Proportion of school-age children population with insufficient iodine intake
Proportion of population and number of individuals with insufficient iodine intake in school-age children (6-12 years) based on urinary iodine (UI) below 100 µg/L, by WHO region, 2003.
Table adapted from the following document:
de Benoist B et al., eds. Iodine status worldwide. WHO Global Database on Iodine Deficiency
Geneva, World Health Organization, 2004
| WHO Region a | Proportion of population with UI < 100 µg/L (%) | Population with UI < 100 µg/L (in millions) b |
| Africa | 42.3 | 49.5 |
| Americas | 10.1 | 10 |
| South East Asia | 39.9 | 95.6 |
| Europe | 59.9 | 42.2 |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 55.4 | 40.2 |
| Western Pacific | 26.2 | 48 |
| Total | 36.5 | 285.4 |
a 192 WHO Members States
b Based on population estimates for the year 2002 (United Nations, Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision)