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Child malnutrition in Intibucá

48%of children under five stunted (2011 survey)Very high

Intibucá ranks 1st of 20 parts of Honduras for child stunting, above Honduras's 23%.

0.7%children under 5 wasted; Honduras 1.4%
15%children under 5 underweight; Honduras 7.0%
37%children 6-59 months anaemic; Honduras 29%

Child stunting across Honduras

The same 2011 survey, every part it reports.

  1. 1Intibucá48%
  2. 2Lempira48%
  3. 3La Paz39%
  4. 4Copán31%
  5. 5Ocotepeque28%
  6. 6Santa Bárbara27%
  7. 7Comayagua26%
  8. 8Yoro26%
  9. 9Gracias a Dios25%
  10. 10El Paraíso24%
  11. 11Choluteca21%
  12. 12Colón20%
  13. 13Resto Francisco MorazánFrancisco Morazán18%
  14. 14Valle18%
  15. 15Atlántida17%
  16. 16San Pedro SulaCortés16%
  17. 17Olancho15%
  18. 18Distrito CentralFrancisco Morazán14%
  19. 19Resto CortésCortés13%
  20. 20Islas de Bahía6.6%

Frequently asked questions

What is the child malnutrition rate in Intibucá?

In Honduras's 2011 Demographic and Health Survey, 48% of children under five in Intibucá were stunted (too short for their age), 0.7% wasted and 15% underweight.

Is malnutrition in Intibucá worse than in the rest of Honduras?

Intibucá ranks 1st of 20 for stunting in the survey, highest first, above Honduras's 23%.

How many children are anaemic in Intibucá?

37% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Intibucá had anaemia in 2011, above Honduras's 29%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.

Is there data for cities and towns in Intibucá?

The survey reports Honduras by region, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Intibucá shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.

Source: Honduras Demographic and Health Survey 2011 (HN2011DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.

Hunger in Honduras as a whole

Undernourishment, food insecurity, the Global Hunger Index and the UN's latest estimates for the country.