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Table 1 Outcome of patients admitted for treatment of SAM by treatment program and country

From: Severely malnourished children with a low weight-for-height have a higher mortality than those with a low mid-upper-arm-circumference: I. Empirical data demonstrates Simpson’s paradox

Data characteristics

Defaulter

Recovery

Death

Non-response

Other

Transfer

Total

9893

12.9

58,097

75.6

3588

4.7

3490

4.5

1062

1.4

758

1.0

76,887

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

IPFs by countries

 Angola

34

8.4

346

85.6

24

5.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

404

 Burundi

202

13.2

1134

73.9

147

9.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

51

3.3

1534

 Chad

59

12.2

364

75.5

26

5.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

33

6.8

482

 Congo

21

7.6

236

85.5

19

6.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

276

 DRC

249

8.9

2342

83.6

150

5.4

23

0.8

0

0.0

37

1.3

2801

 Ethiopia

83

21.1

256

65.1

52

13.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

0.5

393

 Guinea

18

3.7

417

85.5

44

9.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

9

1.8

488

 Kenya

70

15.8

275

62.2

52

11.8

42

9.5

0

0.0

3

0.7

442

 Liberia

76

11.3

528

78.5

44

6.5

2

0.3

0

0.0

23

3.4

673

 Mali

23

10.4

171

77.4

27

12.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

221

 Rwanda

150

9.2

1225

74.7

174

10.6

22

1.3

0

0.0

68

4.1

1639

 Sierra Leon

18

16.4

71

64.5

8

7.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

13

11.8

110

 Somalia

92

31.6

160

55.0

27

9.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

12

4.1

291

 South Sudan

14

8.3

143

84.6

3

1.8

1

0.6

0

0.0

8

4.7

169

 Sudan

366

30.3

684

56.7

74

6.1

5

0.4

0

0.0

77

6.4

1206

 Tanzania

64

11.4

470

84.1

12

2.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

13

2.3

559

 Uganda

550

16.9

2106

64.9

530

16.3

38

1.2

0

0.0

23

0.7

3247

Total

2089

14.0

10,928

73.2

1413

9.5

133

0.9

0

0.0

372

2.5

14,935

OTPs by countries

 Chad

61

29.5

106

51.2

7

3.4

20

9.7

0

0.0

13

6.3

207

 DRC

73

2.6

2496

90.2

141

5.1

16

0.6

0

0.0

40

1.4

2766

 Ethiopia

17

11.5

91

61.5

23

15.5

17

11.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

148

 Kenya

4

8.2

33

67.3

4

8.2

8

16.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

49

 Niger

4229

10.5

33,077

82.1

1848

4.6

138

0.3

789

2.0

191

0.5

40,271

 South Sudan

76

9.8

665

85.9

20

2.6

12

1.6

1

0.1

0

0.0

774

 Uganda

107

9.3

954

83.0

21

1.8

67

5.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

1149

Total

4567

10.1

37,422

82.5

2064

4.5

278

0.6

790

1.7

244

0.5

45,364

SFCs by countries

 DRC

185

7.3

1716

67.6

21

0.8

203

8.0

272

10.7

142

5.6

2539

 Kenya

262

22.7

209

18.1

3

0.3

679

58.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

1153

 Uganda

2790

21.6

7822

60.7

87

0.7

2197

17.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

12,896

Total

3237

19.5

9747

58.8

111

0.7

3079

18.6

272

1.6

142

0.9

16,588

  1. IPF In-patient Facility (Hospital. Therapeutic Feeding Center), OTP Out-patient treatment program (Home treatment), SFC Supplementary Feeding Centre, DRC Democratic Republic of Congo