Malnutrition Distribution Among Hospitalized Adults in Western Ethiopia, 2025

2025 survey data from 927 hospitalized adult patients in Western Ethiopia. The dataset examines the distribution of malnutrition across various socio-demographic variables. It was authored by Birtukan Kebede Moti and published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Identify socio-demographic risk factors for malnutrition based on patient variables mentioned in the description
• Analyze the prevalence of malnutrition among hospitalized adults based on the survey data
• Investigate correlations between malnutrition and demographic characteristics described in the dataset

Strengths

• Dataset is small (9.5 KB), facilitating quick download and initial exploration.
• Provides a specific sample size (n=927) and geographic focus (Western Ethiopia).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Time Range

2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 17:31:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Western Ethiopia