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1 Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS) WHO Global Database on Iodine Deficiency The database on iodine deficiency includes data by country on goitre prevalence and/or urinary iodine concentration Last Updated: Level Date Region and sample descriptor Sex Age (years) Sample size Goitre prevalence (%) Urinary iodine (µg/l) Distribution (%) Prevalence (%) TGP < >300 <00 Median Mean L Oleiros county: Pre-SAC/SAC B Oleiros county: Pre-SAC/SAC: Total B Pre-SAC/SAC by sex F Pre-SAC/SAC by sex M L 985P S. Miguel Island: Zone : SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone : SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone 3: SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone 4: SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone 5: SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone 6: SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone 7: SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone 8: SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone 9: SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone 0: SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone : SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone : SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone 3: SAC B S. Miguel Island: Zone 4: SAC B S. Miguel Island: SAC: Total B SAC by age B SAC by age B SAC by sex and age F SAC by sex and age F SAC by sex and age M SAC by sex and age M SAC by zone: B SAC by zone: B SAC by zone: 3 B SAC by zone: 4 B SAC by zone: 5 B SAC by zone: 6 B SAC by zone: 7 B SAC by zone: 8 B SAC by zone: 9 B SAC by zone: 0 B SAC by zone: B SAC by zone: B SD Reference Notes General Line

2 Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS) WHO Global Database on Iodine Deficiency The database on iodine deficiency includes data by country on goitre prevalence and/or urinary iodine concentration Last Updated: Level Date Region and sample descriptor Sex Age (years) Sample size Goitre prevalence (%) Urinary iodine (µg/l) Distribution (%) Prevalence (%) TGP < >300 <00 Median Mean SD Reference Notes General Line L 985P SAC by zone: 3 B SAC by zone: 4 B SAC by age and zone: B SAC by age and zone: B SAC by age and zone: B SAC by age and zone: B SAC by age and zone: 3 B SAC by age and zone: 3 B SAC by age and zone: 4 B SAC by age and zone: 4 B SAC by age and zone: 5 B SAC by age and zone: 5 B SAC by age and zone: 6 B SAC by age and zone: 6 B SAC by age and zone: 7 B SAC by age and zone: 7 B SAC by age and zone: 8 B SAC by age and zone: 8 B SAC by age and zone: 9 B SAC by age and zone: 9 B SAC by age and zone: 0 B SAC by age and zone: 0 B SAC by age and zone: B SAC by age and zone: B SAC by age and zone: B SAC by age and zone: B SAC by age and zone: 3 B SAC by age and zone: 3 B SAC by age and zone: 4 B SAC by age and zone: 4 B

3 NOTES Reference no 4530 General Notes: Sample comprised of all students in Oleiros county, Castelo Branco district, known as an endemic zone; UI expressed in µg/g creatinine, value reported in the respective line note. Line note UI median: 0 µg/g Cr Reference no 59 General Notes: Survey of primary (6- years) and secondary (0-7 years) school children; urinary iodine measured in every 0th child in primary school, Island of S. Miguel, the Azores; prevalence of cretinism determine, values not included in the database. Line note Line note 3 Line note 4 Line note 5 Secondary school children. Secondary school children. Seconday school children. Seconday school children.

4 Reference 59 Reference 4530 R E F E R E N C E S de Oliveira AL, Goncalves MJ, Sobrinho LG. Endemic goitre in the Island of San Miguel (the Azores). Acta Endocrinologica, 986, : Mendes H, Zagalo-Cardoso JA. Estudo epidemiológico de prevalência do bócio endémico em Oleiros [Endemic goiter epidemiological study of prevalence in Oleiros]. Acta Medica Portuguesa, 00, 5 :0-.

5 ADDITIONAL REFERENCES Reference 553 Reference 73 Reference 343 Sobrinho LG, Oliveira. Endemic goitre in Portugal. In: Delange F et al., eds. Iodine deficiency in Europe. A continuing concern. New York, Plenum Press, 993 : Scriba PC. Epidemiology of iodine deficiency in Europe. In: Hall R et al., eds. Thyroid Disorders Associated with Iodine Deficiency and Excess. Serono Symposia Publication Vol.. New York, Raven Press, 985 :7-5. Mendes H, Zagalo-Cardoso JA. Bócio endémico em saúde pública [Endemic goiter in public health]. Acta Medica Portuguesa, 00, 5 :9-35.

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