Table 2.
Variations in antenatal iron-folic acid and calcium coverage distribution among districts belonging to different states of northeast India, 2020–21.
| States in northeast India | No. of districts | Pregnant women who received full course of iron-folic acid supplements per 100 ANC registered women | Pregnant women who received full course of calcium supplements per 100 ANC registered women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median coverage (range) | Mean coverage (SD) | Intrastate CV | Median coverage (range) | Mean coverage (SD) | Intrastate CV | ||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 24 | 65.0 (16.6–99.8) | 64.6 (24.7) | 38.2% | 31.5 (8.3–99.8) | 40.9 (28.7) | 70.1% |
| Assam | 32 | 95.8 (84.7–99.9) | 94.7 (4.7) | 5.0% | 86.5 (30.2–97.0) | 81.5 (15.9) | 19.5% |
| Manipur | 14 | 43.8 (8.7–91.0) | 43.6 (18.0) | 41.3% | 21.3 (2.7–63.6) | 25.0 (17.3) | 68.9% |
| Meghalaya | 11 | 66.8 (44.2–86.5) | 64.8 (16.5) | 25.4% | 33.0 (12.9–58.2) | 35.2 (15.7) | 44.4% |
| Mizoram | 11 | 68.2 (54.8–95.6) | 70.9 (13.6) | 19.2% | 39.0 (27.7–71.3) | 44.6 (14.0) | 31.5% |
| Nagaland | 11 | 41.9 (20.7–68.4) | 44.0 (13.3) | 30.3% | 37.4 (17.6–66.1) | 37.4 (13.6) | 36.5% |
| Sikkim | 4 | 84.0 (77.9–86.2) | 83.0 (3.7) | 4.5% | 85.2 (77.1–85.4) | 83.2 (4.1) | 4.9% |
| Tripura | 8 | 38.8 (24.9–64.3) | 43.7 (15.3) | 35.0% | 25.1 (10.9–52.2) | 27.4 (15.6) | 57.0% |
ANC, antenatal care; SD, standard deviation; CV, co-efficient of variation.