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Date : Nov 15, 2023

Table 21: State-wise Pregnant Women Aged 15-49 Years Who are Anaemic

(Per cent) State/Union Territory NFHS 2 (1998-99) NFHS 3 (2005-06) NFHS 4 (2015-16) NFHS 5 (2019-21) Andaman & Nicobar Islands - - 61.4 53.7* Andhra Pradesh 41.8 58.2 52.9 53.7 Arunachal Pradesh 49.2 51.8 37.8 27.9 Assam 62.3 72.0 44.8 54.2 Bihar 46.4 60.2 58.3 63.1 Chandigarh - - - - Chhattisgarh 68.3 63.1 41.5 51.8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu - - 62.3 60.7 Delhi 34.7 29.9 46.1 42.2 Goa 35.0 36.9 26.7* 41.0* Gujarat 47.4 60.8 51.3 62.6 Haryana 55.5 69.7 55.0 56.5 Himachal Pradesh 31.8 38.1 50.4 42.2 Jammu & Kashmir 56.3 55.7 46.9 44.1 Jharkhand 64.0 68.5 62.6 56.8 Karnataka 48.6 60.4 45.4 45.7 Kerala 20.3 33.8 22.6 31.4 Ladakh - - 79.3 78.1 Lakshadweep - - 39.0* 20.9* Madhya Pradesh 49.9 57.9 54.6 52.9 Maharashtra 52.6 57.8 49.3 45.7 Manipur 36.7 36.3 26.0 32.4 Meghalaya 58.6 58.1 53.3 45.0 Mizoram 45.7 48.3 27.0 34.0 Nagaland 38.2 - 32.7 22.2 Odisha 60.5 68.1 47.6 61.8 Puducherry - - 26.0 42.5 Punjab 37.1 41.6 42.0 51.7 Rajasthan 51.4 61.7 46.6 46.3 Sikkim 47.6 62.1 23.6 40.7 Tamil Nadu 57.1 54.7 44.4 48.3 Telangana - - 48.2 53.2 Tripura 53.6 57.6 54.4 61.5 Uttar Pradesh 45.8 51.5 51.0 45.9 Uttarakhand 49.8 50.8 46.5 46.4 West Bengal 56.9 62.6 53.6 62.3 *: Based on 25-49 unweighted cases. - : Not Available. Notes: Anaemia is identified with Haemoglobin <11.0 g/dl (grams per decilitre). 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.