Table 1 Prevalence of moderate and severe anaemia in women of reproductive age (15–49 yrs)

Andhra Pradesh

2.4

14.9

3.3

20.6

1.9

18.5

Arunachal Pradesh

0.6

11.3

1.6

12.5

0.8

9.0

Assam

0.9

25.6

3.4

21.2

0.6

8.3

Bihar

1.5

19.0

1.0

15.9

0.7

13.9

Chhattisgarh

1.9

15.7

0.8

8.4

Goa

1.0

8.1

0.6

7.8

0.7

5.8

Gujarat

2.5

14.4

2.6

16.5

1.4

13.2

Haryana

1.6

14.5

1.7

16.7

1.4

18.4

Himachal Pradesh

0.7

8.4

1.2

10.5

0.7

13.0

Jharkhand

1.3

18.6

0.9

15.2

Karnataka

2.3

13.4

2.0

15.1

0.9

10.9

Kerala

0.5

2.7

0.5

6.5

0.3

4.4

Madhya Pradesh

1.0

15.6

1.0

14.1

1.1

12.2

Maharashtra

2.9

14.1

1.7

13.9

0.7

10.3

Manipur

0.8

6.3

0.5

5.1

0.3

4.0

Meghalaya

2.4

27.5

1.8

12.6

1.4

16.1

Mizoram

0.7

12.1

0.7

8.8

0.2

4.2

Nagaland

1.0

9.6

0.6

5.2

Odisha

1.6

16.4

1.5

14.9

0.7

9.8

Punjab

0.7

12.3

1.4

10.4

0.5

10.8

Rajasthan

2.1

14.1

2.5

15.4

1.0

11.2

Sikkim

2.4

21.4

1.7

16.2

0.6

7.2

Tamil Nadu

3.9

15.9

2.2

13.6

1.4

14.0

Telangana

2.5

17.3

Tripura

0.7

11.5

Uttarakhand

1.5

13.3

1.2

10.5

Uttar Pradesh

1.5

13.7

1.6

13.2

1.1

12.5

West Bengal

1.5

15.9

1.0

16.4

0.8

12.8

India

1.9

14.8

1.8

15.0

1.0

12.4