard |
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54 |
11.1 |
10.0 |
9.4 |
8.9 |
8.3 |
7.8 |
6.7 |
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56 |
11.6 |
10.4 |
9.9 |
9.3 |
8.7 |
8.1 |
7.0 |
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58 |
12.2 |
11.0 |
10.4 |
9.8 |
9.1 |
8.5 |
7.3 |
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60 |
13.0 |
11.7 |
11.0 |
10.4 |
9.7 |
9.1 |
7.8 |
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62 |
13.9 |
12.5 |
11.8 |
11.1 |
10.4 |
9.7 |
8.3 |
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64 |
14.2 |
12.8 |
12.1 |
11.4 |
10.6 |
9.9 |
8.5 |
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66 |
14.4 |
13.0 |
12.2 |
11.5 |
10.8 |
10.1 |
8.6 |
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68 |
14.8 |
13.3 |
12.6 |
11.8 |
11.1 |
10.4 |
8.9 |
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70 |
15.4 |
13.9 |
13.1 |
12.3 |
11.5 |
10.8 |
9.2 |
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72 |
15.6 |
14.0 |
13.3 |
12.5 |
11.7 |
10.9 |
9.4 |
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74 |
15.7 |
14.1 |
13.3 |
12.6 |
11.8 |
11.0 |
9.4 |
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76 |
15.8 |
14.2 |
13.4 |
12.6 |
11.8 |
11.1 |
9.5 |
|
78 |
15.9 |
14.3 |
13.5 |
12.7 |
11.9 |
11.1 |
9.5 |
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80 |
15.9 |
14.3 |
13.5 |
12.7 |
11.9 |
11.1 |
9.5 |
|
82 |
15.9 |
14.3 |
13.5 |
12.7 |
11.9 |
11.1 |
9.5 |
|
84 |
16.0 |
14.4 |
13.6 |
12.8 |
12.0 |
11.2 |
9.6 |
|
86 |
16.1 |
14.5 |
13.7 |
12.9 |
12.1 |
11.3 |
9.7 |
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88 |
16.2 |
14.6 |
13.8 |
12.9 |
12.1 |
11.3 |
9.7 |
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90 |
16.2 |
14.6 |
13.8 |
13.0 |
12.1 |
11.3 |
9.7 |
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92 |
16.3 |
14.7 |
13.9 |
13.0 |
12.2 |
11.4 |
9.8 |
|
94 |
16.4 |
14.8 |
13.9 |
13.1 |
12.3 |
11.5 |
9.8 |
|
96 |
16.5 |
14.9 |
14.0 |
13.2 |
12.4 |
11.5 |
9.9 |
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98 |
16.6 |
14.9 |
14.1 |
13.3 |
12.4 |
11.6 |
10.0 |
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100 |
16.7 |
15.0 |
14.2 |
13.4 |
12.5 |
11.7 |
10.0 |
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102 |
16.8 |
15.1 |
14.3 |
13.4 |
12.6 |
11.8 |
10.1 |
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104 |
16.9 |
15.2 |
14.4 |
13.5 |
12.7 |
11.8 |
10.1 |
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106 |
17.1 |
15.4 |
14.5 |
13.7 |
12.8 |
12.0 |
10.3 |
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108 |
17.3 |
15.6 |
14.7 |
13.8 |
13.0 |
12.1 |
10.4 |
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110 |
17.4 |
15.7 |
14.8 |
13.9 |
13.1 |
12.2 |
10.4 |
|
112 |
17.6 |
15.8 |
15.0 |
14.0 |
13.2 |
12.3 |
10.6 |
|
114 |
17.8 |
16.0 |
15.1 |
14.2 |
13.3 |
12.5 |
10.7 |
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