Thursday, August 9, 2012

Malnourishment among Children
As per the National Family Health Survey-3 (NFHS-3), 2005-06, conducted by Ministry of Health and Family welfare, 42.5% children under 5 years are underweight and 69.5%  children under 5 years are anemic. While underweight is  41.9% and 43.1% respectively for male and female children, anaemia among children under 5 years is 69.0% for male and 69.9% for female. The state-wise details are as follows-


State
% Underweight children (below 5 yrs of age)
Anemia
Children ( 6-59 months) %
1
Andhra Pradesh
32.5
70.8

2
Assam
36.4
69.6

3
Arunachal Pradesh
32.5
56.9
4
Bihar
55.9
78.0
5
Chhattisgarh
47.1
71.2
6
Delhi
26.1
57.0
7
Goa
25.0
38.2
8
Gujarat  
44.6
69.7
9
Haryana
39.6
72.3
10
Himachal Pradesh
36.5
54.7
11
J&K        
25.6
58.6
12
Jharkhand            
56.5
70.3
13
Karnataka
37.6
70.4
14
Kerala
22.9
44.5
15
Madhya Pradesh
60.0
74.1
16
Maharashtra
37.0
63.4
17
Manipur
22.1
49.1
18
Meghalaya
48.8
64.4
19
Mizoram
19.9
44.2
20
Nagaland
25.2
NA
21
Orissa
40.7
65.0
22
Punjab                  
24.9
66.4
23
Rajasthan
39.9
69.7
24
Sikkim
19.7
59.2
25
Tamil Nadu          
29.8
64.2
26
Tripura
39.6
62.9
27
Uttar Pradesh
42.4
73.9
28
Uttrakhand
38.0
61.4
29
West Bengal   
38.7
61.0

India
42.5
69.5









































This was stated by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development in a written reply to the Rajya Sabhatoday.

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