AZERBAIJAN Last Updated: 2006-12-28

Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS) WHO Global Database on Iodine Deficiency The database on iodine deficiency includes data by country on goitre prevalence and/or urinary iodine concentration

Goitre Urinary iodine (µg/L) Notes prevalence (%) Distribution (%) Prevalence (%) Age Sample Grade Grade TGP <20 20-49 50-99100-299 >300 <100 Median Mean SD Reference General Line Level Date Region and sample descriptor Sex (years) size 1 2 S 2001P 13 locations: SAC: Total B 8.00 - 14.99 347 54.0 3413 * SAC by city: Baku B 8.00 - 14.99 40 68.0 1 SAC by city: Mingechevir B 8.00 - 14.99 34 59.0 2 SAC by city: Nachichevan B 8.00 - 14.99 33 38.0 3 SAC by city: Samqayit B 8.00 - 14.99 44 73.0 4 SAC by rayon: Lenkaran B 8.00 - 14.99 38 115.0 5 SAC by rayon: Ordubad B 8.00 - 14.99 32 23.0 6 SAC by rayon: Quba B 8.00 - 14.99 41 37.0 7 SAC by rayon: Shamkir B 8.00 - 14.99 40 26.0 8 SAC by rayons: Oguz, Zakatala, Qax, Sheki and B 8.00 - 14.99 45 36.0 9 R 13 locations: SAC: Total B 8.00 - 14.99 942 57.0 9.0 66.0 * SAC by city: Baku B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 41.0 10 SAC by city: Mingechevir B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 27.0 11 SAC by city: Nachichevan B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 74.0 12 SAC by city: Samqayit B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 54.0 13 SAC by rayon: Balaken B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 98.0 14 SAC by rayon: Lenkaran B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 59.0 15 SAC by rayon: Oguz B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 68.0 16 SAC by rayon: Ordubad B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 94.0 17 SAC by rayon: Qax B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 88.0 18 SAC by rayon: Quba B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 83.0 19 SAC by rayon: Shamkir B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 82.0 20 SAC by rayon: Sheki B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 100.0 21 SAC by rayon: Zakatala B 8.00 - 14.99 NS 79.0 22

N 1996 National: Adults: Total B NS 904 11.1 827 * Women F NS 641 13.3 Men M NS 263 5.8 Adults by area: Urban B NS 566 15.1 Adults by area: Rural B NS 338 6.1 Women by area: Urban F NS 408 16.9 Women by area: Rural F NS 233 8.5 Men by area: Urban M NS 158 10.4 Men by area: Rural M NS 105 0.3 IDP: Adults B NS 486 23.0 IDP by area: Urban B NS 339 28.3 IDP by area: Rural B NS 147 10.9 IDP: Women F NS 342 24.6

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Goitre Urinary iodine (µg/L) Notes prevalence (%) Distribution (%) Prevalence (%) Age Sample Grade Grade TGP <20 20-49 50-99100-299 >300 <100 Median Mean SD Reference General Line Level Date Region and sample descriptor Sex (years) size 1 2 N 1996 IDP: Men M NS 144 19.4 827 Residents: Adults B NS 418 9.8 Residents by area: Urban B NS 227 13.2 Residents by area: Rural B NS 191 5.8 Residents: Women F NS 299 12.0 Residents: Men M NS 119 4.2

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Reference no 3413 General Notes: School based survey carried out in 13 locations of Azerbaijan representative for different socioeconomic, geophysical and geographical regions; goitre determined by ultrasonography, values not reported in the database.

Line note 1 Urban area. Line note 2 Urban area. Line note 3 Urban area. Line note 4 Urban area. Line note 5 Mountainous area. Line note 6 Coastal area. Line note 7 Mountainous area. Line note 8 Isolated rural area. Line note 9 Mountainous area. Line note 10 Urban area. Line note 11 Urban area. Line note 12 Mountainous area. Line note 13 Mountainous area.

Line note 14 Urban area. Line note 15 Urban area. Line note 16 Urban area. Line note 17 Urban area. Line note 18 Coastal area. Line note 19 Isolated rural area. Line note 20 Urban area. Line note 21 Urban area. Line note 22 Caucasus mountain. Reference no 827 General Notes: Data summarizes two simultaneous surveys focusing on different populations: internally displaced persons (IDP), and residents, non-displaced persons (RPs); three-stage cluster survey covering populations in 55 districts and municipalities of Azerbaijan.

Reference 827 Branca F, Burkholder B, Hamel M, Parvanta I, Robertson A. Health and Nutrition Survey of internally displaced and resident population of Azerbaijan. Atlanta, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1996.

Reference 3413 Markou KB, Georgopoulos NA, Makri M, Anastasiou E, Vlasopoulou B, Lazarou N, Deville L, Megreli C, Vagenakis GA, Sakellaropoulos GC, Jabbarov R, Kerimova MG, Mamedgasanov RM, Vagenakis AG. Iodine deficiency in Azerbaijan after the discontinuation of an iodine prophylaxis program: reassessment of iodine intake and goiter prevalence in schoolchildren. Thyroid, 2001, 11 :1141-1146.

Reference 5606 Markou KB, Georgopoulos NA, Makri M, Vlasopoulou B, Anastasiou E, Vagenakis GA, Kouloubi K, Theodosopoulos N, Lazarou N, Veizis A, Sakellaropoulos G, Vagenakis AG. Improvement of iodine deficiency after iodine supplementation in schoolchildren of Azerbaijan was accompanied by hypo and hyperthyrotropinemia and increased title of thyroid autoantibodies. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 2003, 26 (2 Suppl):43-48.