ALGERIA Last Updated: 2007-07-26

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 L 1994P North East Algeria: SAC B 6.00 - 11.99 169 26.6 1348 * North East Algeria: SAC B 6.00 - 11.99 169 65.0 * L 1994P North East Algeria: 6 villages: Group A F 19.00 - 39.99 213 19 1643 * North East Algeria: 6 villages: Group B F 19.00 - 39.99 190 20 North East Algeria: 6 villages: Group C F 19.00 - 39.99 151 17 North East Algeria: 6 villages: Group D F 19.00 - 39.99 982 18

L 1988P 6 villages: All: Total B 1.00 - 50.99 1742 16.2 4.8 338 * All by village: Djaafra B 1.00 - 50.99 108 17.9 4.1 All by village: El Achir B 1.00 - 50.99 145 26.8 4.8 All by village: El Main B 1.00 - 50.99 122 19.7 3.3 All by village: Medjana B 1.00 - 50.99 339 22.8 3.6 All by village: O'Khelifa B 1.00 - 50.99 187 20.2 4.1 All by village: Teniet B 1.00 - 50.99 841 16.1 2.9

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Reference no 1348 General Notes: School children attending 2 local schools in a mountainous area in north east Algeria; baseline UI before intervention study; UI is expressed in nmol/L; values converted to µg/L by multiplying values in nmol/L with factor 0.127 (molar weight I 127).

Reference no 1643 General Notes: Survey in 6 villages in mountainous area, north east Algeria; baseline UI before an intervention; group A-D: 4 intervention groups; UI expressed in nmol/L values converted to µg/L by multiplying values in nmol/L with factor 0.127 (molar weight I 127); goitre investigated by ultrasonography, values not included in the database. Reference no 338 General Notes: Sample comprised of subjects from 6 villages in a mountainous area in north east Algeria; prevalence of goitre investigated by ultrasonography, values not included in the database.

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Reference 1643 Chaouki ML, Benmiloud M. Prevention of iodine deficiency disorders by oral administration of lipiodol during pregnancy. European Journal of Endocrinology, 1994, 130 :547-551.

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Reference 317 Benmiloud M. Data from National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevalence Survey presented in WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD IDD Rapid Situation Analysis. Ministry of Health, 1993.

Reference 3985 UNHCR, WFP, Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health. Anthropometric and Micronutrient Nutrition Survey, Saharawi refugee camps, Tindouf, Algeria, September 2002. London, UK, Institute of Child Health, 2002

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