The aim of this study is to determine the Nutritional indicators by Districts and age groups of children in Sana’a City, Capital of Yemen. A sample of study was 1534 children aged under 5 years that was taken from the raw data of Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2005/2006 in Yemen. Height-for-age z score (HAZ), Weight-for-height z score (WHZ), and Weight-for-age z score (WAZ) indicators were used to measure the nutritional status of children. The prevalence of stunting was about 45.7%, and of them, 22.2% were severely stunting, 33.2% of children were considered as severely and moderately underweight, while 15.1% of children had wasting, of which 9.6% had severely wasting in Sana’a City.
The results of chi-square and analysis of variance revealed that highly significant stunting among children in Sanhan District when compared to others (P < 0.01), while risk of wasting among Snahan’s children was likely to be lower significant as compared to other districts. In addition, risk of wasting and underweight among children of Al-sabeen District was likely to be lower significant as compared to other districts. Risk of stunted significantly was higher more in old children (12 - 59) compared to youngest (0 - 11) (P < 0.01), underweight was more highly significant prevalent among (36 - 59) months old children, while risk of severe and moderate wasting were higher among (0 - 11) months youngest children as compared to (24 - 35) months old children (P < 0.01).