Age Group
(in months)
Boys   Girls
Stunting (below -2SD) 95% CI Mean SD No of children Stunting
(below -2SD)
95% CI Mean SD No of children
6-36 20.3% 16.1, 24.2 -0.79 1.38 720 14.0% 9.6, 16.5 -0.62 1.44 680
6-11 18.1% 12.3, 23.8 -0.65 1.42 349 10.1% 6.0, 14.4 -0.63 1.40 348
12-23 21.9% 15.0, 28.6 -0.83 1.39 293 13.7% 7.8, 19.6 -0.46 1.53 263
24-36 24.3% 10.9, 30.1 -1.24 1.11  78 26.1% 12.5, 41.5 -1.15 1.44 69
Table 2: Comparison of stunting between boys and girls boys aged 6-36 months in eastern Province, Sri Lanka (n=1400).