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Table 2 Percentages and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) of subjects with anemia in the first (March) and second (December) surveys according to survey area

From: Effectiveness of communication campaign on iron deficiency anemia in Kyzyl-Orda region, Kazakhstan: a pilot study

Women

      

Area

Date

N

Percentage and 95% CI of subjects with anemia

   

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Total

Urban

March

80

30.0 (20.0, 40.0)

13.7 (6.2, 21.2)

1.2 (-1.2, 3.6)

45.0 (34.1, 55.9)

 

December

62

33.9 (22.1, 45.7)

8.1 (1.3, 14.9)

1.6 (-1.5, 4.7)

43.6 (31.3, 55.9)

Rural

March

41

29.3 (15.4, 43.2)

29.3 (15.4, 43.2)

7.3 (-0.7, 15.3)

65.9 (51.4, 80.4)

 

December

52

28.8 (16.5, 41.1)

19.2 (8.5, 29.9)

0.0

48.0 (34.4, 61.6)*

Total

March

121

29.7 (21.6, 37.8)

19.0 (12.0, 26.0)

3.3 (0.1, 6.5)

52.0 (43.1, 60.9)

 

December

114

31.6 (23.1, 40.1)

13.1 (6.9, 19.3)

0.9 (-0.8, 2.6)

45.6 (36.5, 54.7)

Children

      

Urban

March

57

49.1 (36.1, 62.1)

12.3 (3.8, 20.8)

1.7 (-1.7, 5.1)

63.1 (50.6, 75.6)

 

December

52

11.5 (2.8, 20.2)

0.0

0.0

11.5 (2.8, 20.2)**

Rural

March

41

34.1 (19.6, 48.6)

19.5 (7.4, 31.6)

0.0

53.6 (38.3, 68.9)

 

December

57

49.1 (36.1, 62.1)

3.5 (-1.3, 8.3)

0.0

52.6 (39.6, 65.6)

Total

March

98

42.8 (33.0, 52.6)

15.3 (8.2, 22.4)

1.0 (-1.0, 3.0)

58.1 (48.3, 67.9)

 

December

109

31.2 (22.5, 39.9)

1.8 (-0.7, 4.3)

0.0

33.0(24.2, 41.8)**

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001 by a chi-square test for the difference in the percentage between March and December