See: Global Scorecard from The Network for the Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency
See: Chapter from Towards The Global Elimination of Brain Damage Due to Iodine Deficiency
Summary of the World's Iodine Nutrition
|
Afr (SS)
|
Amer
|
As/Pac
|
E Eur/CA
|
China/FE
|
Mid E/N Afr |
SE Asia
|
W/C Eur
|
Total
|
||
| Population (millions) |
633
|
835
|
662
|
287
|
1,309
|
514
|
1,269
|
580
|
6,089
|
|
| Number of Countries |
44
|
25
|
14
|
15
|
3
|
19
|
7
|
32
|
159
|
|
| Iodine Nutrition | ||||||||||
| By population (millions)
|
||||||||||
|
Deficient
|
262
|
49
|
467
|
284
|
25
|
304
|
1267
|
376
|
3034
|
|
|
Sufficient
|
311
|
757
|
68
|
3
|
1284
|
210
|
2
|
204
|
2839
|
|
|
Excess
|
54
|
29
|
127
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
210
|
|
|
Unknown
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
|
| By population, distribution (%)
|
||||||||||
|
Deficient
|
41
|
6
|
71
|
99
|
2
|
59
|
99
|
65
|
50
|
|
|
Sufficient
|
49
|
91
|
10
|
1
|
98
|
41
|
1
|
35
|
47
|
|
|
Excess
|
9
|
3
|
19
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
3
|
|
|
Unknown
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
| By number of countries
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Deficient
|
25
|
6
|
9
|
14
|
2
|
9
|
6
|
13
|
84
|
53
|
|
Sufficient
|
18
|
18
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
10
|
1
|
19
|
72
|
45
|
|
Excess
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
Afr (SS) = Sub-Saharan Africa
Amer = Americas
As/Pac = Asia/Pacific
E. Eur/Ca = East Europe and Central Asia
China/FE = China and Far East
Mid E/N Afr = Middle East and North Africa
SE Asia = Southeast Asia
W/C Eur = West and Central Europe
Source: ICCIDD, 2002; www.iccidd.org
