Editing Anemia (section)

==Epidemiology==
Anemia affects 27% of the world's population with iron-deficiency anemia accounting for more than 60% of it.<ref name="Science Direct">{{cite journal |title=The Global Burden of Anemia |year=2016 |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=247–308 |doi=10.1016/j.hoc.2015.11.002 |pmid=27040955 |last1=Kassebaum |first1=Nicholas J. |author2=((GBD 2013 Anemia Collaborators ))|journal=Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America |doi-access=free }}</ref> A moderate degree of iron-deficiency anemia affected approximately 610&nbsp;million people worldwide or 8.8% of the population.<ref name=LancetEpi2012/> It is somewhat more common in females (9.9%) than males (7.8%).<ref name=LancetEpi2012/> Mild iron-deficiency anemia affects another 375&nbsp;million.<ref name=LancetEpi2012/> Severe anaemia is prevalent globally, and especially in sub-Saharan Africa<ref>{{cite journal |last1=van Hensbroek |first1=MB |last2=Jonker |first2=F |last3=Bates |first3=I |title=Severe acquired anaemia in Africa: new concepts. |journal=British Journal of Haematology |date=September 2011 |volume=154 |issue=6 |pages=690–5 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08761.x |pmid=21707575|s2cid=205268648 }}</ref> where it is associated with infections including malaria and invasive bacterial infections.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Abuga |first1=KM |last2=Muriuki |first2=JM |last3=Williams |first3=TN |last4=Atkinson |first4=SH |title=How Severe Anaemia Might Influence the Risk of Invasive Bacterial Infections in African Children |journal=International Journal of Molecular Sciences |date=22 September 2020 |volume=21 |issue=18 |page=6976 |doi=10.3390/ijms21186976 |pmid=32972031|pmc=7555399 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Globally, the prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15 to 49 years increased from 28.5% in 2012 to 29.9% in 2019 and is projected to reach 32.3% by 2030, missing the [[Sustainable Development Goals|Sustainable Development Goal]] target of a 50 percent reduction by 2030.<ref name=":32">{{Cite book |last1=FAO |url=https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd1254en |title=The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 |last2=IFAD |last3=UNICEF |last4=WFP |last5=WHO |date=2024 |publisher=FAO ; IFAD ; UNICEF ; WFP ; WHO |isbn=978-92-5-138882-2 |language=English |doi=10.4060/cd1254en}}</ref>