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Table 3 Prevalence (by mean MUAC) and its 95 % Credible Interval of Global Acute Malnutrition among 6–24 months aged children, by Listening Posts and cross-sectional surveys, Tapoa province, Burkina Faso, 2011–2013

From: Nutrition surveillance using a small open cohort: experience from Burkina Faso

Time points

Listening post surveys

Cross-sectional surveys

Mean MUAC (SD) in mm

Prevalence (%)

(95 % CI)

Mean MUAC (SD) in mm

Prevalence (%)

(95 % CI)

March 2011

130.6 (10.7)

30.12

(26.87, 33.52)

133.0 (11.7)

23.61

(20.21, 27.32)

May 2012

133.7 (10.2)

21.44

(18.69, 24.41)

134.8 (10.1)

19.08

(16.04, 22.46)

December 2012

132.9 (9.1)

23.01

(20.28, 26.12)

133.1 (10.7)

22.66

(19.11, 26.55)

May 2013

131.8 (9.6)

27.13

(24.03, 30.42)

132.2 (12.0)

25.40

(22.52, 28.47)

October 2013

135.8 (9.8)

18.41

(15.95, 21.08)

133.6 (10.4)

21.68

(18.80, 24.80)