Indicator’s Wording
Indicator’s Purpose
How to Collect and Analyse the Required Data
To calculate the indicator's value, divide the number of children who died while registered in the treatment program by the total number of discharged children. Multiply the result by 100 to convert it to a percentage. The resulting number is the death rate (in percentages).
Disaggregate by
Disaggregate the data by gender, geographic area, and age groups.
Important Comments
1) The indicator does not require a separate survey – all data can be gained from the treatment program’s regular records.
2) According to the Sphere Standards, in the case of severe acute malnutrition (SAM), a death rate of less than 10% is perceived as “acceptable” (note: in practice, the death rate in many programs is less than 5%). In the case of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM), the threshold is 3%.
3) The four core performance indicators of a malnutrition treatment program (esp. the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition, CMAM) are recovery rate, death rate, default rate and non-recovery rate.