Extent of Anaemia among Preschool Children in EAG States, India: A Challenge to Policy Makers

Table 1

Prevalence of anaemia among preschool children in EAG states in India, NFHS, 2005-06.

States	Anemia status by haemoglobin levels				Sample size
	Severe	Moderate	Mild	Any anaemic
Uttarakhand	2.3	30.8	28.8	61.9	887
Rajasthan	6.7	40.8	23.2	70.6	1619
Uttar Pradesh	3.6	45.4	25.0	74.0	4788
Bihar	1.6	47.3	29.0	77.9	1995
Jharkhand	2.0	39.5	29.0	70.5	1303
Odisha	1.5	34.5	29.4	65.5	1413
Chhattisgarh	2.1	45.9	24.1	72.1	1298
Madhya Pradesh	3.4	43.6	27.0	74.0	2762
EAG states	2.9	41.0	26.9	70.8	16065