Reducing the burden of iron deficiency anemia in Cote D’Ivoire through fortification

Table 1 Prevalence of anemia and iron deficiency anemia for the age groups considered in the model

Age group	Anemia prevalence	Share due to ID^a	IDA estimate	IDA highest SES	IDA lowest SES
Pre-school children	74.8%	64.0%	47.9%	37.8%	52.5%
School age children	56.1%	49.0%	27.5%	21.7%	30.1%
Women	54.9%	39.0%	21.4%	18.8%	22.3%
Men	29.7%	18.0%	5.3%	4.5%	6.0%

IDA iron deficiency anemia, ID iron deficiency, SES socioeconomic strata; pre-school children from 0.5 to 4 years old; school age children from 5 to 14 years old: adults men and women from 15 to 64 years old
^aThe prevalence of anemia was estimated from row data of the Demographic and Health Survey 2011–2012 in Côte D’Ivoire. The share of iron deficiency anemia is estimated based on Kassebaum, et al. and Asorbayire, et al. [1, 6]

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