1. ANAEMIA AND MALNUTRITION MILD ANAEMIAMODERATE ANEMIA SEVERE ANEMIAANY ANAEMIA 10.0-10.9 g/dl 7.0-9.9g/dl<7.0g/dl<11.0g/dl Three standard indices of physical growth that describe the nutritional status of children Height-for- age (stunting) Weight-for- height (wasting) Weight-for-age (underweight) 1

2. Level of Anemia & Level of Mal nutrition as per NFHS - III STATE SEVERE ANAEMIA ANY ANAEMIA UNDERWEIGHT WASTED STUNTEDIndia2.969.5 481938 Delhi0.757.0331635 Haryana4.372.3421726 Himachal Pradesh 2.254.7361927 Jammu & Kashmir 2.458.6291529 Punjab 6.666.427928 Rajasthan 6.769.7442024 2

3. STATE SEVERE ANAEMIA SEVERE ANAEMIA ANY ANAEMIA UNDERWEIGHT WASTED WASTED STUNTED STUNTEDUttaranchal2.361.4381632 Chattisgarh2.071.2521845 Madhya Pradesh 3.474.1603340 Uttar Pradesh 3.673.9471446 Bihar1.678.0582842 Jharkhand1.970.3593141 Orissa1.665.0441938 West Bengal 1.561.0441933 Level of Anemia & Level of Mal nutrition as per NFHS - III 3

4. STATE SEVERE ANAEMIA ANY ANAEMIA UNDERWEIGHT WASTED STUNTED Arunachal Pradesh 0.856.9371734 Assam2.269.6401335 Manipur0.341.124825 Meghalaya1.064.4462842 Mizoram0.644.222930 Sikkim0.859.2231329 Tripura0.762.9392030 Goa1.538.2291221 Level of Anemia & Level of Mal nutrition as per NFHS - III 4

5. STATE SEVERE ANAEMIA ANY ANAEMIA UNDERWEIGHT WASTED STUNTEDGujarat3.669.7471742 Maharashtra1.863.4401538 Andhra Pradesh 3.670.8371334 Karnataka3.270.4411838 Kerala0.544.5291621 Tamil Nadu 2.664.2332225 Level of Anemia & Level of Mal nutrition as per NFHS - III 5