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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Med Public Health. 2013 Mar 31;3(1):48–54. doi: 10.4103/2230-8598.109322

Table 1. Vitamin A supplementation among children aged 12-35 months in India and its states, NFHS-2005-2006.

State Total number of children Number of children received vitamin A Percentage of children received vitamin A
India 20,802 5169 24.8
Uttar Pradesh 2789 241 8.6
Nagaland 922 82 8.9
Chhattisgarh 579 83 14.3
Manipur 768 117 15.2
Haryana 464 74 15.9
Rajasthan 743 122 16.4
Jammu and Kashmir 484 83 17.1
Assam 583 109 18.7
Arunachal Pradesh 303 57 18.8
Madhya Pradesh 1181 237 20.1
Delhi 445 90 20.2
Uttaranchal 449 92 20.5
Gujarat 589 122 20.7
Punjab 486 101 20.8
Meghalaya 426 89 20.9
Karnataka 825 188 22.8
Sikkim 267 65 24.3
Jharkhand 598 164 27.4
Andhra Pradesh 852 247 29.0
Orissa 679 200 29.5
Bihar 915 298 32.6
Himachal Pradesh 387 128 33.1
Maharashtra 1272 479 37.7
Tripura 250 103 41.2
Goa 409 171 41.8
Tamil Nadu 654 293 44.8
Kerala 428 199 46.5
Mizoram 344 160 46.5
West Bengal 1009 472 46.8

States of India are arranged according to ascending order of vitamin A supplementation, NFHS = National family health survey