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Table 3 Percentage and 95% CI of women and children with iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in the first (March) and second (December) surveys in urban and rural areas

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

   

Iron deficiency

Iron deficiency anemia

Urban

March

80

66.2 (55.8, 76.6)

37.5 (26.9, 48.1)

 

December

60

45.0 (32.4, 57.6)

15.0 (6.0, 24.0)**

Rural

March

41

58.5 (43.4, 73.6)

24.0 (10.9, 37.1)

 

December

48

54.2 (40.1, 68.3)

14.6 (4.6, 24.6)

Total

March

121

63.6 (55.0, 72.2)

40.5 (31.8, 49.2)

 

December

108

49.1 (39.7, 58.5)

14.8 (8.1, 21.5)**

Children

    

Urban

March

56

41.1 (28.2, 54.0)

7.1 (0.4, 13.8)

 

December

48

20.8 (9.3, 32.3)**

2.1 (-2.0, 6.2)*

Rural

March

36

66.7 (51.3, 82.1)

16.7 (4.5, 28.9)

 

December

57

28.1 (16.4, 39.8)**

14.0 (5.0, 23.0)

Total

March

92

51.1 (40.9, 61.3)

11.0 (4.6, 17.4)

 

December

105

24.8 (16.5, 33.1)**

8.6 (3.2, 14.0)

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