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CodeSH.ANM.NPRG.ZS
Indicator NamePrevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
Short definitionPrevalence of anemia, non-pregnant women, is the percentage of non-pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 120 grams per liter at sea level.
Long definitionPrevalence of anemia, non-pregnant women, is the percentage of non-pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 120 grams per liter at sea level.
SourceGlobal Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO)
TopicHealth: Nutrition
DatasetWDI
Unit of measurePercent of women ages 15-49
PeriodicityAnnual
Reference period2000-2023
Aggregation methodWeighted average
Statistical concept and methodologyMethodology: Data on the prevalence of anaemia and/or mean haemoglobin levels in women of reproductive age, collected between 1995 and 2019, were obtained from 408 population-representative data sources across 124 countries worldwide. A Bayesian hierarchical mixture model was employed to estimate haemoglobin distributions, systematically addressing missing data, non-linear time trends, and the representativeness of data sources. Full details on data sources are available on the GHO Anaemia page. Detailed information on the statistical methods can be found in the following reference: Finucane MM, Paciorek CJ, Stevens GA EM. Semiparametric Bayesian density estimation with disparate data sources: a meta-analysis of global childhood undernutrition. J Am Stat Assoc. 2015;110(511):889–901.
License URLhttps://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses#cc-by
License TypeCC BY-4.0
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