Anaemia in India
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Anaemia among women
2005>16: Slight nationwide improvement
Shivani Azad, 6 states show upswing in anaemia among women, January 30, 2018: The Times of India
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% of women with anaemia in 2016, and change over 2005
From: Shivani Azad, 6 states show upswing in anaemia among women, January 30, 2018: The Times of India
2% Drop In Nationwide Figure: NFHS
While the prevalence of anaemia among women in the country decreased marginally by around 2% between 2005-06 and 2015-16, from 55% to 53%, six major states have shown a marked increase in the number of women affected, data from the recently released National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV shows.
The rise in the number of anaemic women has been sharpest in Punjab, at 15.5%, followed by Delhi (10%) and Haryana (6.6%). According to the report, in the earlier survey, 38% of Punjab’s women were found to be anaemic, with the figure now at 53.5%. Similarly, 44.3% of Delhi’s women were recorded as anaemic in 2005-06, and the figure has since risen to 54.3%.
Incidentally, states which have strong health performance parameters like Tamil Nadu and Kerala also recorded an increase in the number of anaemic women. Nearly 53.2% of women in Tamil Nadu had anaemia a decade ago, and this increased to 55% in 2015-16. In Kerala, the figure rose from 32.8% to 34.2%.
The report says that in 21 of India’s 36 states and Union territories (UTs), over 50% of the women suffer from anemia. Jharkhand was the worst performer, with 65.2% of its women anaemic and 29.9% of its men. Among UTs (surveyed for the first time), Dadra and Nagar Haveli fared the worst, with 79.5% of its women anaemic. Interestingly, north-eastern states reported a dip in the number of anaemic women. For instance, 69.9% of Assam’s women were anaemic in 2005-06, with the figure now at 46%. In Sikkim, the figure has gone from 60% to 34.9%.
Uttarakhand, too, recorded a decrease, from 55.2% in 2005-06 to 45.2% in 2015-16.
2014-15, anaemia among women
From: June 26, 2018: The Hindu
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Anaemia among Indian women, 2014-15
2021
Sushmi Dey, Nov 25, 2021: The Times of India
Exclusive breastfeeding of infants in the first six months has shown an improvement across the country, going up from 55% in 2015-16 to 64% in 2019-21, but anaemia among children and women continues to be a cause of concern with more than half of them found anaemic in all the 14 states and UTs surveyed in Phase-2 of National Family Health Survey (NFHS).
The survey revealed that the number of anaemic children under five years of age rose to 67.1% from 58.6% in the last survey. This means that two out of every three children under-five in India are anaemic. Percentage of obese children and adults also rose in India in the last five years.
The percentage of anaemic women increased to 57% from 53.1% and anaemic teenage girls (between 15-19 years) from 59.1% from 54.1%. The number of anaemic men also rose to 25% from 22.7%.
The states and UTs which were surveyed in this phase were Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, NCT of Delhi, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, a halth ministry statement said.
The number of nonbreastfeeding children between 6 and 23 months old receiving an adequate diet fell to 12.7% from 14.3%, the data showed. Children-under-five years of age who are severely wasted dropped to 3.7 % from 7.5%. Wasting is an indicator of acute malnutrition. The percentage of malnourished children jumped to 3.4% from 2.1% in the last survey.
Some of the child nutrition indicators showed a slight improvement at all-India level. This includes stunting which declined from 38% to 36%, wasting from 21% to 19% and underweight from 36% to 32%. Full immunisation drive among kids aged 12-23 months has recorded substantial improvement from 62% to 76% at all-India level.
