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Table 1 Results of individual indicators for 5,570 municipalities. Brazilian National food and nutrition surveillance system (SISVAN), 2019–2021

From: Composite anthropometric data quality index for children under the age of 5 on the Brazilian National Food and Nutrition Surveillance System, 2019–2021

Data Quality Indicator

Summarised statistics

Median

1st and 3rd quartiles

Range (minimum and maximum

Sex ratio

1.1

1–1.1

0.1–3.8

SUS population coverage

0.5

0.3–0.7

0–1

Digit preference for weight, dissimilarity index, %

31.8

20.2–46

2.9–89

Digit preference for length/height, dissimilarity index, %

59.4

49.9–73.9

38.5–90

Digit preference for age, dissimilarity index, %

14.2

10.1 – 20.3

2.6–55.2

Biologically implausible HAZ values (“flagged”), %

1.6

0.9–2.5

0.1–34.8

Biologically implausible WHZ values (“flagged”), %

2

1.3–2.9

0.1–33

HAZ standard deviation

1.5

1.4–1.7

0.8–3.1

WHZ standard deviation

1.5

1.4–1.6

0.5–2.4