This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from US statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from US statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other US-specific metadata information.
| Actual indicator available | Percent of US children from birth up to 5 years with height-for-age less than 2 standard deviations of the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards. |
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| Actual indicator available - description | |
| Date of national source publication | October, 2015 |
| Method of computation | |
| Periodicity | Biannually (every 2 years) |
| Scheduled update by national source | |
| U.S. method of computation | The number of children from birth through <5 years with height-for-age more than 2 standard deviations below the median length/height-for-age was divided by the total number of children from birth through 5 years and the result was multiplied by 100. The numbers and resulting estimate are weighted to be nationally representative. The 2013-2014 NHANES data were merged with the expanded WHO growth chart files of length/height-for-age for boys and girls by age in days. Age in months at examination on the NHANES 2013-2014 file was converted to age in days by multiplying it by 30.4375 and taking the largest integer of the result. |
| Comments and limitations | Estimates reported for a given year pertain to pooled data for a 2-year period. The estimated percent meets the NCHS standards for reliability and precision. |
| Date metadata updated | February, 2018 |
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| International and national references | |
| Time period | 2000-2014 |
| Scheduled update by SDG team |