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Date : Dec 09, 2024

Table 22: State-wise Pregnant Women Aged 15-49 Years who are Anaemic

(Per cent) State/Union Territory NFHS 3 (2005-06) NFHS 4 (2015-16) NFHS 5 (2019-21) Andaman & Nicobar Islands - 61.4 53.7* Andhra Pradesh 58.5 52.9 53.7 Arunachal Pradesh 51.8 37.8 27.9 Assam 72.0 44.8 54.2 Bihar 60.2 58.3 63.1 Chandigarh - - - Chhattisgarh 63.1 41.5 51.8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu - 67.9* 60.7 Delhi 29.9 46.1 42.2 Goa 36.9 26.7* 41.0* Gujarat 60.8 51.3 62.6 Haryana 69.7 55.0 56.5 Himachal Pradesh 38.1 50.4 42.2 Jammu & Kashmir 55.7 47.5 44.1 Jharkhand 68.5 62.6 56.8 Karnataka 60.4 45.4 45.7 Kerala 33.8 22.6 31.4 Ladakh - 81.0 78.1 Lakshadweep - 39.0 20.9* Madhya Pradesh 57.9 54.6 52.9 Maharashtra 57.8 49.3 45.7 Manipur 36.3 26.0 32.4 Meghalaya 58.1 53.3 45.0 Mizoram 48.3 27.0 34.0 Nagaland - 32.7 22.2 Odisha 68.1 47.6 61.8 Puducherry - 27.8 42.5 Punjab 41.6 42.0 51.7 Rajasthan 61.7 46.6 46.3 Sikkim 62.1 23.6 40.7 Tamil Nadu 54.7 44.4 48.3 Telangana - 48.2 53.2 Tripura 57.6 54.4 61.5 Uttar Pradesh 51.5 51.0 45.9 Uttarakhand 50.8 46.5 46.4 West Bengal 62.6 53.6 62.3 ALL INDIA 57.9 50.4 52.2 *: 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) Fact Sheet, various rounds.