Table 3 Prevalence rate of infantile anemia in 9–18-month old children tested for hemoglobin at initiation (2005) and end (2014) of the intervention and 5 years later (2019)

All, n(%)

3,258

3,135

 − 56.40%

 < 0.001

2,570

(7.80%)

(3.40%)

(2.7%)

Gender

 Male, n(%)

1,868

1,801

 − 55.80%

 < 0.001

1,505

(8.60%)

(3.80%)

(3.1%)

 Female, n(%)

1,390

1,334

 − 56.50%

 < 0.001

1,065

(6.90%)

(3.00%)

(2.3%)

Ethnic background

 Jewish, n(%)

1,322

2,150

 − 35.80%

 < 0.001

1,826

(5.30%)

(3.40%)

(2.8%)

 Non-Jewish, n(%)

1,936

985

 − 68.70%

 < 0.001

728

(11.50%)

(3.60%)

(2.5%)

Socioeconomic class

 Low, n(%)

2,246

1,569

 − 62.20%

 < 0.001

1,144

(9.80%)

(3.7%)

(2.7%)

 Intermediate, n(%)

690

1,055

 − 41.10%

 < 0.001

927

(5.60%)

(3.30%)

(2.7%)

 High, n(%)

283

480

 − 36.20%

 < 0.001

474

(4.70%)

(3.00%)

(2.8%)