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Date : Nov 15, 2023
Table 20: State-wise Children Aged 6-59 Months Who are Anaemic
(Per cent)
State/Union Territory NFHS 3 (2005-06) NFHS 4 (2015-16) NFHS 5 (2019-21)
Andaman & Nicobar Islands - 49.0 40.0
Andhra Pradesh 70.8 58.6 63.2
Arunachal Pradesh 56.9 54.2 56.6
Assam 69.4 35.7 68.4
Bihar 78.0 63.5 69.4
Chandigarh - 73.1 54.6
Chhattisgarh 71.2 41.6 67.2
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu - 82.0 75.8
Delhi 57.0 59.7 69.2
Goa 38.2 48.3 53.2
Gujarat 69.7 62.6 79.7
Haryana 72.3 71.7 70.4
Himachal Pradesh 54.4 53.7 55.4
Jammu & Kashmir 58.5 53.8 72.7
Jharkhand 70.3 69.9 67.5
Karnataka 70.3 60.9 65.5
Kerala 44.5 35.7 39.4
Ladakh - 91.4 92.5
Lakshadweep - 53.6 43.1
Madhya Pradesh 74.0 68.9 72.7
Maharashtra 63.4 53.8 68.9
Manipur 41.1 23.9 42.8
Meghalaya 63.8 48.0 45.1
Mizoram 43.8 19.3 46.4
Nagaland - 26.4 42.7
Odisha 65.0 44.6 64.2
Puducherry - 44.9 64.0
Punjab 66.4 56.6 71.1
Rajasthan 69.6 60.3 71.5
Sikkim 58.1 55.1 56.4
Tamil Nadu 64.2 50.7 57.4
Telangana - 60.7 70.0
Tripura 62.9 48.3 64.3
Uttar Pradesh 73.9 63.2 66.4
Uttarakhand 60.7 59.8 58.8
West Bengal 61.0 54.2 69.0
Notes: Anaemia is identified with Haemoglobin <11.0 g/dl (grams per decilitre (g/dl)). As NFHS uses the capillary blood for estimation of anaemia, the results of NFHS-5 need not be compared with other surveys using venous blood.
Source: National Family Health Surveys (NFHS), various rounds.

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