GUINEA-BISSAU Last Updated: 2006-12-05

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 N 1995 National: All: Total B NS 16827 42.3 397 * 1 All by sex F NS NS 54.2 All by sex M NS NS 45.8 Pre-SAC B 0.00 - 5.99 3373 20.1 SAC B 6.00 - 12.99 5480 32.6 Adolescents B 13.00 - 18.99 2385 14.2 Adults B 19.00 - NS 5589 33.2 All by region: Bafata B NS 4073 69.1 All by region: Biombo B NS 1219 2.4 All by region: Bolama B NS 344 15.4 All by region: Gabu B NS 3759 52.2 All by region: Oio B NS 4159 44.2 All by region: Quinara B NS 1214 13.9 All by region: Tombali B NS 2059 12.4 All by sex and region: Bafata F NS NS 75.9 All by sex and region: Biombo F NS NS 4.9 All by sex and region: Bolama F NS NS 18.0 All by sex and region: Gabu F NS NS 59.4 All by sex and region: Oio F NS NS 51.2 All by sex and region: Quinara F NS NS 20.0 All by sex and region:Tombali F NS NS 19.7 All by sex and region: Bafata M NS NS 61.2 All by sex and region: Biombo M NS NS 0.3 All by sex and region: Bolama M NS NS 9.4 All by sex and region: Gabu M NS NS 43.9 All by sex and region: Oio M NS NS 36.0 All by sex and region: Quinara M NS NS 6.6 All by sex and region: Tombal M NS NS 6.7 Pre-SAC by region: Bafata B 0.00 - 5.99 829 41.9 Pre-SAC by region: Biombo B 0.00 - 5.99 257 0.3 Pre-SAC by region: Bolama B 0.00 - 5.99 26 15.3 Pre-SAC by region: Gabu B 0.00 - 5.99 699 21.8 Pre-SAC by region: Oio B 0.00 - 5.99 849 25.6 Pre-SAC by region: Quinara B 0.00 - 5.99 289 5.1 Pre-SAC by region: Tombali B 0.00 - 5.99 424 1.8 SAC by region: Bafata B 6.00 - 12.99 1361 90.2 SAC by region: Biombo B 6.00 - 12.99 402 0.5 SAC by region: Bolama B 6.00 - 12.99 89 21.3

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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 1995 SAC by region: Gabu B 6.00 - 12.99 1393 68.5 397 SAC by region: Oio B 6.00 - 12.99 1256 63.1 SAC by region: Quinara B 6.00 - 12.99 261 26.2 SAC by region: Tombali B 6.00 - 12.99 718 14.0 Adolescents by region: Bafata B 13.00 - 18.99 577 82.3 Adolescents by region: Biombo B 13.00 - 18.99 154 6.4 Adolescents by region: Bolama B 13.00 - 18.99 105 18.0 Adolescents by region: Gabu B 13.00 - 18.99 468 53.9 Adolescents by region: Oio B 13.00 - 18.99 652 48.3 Adolescents by region: Quinara B 13.00 - 18.99 208 22.1 Adolescents by region: Tombal B 13.00 - 18.99 154 23.9 Adults by region: Bafata B 19.00 - NS 1306 58.5 Adults by region: Biombo B 19.00 - NS 406 3.2 Adults by region: Bolama B 19.00 - NS NS 8.8 Adults by region: Gabu B 19.00 - NS 1199 42.1 Adults by region: Oio B 19.00 - NS 1402 36.5 Adults by region: Quinara B 19.00 - NS 456 9.6 Adults by region: Tombali B 19.00 - NS 696 12.7

L 1989 Cacheu region: SAC B NS - 14.99 89 5.6 0.0 5.6 379 * Gabu region: SAC B NS - 14.99 96 30.2 2.1 32.3 Oio region: SAC B NS - 14.99 59 49.2 20.3 49.2 Cacheu region: Women F NS 279 24.7 1.8 26.5 Gabu region: Women F NS 344 34.6 13.4 48.0 Oio region: Women F NS 365 33.2 20.3 53.5 Cacheu region: Men M NS 228 4.4 0.0 4.4 Gabu region: Men M NS 276 12.0 3.3 15.3 Oio region: Men M NS 167 15.0 7.2 22.2

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Reference no 397 General Notes: Sample comprised subjects selected from 7 regions. Line note 1 TGP calculated from disaggregated data.

Reference no 379 General Notes: Sample comprised adults from 6 villages in each of the regions of Oio, Gabu and Cacheu and children less than 15 years from 1 village in each of the regions.

Reference 379 Oliveira AL, Batista JL, Silva AP. Endemic goiter in Guinea-Bissau. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1991, 69 :347-348.

Reference 397 Doh A. Rapport d'enquête nationale sur les manifestations de la carence en iode en Guinée-Bissau [Report of the national iodine deficiency survey in Guinea-Bissau]. Lomé, Organisation de Coordination et de Coopération pour la lutte contre les Grandes Endémies, Centre régional de Recherches en Alimentation et Nutrition, 1995.

Reference 1618 Meftah L. Feasibility study on salt iodization in Guinea Bissau. 1993.

Reference 1619 Ministère de la Santé Publique. Programme national de lutte contre la carence en iode. 1994.

Reference 3412 UNICEF, Ministry of Health. Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey- Guinea-Bissau. Guinea Bissau, United Nations Children's Fund, 2000.