WHO guideline on haemoglobin cutoffs to define anaemia in individuals and populations
World Health Organization (WHO) · 2024
What this work gives Aellic
Haemoglobin below 12.0 g/dl in non-pregnant women and below 13.0 g/dl in men aged 15 to 65 years defines anaemia; the 2024 guideline kept these adult cut-offs and sets none above 65. Used as a cross-check on the lower ends of the sex-specific haemoglobin ranges.
Correction of 25 October 2026
The registry gave the adult band as “15 and over”. The 2024 guideline's table covers adults aged 15 to 65 and names the age group above 65 as a research gap without a cut-off.
The entry on the register was wrong. It was not replaced but kept, with what holds instead standing next to it.
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This work is on the register, but nothing computes with it today, mostly because the feature it belongs to has not been built yet. It is listed so the numbers on the overview do not claim more than they carry.