Table 1.
Prevalence of Malnutrition among children (0-59 months) across fifteen major states of India (NFHS-3)
| States/Country | Underweight | Stunting | Wasting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | |
| Haryana | 41.3 | 34.6 | 39.6 | 48.1 | 38.3 | 45.7 | 19.7 | 17.3 | 19.1 |
| Punjab | 26.8 | 21.4 | 24.9 | 37.5 | 35.1 | 36.7 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 |
| Rajasthan | 42.5 | 30.1 | 39.9 | 46.3 | 33.9 | 43.7 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 20.4 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 62.7 | 51.3 | 60 | 51.7 | 44.3 | 50 | 36 | 31.7 | 35 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 44.1 | 34.8 | 42.4 | 58.4 | 50.1 | 56.8 | 15.2 | 12.9 | 14.8 |
| Bihar | 57 | 47.8 | 55.9 | 56.5 | 48.4 | 55.6 | 27.4 | 25.2 | 27.1 |
| Orissa | 42.3 | 29.7 | 40.7 | 46.5 | 34.9 | 45.0 | 20.5 | 13.4 | 19.5 |
| West Bengal | 42.2 | 24.7 | 38.7 | 48.4 | 29.3 | 44.6 | 17.8 | 13.5 | 16.9 |
| Assam | 37.7 | 26.1 | 36.4 | 47.8 | 35.6 | 46.5 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 13.7 |
| Gujarat | 47.9 | 39.2 | 44.6 | 54.8 | 46.6 | 51.7 | 19.9 | 16.7 | 18.7 |
| Maharashtra | 41.6 | 30.7 | 37 | 49.1 | 42.3 | 46.3 | 18.2 | 14.1 | 16.5 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 34.8 | 28 | 32.5 | 45.8 | 36.7 | 42.7 | 13 | 10.7 | 12.2 |
| Karnataka | 41.1 | 30.7 | 37.6 | 47.7 | 36 | 43.7 | 18.2 | 16.5 | 17.6 |
| Kerala | 26.4 | 15.4 | 22.9 | 25.6 | 22.2 | 24.5 | 18.2 | 10.9 | 15.9 |
| Tamilnadu | 32.1 | 27.1 | 29.8 | 31.3 | 30.5 | 30.9 | 22.6 | 21.6 | 22.2 |
| All 15 states | 44.1 | 32.2 | 41.1 | 49.7 | 39.2 | 47.04 | 19.9 | 16.6 | 19.04 |
| ALL INDIA | 45.6 | 32.7 | 42.5 | 50.7 | 39.6 | 48 | 20.7 | 16.9 | 19.8 |
Source: Authors' Calculation from NFHS 3 unit data