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Approximately one third of the 5.5 billion people in the world are anemic. Worldwide, approximately 40% of children (0–12 years), 35% of all women, 51% of pregnant women, and 18% of men are anemic. 17 These figures are probably conservative estimates because the diagnosis of anemia is based on the World Health Organization definition of anemia: hemoglobin less than 11 g/dL for children aged 0 to 4 years and pregnant women, hemoglobin less than 12 g/dL for children aged 5 to 12 years and nonpregnant women, and hemoglobin less than 13 g/dL for men. 51 These values encompass worldwide populations and include developed and developing nations (Table 1). As might be expected, the prevalence of anemia is influenced by socioeconomic and geographic factors (e.g., poverty, marginal or famine diets, pregnancy rates, prevalence of malaria and hemoglobinopathies).
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