Table 1.
Prevalence of anaemia among preschool children in EAG states in India, NFHS, 2005-06.
States | Anemia status by haemoglobin levels | Sample size | |||
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Severe | Moderate | Mild | Any anaemic | ||
Uttarakhand | 2.3 | 30.8 | 28.8 | 61.9 | 887 |
Rajasthan | 6.7 | 40.8 | 23.2 | 70.6 | 1619 |
Uttar Pradesh | 3.6 | 45.4 | 25.0 | 74.0 | 4788 |
Bihar | 1.6 | 47.3 | 29.0 | 77.9 | 1995 |
Jharkhand | 2.0 | 39.5 | 29.0 | 70.5 | 1303 |
Odisha | 1.5 | 34.5 | 29.4 | 65.5 | 1413 |
Chhattisgarh | 2.1 | 45.9 | 24.1 | 72.1 | 1298 |
Madhya Pradesh | 3.4 | 43.6 | 27.0 | 74.0 | 2762 |
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EAG states | 2.9 | 41.0 | 26.9 | 70.8 | 16065 |