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1 Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS) WHO Global Database on Vitamin A Deficiency The Vitamin A Deficiency database includes data by country based on xerophthalmia and/or serum or plasma retinol concentration Last Updated: Level Date Location and sample descriptor Sex Prevalence of xerophthalmia (%) Age Sample Prevalence (%) (years) size Current Previous X1B X2 X3A X3B XS <0.35 <0.70 < 1.05 XN XN Serum / plasma retinol concentration (µmol/l) L 2002 P 3 districts: Adults: Total B Adults by district: Ben Thanh B Adults by district: Can Gio B Adults by district: Nha Be B Women by district: Ben Thanh F Women by district: Can Gio F Women by district: Nha Be F Men by district: Ben Thanh M Men by district: Can Gio M Men by district: Nha Be M R ecological zones: Pre-SAC: Total B Pre-SAC by gender F Pre-SAC by gender M Pre-SAC by ecological zone: North mountainous B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Red River Delta B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: South Central Coast B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Mekong River Delta B N 2000 National: Pre-SAC B LR 2000 Socson district: Infants by group: Placebo B Socson district: Infants by group: Daily iron B Socson district: Infants by group: Daily multiple micr B Socson district: Infants by group: Weekly multiple m B L 1999 First district of Ho Chi Minh City: SAC F Binh Chanh district: SAC F LR Yen So commune: Pre-SAC by group: Red palm oil B Yen So commune: Pre-SAC by group: Soybean oil B Yen So commune: Pre-SAC by group: Vitamin A B Yen So commune: Pre-SAC by group: Control B L Thanh Oai district: PW by group: Multi-micronutrient F NS Thanh Oai district: PW by group: Iron-folate F NS S provinces: Pre-SAC: Total B Mean SD Reference Notes General Line

2 Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS) WHO Global Database on Vitamin A Deficiency The Vitamin A Deficiency database includes data by country based on xerophthalmia and/or serum or plasma retinol concentration Last Updated: Prevalence of xerophthalmia (%) Serum / plasma retinol concentration (µmol/l) Level Date Location and sample descriptor Sex Age Sample Prevalence (%) (years) size Current Previous X1B X2 X3A X3B XS <0.35 <0.70 < 1.05 XN XN Mean SD Reference Notes General Line S 1998 Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by province: Bac Ninh B Pre-SAC by province: Ha Tay B Pre-SAC by province: Hai Duong B Pre-SAC by province: Vinh Phu B N 1998 National: Pre-SAC B NS National: PW/LW F NS L 1997 P Peri-urban Hanoi: Pre-SAC B Rural community: Pre-SAC B L Chi Lang Bac commune: Pre-SAC B LR 1995 Yen So community: Pre-SAC by group: Unfortified s B Yen So community: Pre-SAC by group: Fortified so B Yen So community: Pre-SAC by group: Cassava co B N 1994 National: Pre-SAC: Total B National: Pre-SAC: Total B National: Women: Total F NS Pre-SAC by sex F Pre-SAC by sex M Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by sex and age F Pre-SAC by sex and age F Pre-SAC by sex and age F Pre-SAC by sex and age F Pre-SAC by sex and age F Pre-SAC by sex and age M

3 Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS) WHO Global Database on Vitamin A Deficiency The Vitamin A Deficiency database includes data by country based on xerophthalmia and/or serum or plasma retinol concentration Last Updated: Prevalence of xerophthalmia (%) Serum / plasma retinol concentration (µmol/l) Level Date Location and sample descriptor Sex Age Sample Prevalence (%) (years) size Current Previous X1B X2 X3A X3B XS <0.35 <0.70 < 1.05 XN XN Mean SD Reference Notes General Line N 1994 Pre-SAC by sex and age M Pre-SAC by sex and age M Pre-SAC by sex and age M Pre-SAC by sex and age M Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Central Coast B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Mekong River Delta B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: North Central B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Northern Uplands B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Red River Delta B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: South East B Pre-SAC by province: An Giang B Pre-SAC by province: Bac Thai B Pre-SAC by province: Ben Tre B Pre-SAC by province: Binh Dinh B Pre-SAC by province: Can Tho B Pre-SAC by province: Dac Lac B Pre-SAC by province: Dong Nai B Pre-SAC by province: Dong Thap B Pre-SAC by province: Ha Bac B Pre-SAC by province: Ha Tay B Pre-SAC by province: Ha Tinh B Pre-SAC by province: Hai Hung B Pre-SAC by province: Hanoi B Pre-SAC by province: Ho Chi Minh City B Pre-SAC by province: Lang Son B Pre-SAC by province: Minh Hai B Pre-SAC by province: Nam Ha B Pre-SAC by province: Nghe An B Pre-SAC by province: Ninh Thuan B Pre-SAC by province: Quang-Nam-da Nang B Pre-SAC by province: Soc Trang B Pre-SAC by province: Song Be B Pre-SAC by province: Thai Binh B Pre-SAC by province: Thanh Hoa B Pre-SAC by province: Vinh Phu B Women by physiological status: PW F NS Women by physiological status: LW F NS Women by physiological status: NPW F NS

4 Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS) WHO Global Database on Vitamin A Deficiency The Vitamin A Deficiency database includes data by country based on xerophthalmia and/or serum or plasma retinol concentration Last Updated: Prevalence of xerophthalmia (%) Serum / plasma retinol concentration (µmol/l) Level Date Location and sample descriptor Sex Age Sample Prevalence (%) (years) size Current Previous X1B X2 X3A X3B XS <0.35 <0.70 < 1.05 XN XN Mean SD Reference Notes General Line D 1994 P 5 districts: Pre-SAC: Total B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by district: Dong Hy B Pre-SAC by district: Hoa An B Pre-SAC by district: Thuan Chau B Pre-SAC by district: Van Chan B Pre-SAC by district: Yen Son B LR 1994 P Rural communes: PW F L 1991 P 9 communes: Pre-SAC: Total B Pre-SAC by group: Control B Pre-SAC by group: Vitamin A B N National: Pre-SAC: Total B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Red River Delta B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Midlands B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Mountains B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Hanoi City B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: North of Central Coast B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: South of Central Coas B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Central Highlands B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Mekong River Delta B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Ho Chi Minh City B R North Viet Nam: Pre-SAC: Total B Pre-SAC by sex F Pre-SAC by sex M Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B Pre-SAC by age B

5 Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS) WHO Global Database on Vitamin A Deficiency The Vitamin A Deficiency database includes data by country based on xerophthalmia and/or serum or plasma retinol concentration Last Updated: Prevalence of xerophthalmia (%) Serum / plasma retinol concentration (µmol/l) Level Date Location and sample descriptor Sex Age Sample Prevalence (%) (years) size Current Previous X1B X2 X3A X3B XS <0.35 <0.70 < 1.05 XN XN Mean SD Reference Notes General Line R Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Coastal B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Delta B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Midlands B Pre-SAC by ecological zone: Semi-mountainous B Pre-SAC by city: Central Hanoi B Pre-SAC by city: Hanoi vicinity B Pre-SAC by province: Ha Nam Ninh B Pre-SAC by province: Ha Son Dinh B Pre-SAC by province: Hai Phong B Pre-SAC by province: Vinh Phu B

6 NOTES Reference No: 5513 General notes: Random selection of healthy adults from 3 districts in South Vietnam with different incomes. Ben Thanh district in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City (the majority are business people). Nha Be district a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City (mainly labourers). Can Gio district a seaside community 60 km east of Ho Chi Minh City (most people are farmers or fishermen). Serum retinol concentrations converted from µg/dl to µmol/l. Note 1 High income. Note 2 Low income. Note 3 Medium income. Note 4 High income. Note 5 Low income. Note 6 Medium income. Note 7 High income. Note 8 Low income. Note 9 Medium income. Reference No: 5813 General notes: Cross-sectional survey conducted in 4 out of 8 ecological regions of Viet Nam: North mountainous (R1), Red River Delta (R2), South Central Coast (R5) and Mekong River Delta (R7). Sample comprised of all children randomly selected from 40 clusters (villages) in the 4 regions. Breast milk vitamin A concentration and disaggregated data by district available in reference 4111, values not included in the database. Reference No: 2976 General notes: Survey designed to assess child malnutrition. Two-stage PPS cluster sampling. Sample comprised approximately 50 children from each of 30 clusters from each of all 61 provinces. Reference No: 5515 General notes: Intervention trial to evaluate efficacy of multiple micronutrient supplements in infants from deficient populations. Study conducted in 4 communes (Phu Minh, Duc Hoa, Xuan Thu, Phu Lo) in the rural district of Socson, Hanoi city. Baseline data. Note 10 Median: 0.97 µmol/l Note 11 Median: 0.89 µmol/l Note 12 Median: 0.85 µmol/l Note 13 Median: 0.90 µmol/l Reference No: 4395 General notes: Sample comprised of girls aged 7-9 years from First district, randomly selected from 12 urban districts of Ho Chi Minh City and from Binh Chanh district randomly selected from 10 rural districts. Note 14 High-income trading area. Note 15 Low-income rural area. Reference No: 5667 General notes: Baseline values of a randomized controlled community intervention trial of children attending kindergarten in Yen So commune in Hoai Duc district, Ha Tay province. Children assigned to 1 of 4 groups: red palm oil, soybean oil, vitamin A capsule and control. Serum retinol concentrations converted from µg/dl to µmol/l. Reference No: 5669 General notes: Baseline values of a randomized single blind community intervention study of PW with gestational age of weeks living in 18 villages of Thanh Oai district. Group 1 received multimicronutrient supplement and group 2 iron-folate supplement.

7 NOTES Reference No: 5670 General notes: Multi-stage cluster sampling. Random selection of 4 provinces in the Red River Delta region (Bac Ninh, Vinh Phu, Ha Tay and Hai Duong). Subjects are subsample from National Protein Energy Malnutrition Survey, Viet Nam 1998, reference No Reference No: 5772 General notes: Multi-stage cluster PPS sampling. Sample comprised of household from 210 commune clusters in 7 ecological zones. Retinol data for subsample of population reported in reference No Reference No: 5668 General notes: Sample comprised of children attending day-care centers in 2 communities of peri-urban Hanoi and a rural community in Hatay province (25 km direction west Hanoi). Study carried out 1 month after the administration of Vitamin A capules. All mothers of rural children and 97% of mothers of urban children reported their child receiving a vitamin A capsule from the health services. Reference No: 2683 General notes: Sample comprised of pre-sac from Chi Lang Bac commune, Thanh Mien district, Hai Duong province. Baseline data before supplementation trial. Children with infectious disease excluded. Reference No: 5671 General notes: Baseline values for community intervention study. Subjects attended a day-care center in Yen So, a poor rural community, Hoai Duc district, Hatay province. Subjects randomized into 1 of 3 groups: fortified soybean milk, unfortified soybean milk and cassava cookies (cookies did not contain vitamin A). Reference No: 180 General notes: Multi-stage PPS cluster sampling. Sample comprised 50 children within each of 30 communes within 25 provinces and their mothers. XN prevalence rates are for children months only. Survey carried out 2 months after round of universal vitamin A capsule distribution, which aimed to cover all children between 6 and 60 months. Note 16 Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.005% Note 17 Note 18 Note 19 Note 20 Note 21 Note 22 Note 23 Note 24 Note 25 Note 26 Note 27 Note 28 Note 29 Note 30 Note 31 Note 32 Note 33 Note 34 Note 35 Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.01% Sample size for XN sample: 15341; Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.005% Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.01% Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.02% Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.03% Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.03% Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Sample size for XN sample: Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Sample size for XN sample not specified. Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.02%

8 Note 36 Note 37 Note 38 Note 39 Note 40 Note 41 Note 42 Note 43 Note 44 Note 45 Note 46 Note 47 Note 48 Note 49 Note 50 Note 51 Note 52 Note 53 Note 54 Note 55 Note 56 Note 57 Note 58 Note 59 Note 60 Note 61 Note 62 Note 63 Note 64 Sample size for XN sample not specified. Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.07% Sample size for XN sample not specified. Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.07% NOTES Reference No: 5664 General notes: Random cluster sampling of 19 communes in 5 districts (Dong Hy, Van Chan, Yen Son, Hoa An and Thuan Chau). Note 65 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3A, X3B, XS): 0.54% Note 66 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3A, X3B, XS): 0.00% Note 67 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3A, X3B, XS): 0.53% Note 68 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3A, X3B, XS): 0.46% Note 69 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3A, X3B, XS): 0.90% Note 70 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3A, X3B, XS): 0.80%

9 NOTES Note 71 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3A, X3B, XS): 0.38% Note 72 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3A, X3B, XS): 1.08% Note 73 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3A, X3B, XS): 0.36% Note 74 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3A, X3B, XS): 0.48% Note 75 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3A, X3B, XS): 0.37% Reference No: 5665 General notes: Random sample of normal PW (farmers) with gestational age greater than 13 weeks. Location not specified. Serum retinol concentrations converted from µg/dl to µmol/l. Reference No: 5658 General notes: Baseline values for intervention trial carried out in 9 communes: 5 lowland communes near Hanoi city, 3 lowland communes in Ha Tay province and 1 hilly commune in Vinh Phu province. No vitamin A capsules distributed before the study. Children allocated to either control or vitamin A capule group. Note 76 Combined prevalence: (X3A, X3B): 0.04% Note 77 Combined prevalence: (X3A, X3B): 0.00% Note 78 Combined prevalence: (X3A, X3B): 0.09% Reference No: 171 General notes: Data extracted from summary. No sampling description. Same survey reported in references No. 159, 160, 170 and Note 79 Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.07% Note 80 Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.09% Note 81 Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.06% Note 82 Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.04% Note 83 Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Note 84 Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.07% Note 85 Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.07% Note 86 Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.00% Note 87 Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.05% Note 88 Combined prevalence (X2, X3A, X3B): 0.13% Reference No: 5663 General notes: Sample comprised of children from 5 provinces and cities in the delta, midland, semi-mountainous, coastal regions and Hanoi city. Retinol binding protein concentrations determined, data no included in the database. Note 89 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.78% Note 90 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.65% Note 91 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.91% Note 92 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.21% Note 93 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.70% Note 94 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 1.57% Note 95 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.66% Note 96 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.60% Note 97 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.34% Note 98 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.80%

10 NOTES Note 99 Note 100 Note 101 Note 102 Note 103 Note 104 Note 105 Note 106 Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 1.04% Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.91% Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.34% Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.93% Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.73% Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.39% Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 0.34% Total xerophthalmia prevalence (XN, XIA, XIB, X2, X3, XS): 1.04%

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