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Sources: Chen Chunming, He Wu and Fu Zhenying, Ten-Year Tracking of Nutritional Status in China, 2004 (2000 data); The National Working Committee on Children and Women under the State Council, Mid-term Evaluation Report on the implementation of the National Program of Action for Child Development in China (2001–2010),2007 (2006 data)
Figure 5.4
A nationwide survey conducted in 2000 among children below the age of five years found Vitamin A deficiency prevalence (serum concentrations of retinol less than 20 μg/dL) to be 12 per cent nationally, 5 per cent in urban areas and 15 per cent in rural areas. A 2006 survey found slightly decreased prevalence levels: 9 per cent nationally, 4 per cent in urban areas and 12 per cent in rural areas.
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