Table 19: State-wise Pregnant Women Aged 15-49 Years Who are Anaemic

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(Per cent)
States/UTs	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	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	36.9	26.7*	41*
Gujarat	47.4	60.8	51.3	62.6
Haryana	55.5	69.7	55	56.5
Himachal Pradesh	31.8	38.1	50.4	42.2
Jammu & Kashmir	56.3	55.7	46.9	44.1
Jharkhand	64	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*	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	32.4
Meghalaya	58.6	58.1	53.3	45
Mizoram	45.7	48.3	27	34
Nagaland	38.2	-	32.7	22.2
Odisha	60.5	68.1	47.6	61.8
Puducherry	-	-	26	42.5
Punjab	37.1	41.6	42	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	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.