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

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Table 15: 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

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.