Effects of Malnutrition on Child Survival in China As Estimated by PROFILES  

作　　者：JAYROSS CHUN-MINGCHEN WUHE GANGFU YU-YINGWANG ZHEN-YINGFU MING-XIACHEN 

机构地区：[1]TheAcademyforEducationalDevelopment,WashingtonDC,USA [2]ChineseCenterforDiseaseControlandPrevention,Beijing100050,China

出　　处：《Biomedical and Environmental Sciences》2003年第2期187-193,共7页生物医学与环境科学（英文版）

基　　金：Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and UNICEF(CAPM/SSB; 2000). 2

摘　　要：To estimate the benefits of reductions in underweight and Vitamin A deficiency for child survival in China that might be expected as a result of lowering the prevalence of these conditions. Methods Profiles, a process of nutrition policy analysis was used to quantify the functional consequences of malnutrition in terms of child survival. Results Underweight The actual reduction in underweight between 1992 and 2001 (from 15.7% to the current 10.1 %) resulted in saving of 176 000 child lives. As estimated, without improvements, 612 000 children will die due to underweight between 2001 and 2010, 281 000 (46%) of them living in western provinces. Reducing underweight prevalence from 10.1% to 8% could overall save 62 000 lives. The reduction of underweight prevalence in the west alone might save 56 000 lives. Vitamin A in China as a whole, vitamin A deficiency accounts, as estimated, for 7.5% of deaths of children 6-59 months old, representing 206 000 deaths over the past ten years. Halving the prevalence over the period would save 49 000 child lives. The higher prevalence and higher mortality rates in western provinces mean that even with only 28% of the Chinese population, over half of child deaths there are related to vitamin A.To estimate the benefits of reductions in underweight and Vitamin A deficiency for child survival in China that might be expected as a result of lowering the prevalence of these conditions. Methods Profiles, a process of nutrition policy analysis was used to quantify the functional consequences of malnutrition in terms of child survival. Results Underweight The actual reduction in underweight between 1992 and 2001 (from 15.7% to the current 10.1 %) resulted in saving of 176 000 child lives. As estimated, without improvements, 612 000 children will die due to underweight between 2001 and 2010, 281 000 (46%) of them living in western provinces. Reducing underweight prevalence from 10.1% to 8% could overall save 62 000 lives. The reduction of underweight prevalence in the west alone might save 56 000 lives. Vitamin A in China as a whole, vitamin A deficiency accounts, as estimated, for 7.5% of deaths of children 6-59 months old, representing 206 000 deaths over the past ten years. Halving the prevalence over the period would save 49 000 child lives. The higher prevalence and higher mortality rates in western provinces mean that even with only 28% of the Chinese population, over half of child deaths there are related to vitamin A.

关 键 词：PROFILES MALNUTRITION Vitamin A UNDERWEIGHT 

分 类 号：R153.2[医药卫生—营养与食品卫生学]