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