Global, regional, and national trends in haemoglobin concentration and prevalence of total and severe anaemia in children and pregnant and non-pregnant women for 1995– 2011: a systematic analysis of population-representative data Gretchen A Stevens, DSc, Mariel M Finucane, PhD, Luz Maria De-Regil, DrSc, Christopher J Paciorek, PhD, Seth R Flaxman, BA, Francesco Branca, PhD, Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas, MD, Prof Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD, Prof Majid Ezzati, PhD The Lancet Global Health Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages e16-e25 (July 2013) DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70001-9 Copyright © 2013 Stevens et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flowchart of data identification, access, and extraction VMNIS=Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System. DHS=Demographic and Health Surveys. MIS=Malaria Indicator Surveys. The Lancet Global Health 2013 1, e16-e25DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70001-9) Copyright © 2013 Stevens et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Global distributions of haemoglobin concentration for pregnant and non-pregnant women in 2011 The Lancet Global Health 2013 1, e16-e25DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70001-9) Copyright © 2013 Stevens et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Number (millions) of children and pregnant and non-pregnant women with anaemia, by region Number with total anaemia includes all those below the relevant cutoff value, including those with severe anaemia. The Lancet Global Health 2013 1, e16-e25DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70001-9) Copyright © 2013 Stevens et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Comparison of mean haemoglobin concentrations of non-pregnant women with those of pregnant women and children in 1995 and 2011 Lines show the 95% credibility interval. The Lancet Global Health 2013 1, e16-e25DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70001-9) Copyright © 2013 Stevens et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions