| (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 | 56.4 | 52.9 | 53.7 | | Arunachal Pradesh | 49.2 | 33.8 | 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 | - | (67.9) | 60.7# | | Daman & Diu | - | ** | - | | Delhi | 29.9 | 45.1 | 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 | 37.0 | 50.2 | 42.2 | | Jammu & Kashmir | 54.0 | 38.1 | 44.1 | | Jharkhand | 68.4 | 62.6 | 56.8 | | Karnataka | 59.5 | 45.4 | 45.7 | | Kerala | 33.1 | 22.6 | 31.4 | | Ladakh | - | - | 78.1 | | Lakshadweep | - | 36.5 | (20.9) | | Madhya Pradesh | 57.9 | 54.6 | 52.9 | | Maharashtra | 57.8 | 49.3 | 45.7 | | Manipur | 36.4 | 26.0 | 32.4 | | Meghalaya | 56.1 | 53.1 | 45.0 | | Mizoram | 49.3 | 24.5 | 34.0 | | Nagaland | - | 28.9 | 22.2 | | Odisha | 68.1 | 47.6 | 61.8 | | Puducherry | - | 26.0 | 42.5 | | Punjab | 41.6 | 42.0 | 51.7 | | Rajasthan | 61.2 | 46.6 | 46.3 | | Sikkim | 53.1 | 23.6 | 40.7 | | Tamil Nadu | 53.3 | 44.4 | 48.3 | | Telangana | - | 49.8 | 53.2 | | Tripura | 57.6 | 54.4 | 61.5 | | Uttar Pradesh | 51.6 | 51.0 | 45.9 | | Uttarakhand | 45.2 | 46.5 | 46.4 | | West Bengal | 62.6 | 53.6 | 62.3 | | ALL INDIA | 57.8 | 50.3 | 52.2 | *: Percentage not shown, Based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases.
**: Haemoglobin in grams per decilitre (g/dl). Among children, prevalence is adjusted for altitude.
( ): based on 25-49 unweighted cases.
#: Figures for Dadar and Nagar Haveli include Daman and Diu.
- : 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 Health Profile (NHP), various issues. | |