WHO Global Database

Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS) WHO Global Database on Anaemia The database on Anaemia includes
data by country on prevalence of anaemia and mean haemoglobin concentration
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
L LU
Last Updated: 2008-01-30
Notes SD Method Reference

General Line
Date
Region and sample descriptor

Ranga Reddy District: Adolescent girls Delhi: SAC: Total Delhi: SAC by sex Delhi: SAC by sex Mumbai: PW North Karnataka: Gulbarga: SAC Tamil Nadu: Vellore District: Adolescents: Total Tamil Nadu: Vellore District: Adolescents by age Tamil Nadu: Vellore District: Adolescents by age Tamil Nadu: Vellore District: Adolescents by age Orissa, Andra Pradesh: Pre-SAC: Total Orissa, Andra Pradesh: Pre-SAC by sex Orissa, Andra Pradesh: Pre-SAC by sex Orissa, Andra Pradesh: Pre-SAC by age Orissa, Andra Pradesh: Pre-SAC by age Pre-SAC by state: Orissa Pre-SAC by state: Andra Pradesh Tripura: Women: Total Tripura: Children: Total Tripura: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Tripura: Women by physiological status: PW Tripura: Women by physiological status: LW Tripura: Women by age Tripura: Women by age Tripura: Women by age Tripura: Women by age Tripura: Women by age Tripura: Children by sex Tripura: Children by sex Tripura: Children by age
Sex
F B F M F B F F F F B F M B B B B F B F F F F F F F F F M B
Age (years)
Sample size
70 244 393 204 189 1110 716 288 86 101 101 627 293 334 207 411 323 304 1030 205 751 64 215 73 168 208 198 382 100 105 37 4.6 6.6 0.5
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 115 120 83.2 66.4 70.5 61.9 31.3 60.8 130
Mean
2003 P 2002
13.00- 15.99 6.00- 11.99 6.00- 11.99 6.00- 11.99 NS 6.00- 10.99 13.0013.0015.0017.0019.99 14.99 16.99 19.99
A A 107 109 13 12 NS D A 116 115 115 15 14 16 B
4935 3828
* *
L L DR
2002 2001 -2002 2000 P
4700 3786 2834
* * *
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
2000
1.00- 4.07 1.00- 4.07 1.00- 4.07 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 4.07 1.00- 4.07 1.00- 4.07 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99
2.5 6.9 1.4 4.2
71.6 74.7 68.9 85.5 65.7 67.5 76.0
284
103 97
14 17 B 3780a *
2000
61.8 59.0 53.6 60.7
16 17 18 19 20
64.9 58.8 76.4
21
WHO Global Database on Anaemia
Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS) WHO Global Database on Anaemia The database on Anaemia includes data by country on prevalence of anaemia and mean haemoglobin concentration
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Tripura: Children by age Tripura: Children by age Ludhiana: Female college students Kolkata City: NPNLW: Total Kolkata City: NPNLW by ethnicity: Munda Kolkata City: NPNLW by ethnicity: Pod Uttaranchal: Udham Singh Nagar District: adolescen Orissa: Women: Total Orissa: Children: Total Orissa: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Orissa: Women by physiological status: PW Orissa: Women by physiological status: LW Orissa: Women by age Orissa: Women by age Orissa: Women by age Orissa: Women by age Orissa: Women by age Orissa: Women by area: Urban Orissa: Women by area: Rural Orissa: Children by sex Orissa: Children by sex Orissa: Children by age Orissa: Children by age Orissa: Children by age Orissa: Children by area: Urban Orissa: Children by area: Rural Delhi: Women: Total Delhi: Children: Total Delhi: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Delhi: Women by physiological status: PW Delhi: Women by physiological status: LW
Sex
B B F F F F F F B F F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B F B F F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 78 89 150 243 105 138 151 4282 1132 2887 297 1098 291 784 902 795 1510 473 3809 527 605 253 439 441 119 1013 2197 559 1653 140 405
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 68.4 49.9 62.0 89.3 100.0 81.2 45.7 115 120 130
Mean
2000
1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 18.00- 23.99 15.00- 42.99 15.00- 42.99 15.00- 42.99 12.00- 19.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99
3780a
L L
2000 P 2000
113
A D
4838 5083
* *
22
7.6 2.9 0.0 1.6 2.9 1.8 0.7 1.1 2.3 1.0 1.4 0.9 2.2 1.6 1.6 2.7 3.0 2.3 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.9 1.3 3.9 1.2 0.7 2.0
93 106 B B 3787 2587 * *
23 24 25 26 27
DR S
1999 -2000 1999
72.3 62.6 60.5 64.9
28 29 30 31 32 33 34
71.7 72.8 79.6 73.5 66.9 68.3 72.7 B 69.0 38.8 34.7 49.1 3772 *
35 36
1999
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Delhi: Women by age Delhi: Women by age Delhi: Women by age Delhi: Women by age Delhi: Women by age Delhi: Women by area: Urban Delhi: Women by area: Rural Delhi: Children by sex Delhi: Children by sex Delhi: Children by age Delhi: Children by age Delhi: Children by age Delhi: Children by area: Urban Delhi: Children by area: Rural Assam: Women: Total Assam: Children: Total Assam: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Assam: Women by physiological status: PW Assam: Women by physiological status: LW Assam: Women by age Assam: Women by age Assam: Women by age Assam: Women by age Assam: Women by age Assam: Women by area: Urban Assam: Women by area: Rural Assam: Children by sex Assam: Children by sex Assam: Children by age Assam: Children by age Assam: Children by age Assam: Children by area: Urban Assam: Children by area: Rural Goa: Women: Total
Sex
F F F F F F F F M B B B B B F B F F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 53 342 460 430 912 2024 173 243 316 113 223 222 503 56 2896 598 1994 217 685 266 506 559 574 991 247 2649 268 329 117 247 233 30 567 1198 0.0 1.7 1.7 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.1 2.0 5.4 2.8 5.8 2.7 4.0 3.6 0.9 0.0 0.6 3.5 1.0 0.0 2.2 0.5 1.4 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 115 120 130
Mean
1999
15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99
3772
37 38 39 40 41 42 43
67.4 70.3 72.9 74.1 62.0 69.1 68.0 B 63.2 70.1 62.3 70.8
46 47 48 49 50 51 52
1999
3773
44 45
65.8 61.1 69.6 59.1 64.2 52.3 63.8 B 3774 *

53
1999
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Goa: Children: Total Goa: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Goa: Women by physiological status: PW Goa: Women by physiological status: LW Goa: Women by age Goa: Women by age Goa: Women by age Goa: Women by age Goa: Women by area: Urban Goa: Women by area: Rural Goa: Children by sex Goa: Children by sex Goa: Children by age Goa: Children by age Goa: Children by age Goa: Children by area: Urban Goa: Children by area: Rural Himachal Pradesh: Women: Total Himachal Pradesh: Children: Total Himachal Pradesh: Women by physiological status: Himachal Pradesh: Women by physiological status: Himachal Pradesh: Women by physiological status: Himachal Pradesh: Women by age Himachal Pradesh: Women by age Himachal Pradesh: Women by age Himachal Pradesh: Women by age Himachal Pradesh: Women by age Himachal Pradesh: Women by area: Urban Himachal Pradesh: Women by area: Rural Himachal Pradesh: Children by sex Himachal Pradesh: Children by sex Himachal Pradesh: Children by age Himachal Pradesh: Children by age Himachal Pradesh: Children by age Himachal Pradesh: Children by area: Urban
Sex
B F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B F B F F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B
Age (years)
Sample size
70 252 936 71 192 104 227 231 616 499 699 109 143 51 113 88 92 161 2958 703 2258 176 524 63 484 621 561 1229 268 2690 303 401 170 279 254 57 2.0 1.2 1.4 0.0 0.9 0.9 0.4 1.1 0.4 1.4 1.8 2.1 0.0 1.7 3.5 2.2 1.9 0.7 2.2 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.5 2.8 2.6 3.2 1.0 3.5
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 53.4 37.6 35.0 30.9 115 120 130
Mean
1999
0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99
3774
54
55 56 57 58 59 60
48.1 57.4 68.0 61.0 35.0 50.7 54.9 B 69.9 39.5 31.8 47.6
63 64 65 66 67 68 69
1999
3775
61 62
68.8 70.8 71.1 71.3 67.7 66.0
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S S

General Line
Date

Himachal Pradesh: Children by area: Rural Jammu and Kashmir: Women: Total Jammu and Kashmir: Children: Total Jammu and Kashmir: Women by physiological statu Jammu and Kashmir: Women by physiological statu Jammu and Kashmir: Women by physiological statu Jammu and Kashmir: Women by age Jammu and Kashmir: Women by age Jammu and Kashmir: Women by age Jammu and Kashmir: Women by age Jammu and Kashmir: Women by age Jammu and Kashmir: Women by area: Urban Jammu and Kashmir: Women by area: Rural Jammu and Kashmir: Women by region: Jammu Jammu and Kashmir: Women by region: Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir: Children by sex Jammu and Kashmir: Children by sex Jammu and Kashmir: Children by age Jammu and Kashmir: Children by age Jammu and Kashmir: Children by age Jammu and Kashmir: Children by area: Urban Jammu and Kashmir: Children by area: Rural Jammu and Kashmir: Children by region: Jammu Jammu and Kashmir: Children by region: Kashmir Karnataka: Women: Total Karnataka: Children: Total Karnataka: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Karnataka: Women by physiological status: PW Karnataka: Women by physiological status: LW Karnataka: Women by age Karnataka: Women by age Karnataka: Women by age Karnataka: Women by age Karnataka: Women by age
Sex
B F B F F F F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B B B F B F F F F F F F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 646 2550 688 1678 172 700 89 378 570 478 1035 548 2002 1175 1375 300 388 156 256 276 108 579 325 363 4121 856 3138 279 704 408 737 812 690 1474 2.1 1.9 3.5 1.2 3.9 3.0 2.1 2.3 2.5 1.3 1.6 0.9 2.1 1.3 2.3 3.3 3.6 3.6 4.6 2.3 1.4 3.9 2.9 3.9 2.3 7.6 2.3 2.9 2.4 1.5 1.9 2.6 2.1 2.7
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 70.3 115 120 130
Mean
1999 1999
0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99
B B
3775 3776 *
70 71
71.1 55.7 56.3 66.5
72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
72.1 70.3 72.4 78.0 63.9 68.0 71.7 77.7 65.2 B 70.6 41.1 48.6 45.7
83 84 85 86 87
1999
3777
81 82
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Karnataka: Women by area: Urban Karnataka: Women by area: Rural Karnataka: Children by sex Karnataka: Children by sex Karnataka: Children by age Karnataka: Children by age Karnataka: Children by age Karnataka: Children by area: Urban Karnataka: Children by area: Rural Kerala: Women: Total Kerala: Children: Total Kerala: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Kerala: Women by physiological status: PW Kerala: Women by physiological status: LW Kerala: Women by age Kerala: Women by age Kerala: Women by age Kerala: Women by age Kerala: Women by age Kerala: Women by area: Urban Kerala: Women by area: Rural Kerala: Children by sex Kerala: Children by sex Kerala: Children by age Kerala: Children by age Kerala: Children by age Kerala: Children by area: Urban Kerala: Children by area: Rural Maharashtra: Women: Total Maharashtra: Children: Total Maharashtra: Women by physiological status: NPNL Maharashtra: Women by physiological status: PW Maharashtra: Women by physiological status: LW Maharashtra: Women by age
Sex
F F F M B B B B B F B F F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B F B F F F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 1435 2686 420 436 185 362 309 279 577 2721 517 2126 140 455 76 353 520 500 1271 629 2092 242 275 104 217 196 104 413 5016 1258 3603 363 1050 462 1.3 2.8 5.8 9.4 2.2 9.2 9.1 5.1 8.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.5 2.9 4.4 3.1 5.1 1.5 3.2
Mean
1999
15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99
B 68.4 72.7 70.7 77.6 62.3 66.3 72.7 B 43.9 23.2 20.3 21.3
3777
88 89
1999
3778
90 91
92 93 94 95 96 97 98
45.7 42.3 60.3 43.3 35.9 46.8 43.2 B 76.0 47.6 52.6 50.4
101
1999
3779
99 100
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Maharashtra: Women by age Maharashtra: Women by age Maharashtra: Women by age Maharashtra: Women by age Maharashtra: Women by area: Urban Maharashtra: Women by area: Rural Maharashtra: Mumbai: Women Maharashtra: Children by sex Maharashtra: Children by sex Maharashtra: Children by age Maharashtra: Children by age Maharashtra: Children by age Maharashtra: Children by area: Urban Maharashtra: Children by area: Rural Maharashtra: Mumbai: Children Nagaland: Women: Total Nagaland: Children: Total Nagaland: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Nagaland: Women by physiological status: PW Nagaland: Women by physiological status: LW Nagaland: Women by age Nagaland: Women by age Nagaland: Women by age Nagaland: Women by age Nagaland: Women by age Nagaland: Children by sex Nagaland: Children by sex Nagaland: Children by age Nagaland: Children by age Nagaland: Children by age Meghalaya: Women: Total Meghalaya: Children: Total Meghalaya: Women by physiological status: NPNL Meghalaya: Women by physiological status: PW
Sex
F F F F F F F F M B B B B B B F B F F F F F F F F F M B B B F B F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 882 1022 901 1749 2074 2942 634 593 665 262 518 478 489 769 148 746 335 416 77 253 43 125 154 133 290 170 164 78 132 125 775 320 376 103 2.6 2.5 3.0 3.2 1.6 3.9 0.9 4.3 4.6 5.8 4.5 3.6 5.1 4.0 3.5 1.0 3.0
Mean
1999
20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99
3779
102 103 104 105 106 107 108
72.9 78.7 74.0 79.6 73.1 72.8 78.0 76.2 B 43.7 36.1 38.2 42.1
111 112 113 114 115
1999
3780b
109 110
46.0 41.4 55.4 48.0 32.0 2.4 4.3 B 67.6 60.4 58.6 3780c *
116 117
1999
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Meghalaya: Women by physiological status: LW Meghalaya: Women by age Meghalaya: Women by age Meghalaya: Women by age Meghalaya: Women by age Meghalaya: Women by age Meghalaya: Children by sex Meghalaya: Children by sex Meghalaya: Children by age Meghalaya: Children by age Meghalaya: Children by age Manipur: Women: Total Manipur: Children: Total Manipur: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Manipur: Women by physiological status: PW Manipur: Women by physiological status: LW Manipur: Women by age Manipur: Women by age Manipur: Women by age Manipur: Women by age Manipur: Women by age Manipur: Children by sex Manipur: Children by sex Manipur: Children by age Manipur: Children by age Manipur: Children by age Mizoram: Women: Total Mizoram: Children: Total Mizoram: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Mizoram: Women by physiological status: PW Mizoram: Women by physiological status: LW Mizoram: Women by age Mizoram: Women by age Mizoram: Women by age
Sex
F F F F F F F M B B B F B F F F F F F F F F M B B B F B F F F F F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 295 38 143 199 128 267 150 170 61 136 123 1362 457 799 126 437 41 185 251 257 629 228 228 115 171 170 1008 367 638 84 285 38 169 202 0.8 0.9
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 115 120 68.6 130
Mean
1999
15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99
3780c
118 119 120 121 122
68.1 67.1 70.3 75.8 57.1 B 45.2 25.4 36.7 33.0

125 126 127 128 129
1999
3780d
123 124
41.4 49.0 61.5 49.0 30.4 0.7 2.3 B 57.2 44.8 45.7 55.6
132 133 134
1999
3780e
130 131
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Mizoram: Women by age Mizoram: Women by age Mizoram: Children by sex Mizoram: Children by sex Mizoram: Children by age Mizoram: Children by age Mizoram: Children by age Arunachal Pradesh: Women: Total Arunachal Pradesh: Children: Total Arunachal Pradesh: Women by physiological status: Arunachal Pradesh: Women by physiological status: Arunachal Pradesh: Women by physiological status: Arunachal Pradesh: Women by age Arunachal Pradesh: Women by age Arunachal Pradesh: Women by age Arunachal Pradesh: Women by age Arunachal Pradesh: Women by age Arunachal Pradesh: Children by sex Arunachal Pradesh: Children by sex Arunachal Pradesh: Children by age Arunachal Pradesh: Children by age Arunachal Pradesh: Children by age Tamil Nadu: Women: Total Tamil Nadu: Children: Total Tamil Nadu: Women by physiological status: NPNL Tamil Nadu: Women by physiological status: PW Tamil Nadu: Women by physiological status: LW Tamil Nadu: Women by age Tamil Nadu: Women by age Tamil Nadu: Women by age Tamil Nadu: Women by age Tamil Nadu: Women by age Tamil Nadu: Women by area: Urban Tamil Nadu: Women by area: Rural
Sex
F F F M B B B F B F F F F F F F F F M B B B F B F F F F F F F F F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 193 406 166 201 65 160 141 1084 324 671 127 285 78 232 271 196 307 156 168 61 118 146 4591 1053 3674 310 607 243 755 940 817 1837 1591 3000 0.6 0.7
Mean
1999
30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99
B 56.7 57.6 58.6 61.4 51.8 B 54.5 64.1 49.2 64.7
3780e
135 136
1999
3780f
137 138
139 140 141 142 143
52.1 56.8 63.8 62.1 44.5 3.9 6.9 3.9 4.6 3.5 1.9 3.5 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.6 4.1 B 69.0 55.6 57.1 61.6
146 147 148 149 150 151 152
1999
3783
144 145
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Tamil Nadu: Chennai: Women Tamil Nadu: Children by sex Tamil Nadu: Children by sex Tamil Nadu: Children by age Tamil Nadu: Children by age Tamil Nadu: Children by age Tamil Nadu: Children by area: Urban Tamil Nadu: Children by area: Rural West Bengal: Presidency, Burdwna and North Beng Uttar Pradesh: Meerut: Adolescent girls PW New Delhi: PW Uttar Pradesh: Women: Total Uttar Pradesh: Children: Total Uttar Pradesh: Women by physiological status: NPN Uttar Pradesh: Women by physiological status: PW Uttar Pradesh: Women by physiological status: LW Uttar Pradesh: Women by age Uttar Pradesh: Women by age Uttar Pradesh: Women by age Uttar Pradesh: Women by age Uttar Pradesh: Women by age Uttar Pradesh: Women by area: Urban Uttar Pradesh: Women by area: Rural Uttar Pradesh: Women by region: Hill Uttar Pradesh: Women by region: Western Uttar Pradesh: Women by region: Central Uttar Pradesh: Women by region: Eastern Uttar Pradesh: Women by region: Bundelkhand Uttar Pradesh: Children by sex Uttar Pradesh: Children by sex
Sex
F F M B B B B B F F F F F B F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F M
Age (years)
Sample size
70 284 500 553 221 412 420 366 687 384 504 112 1150 5681 1632 3423 496 1762 617 1112 1119 920 1914 1137 4544 257 2030 991 2143 261 759 873 5.3 1.5 6.7 1.4 2.4 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.0 0.8 1.7 0.4 1.2 1.9 1.7 1.8 5.8 7.4 0.8 6.1 7.6 1.7 11.0 5.6 6.7 7.0 7.3 1.4
Mean
1999
15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 NS 10.00- 18.99 17.00- 35.99 17.00- 42.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99
B 65.3 72.4 60.8 74.1 68.4 66.2 70.5 86.4 D D 54.4 96.0 C D B 73.9 47.5 46.0 51.9
3783
153
D DR L L S
1999 1999 1999 P 1998 -2000 1998 -1999
3875 3876 5115 1590 2583
* * * * *
154 155 156 157 158 159
160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171
71.1 76.4
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Uttar Pradesh: Children by age Uttar Pradesh: Children by age Uttar Pradesh: Children by age Uttar Pradesh: Children by area: Urban Uttar Pradesh: Children by area: Rural Uttar Pradesh: Children by region: Hill Uttar Pradesh: Children by region: Western Uttar Pradesh: Children by region: Central Uttar Pradesh: Children by region: Eastern Uttar Pradesh: Children by region: Bundelkhand Andhra Pradesh: Women: Total Andhra Pradesh: Children: Total Andhra Pradesh: Women by physiological status: N Andhra Pradesh: Women by physiological status: P Andhra Pradesh: Women by physiological status: L Andhra Pradesh: Women by age Andhra Pradesh: Women by age Andhra Pradesh: Women by age Andhra Pradesh: Women by age Andhra Pradesh: Women by age Andhra Pradesh: Women by area: Urban Andhra Pradesh: Women by area: Rural Andhra Pradesh: Children by sex Andhra Pradesh: Children by sex Andhra Pradesh: Children by age Andhra Pradesh: Children by age Andhra Pradesh: Children by age Andhra Pradesh: Children by area: Urban Andhra Pradesh: Children by area: Rural Madhya Pradesh: Women: Total Madhya Pradesh: Children: Total Madhya Pradesh: Women by physiological status: N Madhya Pradesh: Women by physiological status: P Madhya Pradesh: Women by physiological status: L
Sex
B B B B B B B B B B F B F F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B F B F F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 289 693 650 262 1369 72 550 277 659 73 3859 756 2967 169 723 405 739 775 579 1361 959 2900 387 369 156 332 268 192 564 6582 1880 4244 533 1806 3.9 8.2 6.3 6.5 6.7 5.5 5.8 8.7 6.5 8.6 2.4 4.4 2.6 2.4 1.7 2.5 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.0 1.6 2.7 2.8 6.0 0.6 6.1 4.4 1.9 5.2 1.0 4.9 0.9 0.9 1.2
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 65.3 76.6 74.9 74.1 73.9 79.5 70.8 82.2 71.9 79.1 115 120 130
Mean
1998 -1999
0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99
2583
1998 -1999
B 72.3 50.0 41.8 50.8
2584
172 173
174 175 176 177 178 179 180
71.8 72.9 68.4 75.2 71.1 69.5 73.3 B 75.0 52.7 53.8 58.0 2585 *
181 182
1998 -1999
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Madhya Pradesh: Women by age Madhya Pradesh: Women by age Madhya Pradesh: Women by age Madhya Pradesh: Women by age Madhya Pradesh: Women by age Madhya Pradesh: Women by area: Urban Madhya Pradesh: Women by area: Rural Madhya Pradesh: Women by region: Chattisgarh Madhya Pradesh: Women by region: Vindhya Madhya Pradesh: Women by region: Central Madhya Pradesh: Women by region: Malwa Plateau Madhya Pradesh: Women by region: South Central Madhya Pradesh: Women by region: South Western Madhya Pradesh: Women by region: Northern Madhya Pradesh: Children by sex Madhya Pradesh: Children by sex Madhya Pradesh: Children by age Madhya Pradesh: Children by age Madhya Pradesh: Children by age Madhya Pradesh: Children by area: Urban Madhya Pradesh: Children by area: Rural Madhya Pradesh: Children by region: Chattisgarh Madhya Pradesh: Children by region: Vindhya Madhya Pradesh: Children by region: Central Madhya Pradesh: Children by region: Malwa Plateau Madhya Pradesh: Children by region: South Central Madhya Pradesh: Children by region: South Western Madhya Pradesh: Children by region: Northern Bihar: Women: Total Bihar: Children: Total Bihar: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Bihar: Women by physiological status: PW Bihar: Women by physiological status: LW Bihar: Women by age Bihar: Women by age
Sex
F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B B B B B B B B F B F F F F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 842 1212 1326 1116 2086 1665 4917 1687 977 633 1095 798 588 804 926 954 402 751 726 425 1455 425 283 190 334 222 190 238 6223 1657 3808 508 1907 731 1241 1.0 1.4 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.9 0.8 0.0 1.0 1.3 1.4 3.9 5.9 1.9 4.7 6.8 6.4 4.5 3.1 2.0 2.7 4.7 7.7 7.0 9.5 1.5 4.1 1.3 2.2 1.6 1.5 1.7
Mean
1998 -1999
15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99
2585
183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196
75.8 74.2 70.9 81.1 71.0 73.7 75.4 87.7 54.9 66.2 68.8 80.5 76.9 85.1 B 81.3 63.2 49.8 67.4
199 200
1998 -1999
2586
197 198
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Bihar: Women by age Bihar: Women by age Bihar: Women by age Bihar: Women by area: Urban Bihar: Women by area: Rural Bihar: Women by region: North Bihar Plain Bihar: Women by region: South Bihar Plain Bihar: Women by region: Jharkhand Bihar: Children by sex Bihar: Children by sex Bihar: Children by age Bihar: Children by age Bihar: Children by age Bihar: Children by area: Urban Bihar: Children by area: Rural Bihar: Children by region: North Bihar Plain Bihar: Children by region: South Bihar Plain Bihar: Children by region: Jharkhand Rajasthan: Women: Total Rajasthan: Children: Total Rajasthan: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Rajasthan: Women by physiological status: PW Rajasthan: Women by physiological status: LW Rajasthan: Women by age Rajasthan: Women by age Rajasthan: Women by age Rajasthan: Women by age Rajasthan: Women by age Rajasthan: Women by area: Urban Rajasthan: Women by area: Rural Rajasthan: Women by region: Western Rajasthan: Women by region: Northeast Rajasthan: Women by region: Southern Rajasthan: Women by region: Southeast Rajasthan: Children by sex
Sex
F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B B B B F B F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 1249 981 2021 637 5586 2775 1948 1499 805 852 303 678 676 167 1490 777 512 368 6069 1852 3729 586 1754 524 1179 1212 1066 2088 1470 4599 1866 2673 793 738 872 1.7 1.2 1.3 1.8 1.4 1.1 1.8 1.8 4.3 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.8 4.0 4.4 3.7 4.0 2.1 9.5 2.2 2.3 1.9 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.0 1.7 2.2 2.3 2.3 1.1 2.2 7.9
Mean
1998 -1999
25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99
2586
201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208
82.1 80.5 83.6 83.4 78.1 80.7 81.3 81.2 80.6 82.4 B 82.3 44.8 51.4 55.5
211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221
1998 -1999
2969
209 210
82.7
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Rajasthan: Children by sex Rajasthan: Children by age Rajasthan: Children by age Rajasthan: Children by age Rajasthan: Children by area: Urban Rajasthan: Children by area: Rural Rajasthan: Children by region: Western Rajasthan: Children by region: Northeast Rajasthan: Children by region: Southern Rajasthan: Children by region: Southeast Haryana: Women: Total Haryana: Children: Total Haryana: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Haryana: Women by physiological status: PW Haryana: Women by physiological status: LW Haryana: Women by age Haryana: Women by age Haryana: Women by age Haryana: Women by age Haryana: Women by age Haryana: Women by area: Urban Haryana: Women by area: Rural Haryana: Children by sex Haryana: Children by sex Haryana: Children by age Haryana: Children by age Haryana: Children by age Haryana: Children by area: Urban Haryana: Children by area: Rural Gujarat: Women: Total Gujarat: Children: Total Gujarat: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Gujarat: Women by physiological status: PW Gujarat: Women by physiological status: LW
Sex
M B B B B B B B B B F B F F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B F B F F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 980 341 734 778 376 1476 550 870 222 210 2735 737 1912 174 649 168 487 575 521 984 787 1948 330 407 130 309 298 182 555 3484 831 2560 209 715 10.9 4.8 9.5 11.5 9.0 9.6 9.4 10.6 6.8 8.2 1.6 7.1 1.3 1.8 2.5 1.1 1.8 2.3 0.7 1.6 1.3 1.7 5.7 8.3 3.7 7.7 8.0 6.8 7.2 2.5 6.7 2.5 3.8 2.1
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 82.0 76.5 84.8 82.5 81.3 82.6 82.5 83.5 76.1 83.4 115 120 130
Mean
1998 -1999
0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99
2969
1998 -1999
B 83.9 43.1 55.5 56.1
2970
222 223
224 225 226 227 228 229 230
81.0 86.3 73.9 86.8 85.3 86.6 83.0 B 74.5 44.9 47.4 51.0 2971 *
231 232
1998 -1999
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Gujarat: Women by age Gujarat: Women by age Gujarat: Women by age Gujarat: Women by age Gujarat: Women by age Gujarat: Women by area: Urban Gujarat: Women by area: Rural Gujarat: Children by sex Gujarat: Children by sex Gujarat: Children by age Gujarat: Children by age Gujarat: Children by age Gujarat: Children by area: Urban Gujarat: Children by area: Rural Women: Total Children: Total Women by physiological status: NPNLW Women by physiological status: PW Women by physiological status: LW Women by age Women by age Women by age Women by age Women by age Women by area: Urban Women by area: Rural Women by state: Delhi Women by state: Haryana Women by state: Himachal Pradesh Women by state: Jammu and Kashmir Women by state: Punjab Women by state: Rajasthan Women by state: Madhya Pradesh Women by state: Uttar Pradesh Women by state: Bihar
Sex
F F F F F F F F M B B B B B F B F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 209 659 635 596 1385 1480 2004 397 434 174 309 347 311 520 79663 20016 54954 5654 19054 7117 14560 15965 13595 28426 20872 58791 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 3.5 3.0 1.2 2.5 2.6 1.7 3.1 8.1 5.4 4.6 7.0 7.5 4.1 8.2 1.9 5.4 1.9 2.5 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.5 2.0 1.3 1.6 0.7 1.9 0.7 2.1 1.0 1.5 1.5
Mean
1998 -1999
15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99
2971
233 234 235 236 237 238 239
75.8 73.4 68.8 78.4 74.0 67.9 78.5 B 74.3 50.4 49.7 56.4
242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257
1998 -1999
2972
240 241
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
N

General Line
Date

Women by state: Orissa Women by state: West Bengal Women by state: Arunachal Pradesh Women by state: Assam Women by state: Manipur Women by state: Meghalaya Women by state: Mizoram Women by state: Nagaland Women by state: Sikkim Women by state: Goa Women by state: Gujarat Women by state: Maharashtra Women by state: Andhra Pradesh Women by state: Karnataka Women by state: Kerala Women by state:Tamil Nadu Children by sex Children by sex Children by age Children by age Children by age Children by area: Urban Children by area: Rural Children by state: Delhi Children by state: Haryana Children by state: Himachal Pradesh Children by state: Jammu and Kashmir Children by state: Punjab Children by state: Rajasthan Children by state: Madhya Pradesh Children by state: Uttar Pradesh Children by state: Bihar Children by state: Orissa Children by state: West Bengal Children by state: Arunachal Pradesh Children by state: Assam
Sex
F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Age (years)
Sample size
70 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 9539 10477 3923 8215 7877 4642 15374 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 1.6 1.5 0.6 0.9 0.8 2.4 0.7 1.0 2.4 1.0 2.5 2.9 2.4 2.3 0.5 3.9 4.8 5.9 3.2 6.3 5.6 5.1 5.5 3.9 7.1 2.2 3.5 5.9 9.5 4.9 6.7 4.1 2.9 5.2 0.7 0.0
Mean
1998 -1999
15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99
2972
258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273
73.3 75.1 71.7 77.7 72.0 70.8 75.3 69.0 83.9 69.9 71.1 80.0 82.3 75.0 73.9 81.3 72.3 78.3 54.5 63.2
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
N

General Line
Date

Children by state: Manipur Children by state: Meghalaya Children by state: Mizoram Children by state: Nagaland Children by state: Sikkim Children by state: Goa Children by state: Gujarat Children by state: Maharashtra Children by state: Andhra Pradesh Children by state: Karnataka Children by state: Kerala Children by state:Tamil Nadu Punjab: Women: Total Punjab: Children: Total Punjab: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Punjab: Women by physiological status: PW Punjab: Women by physiological status: LW Punjab: Women by age Punjab: Women by age Punjab: Women by age Punjab: Women by age Punjab: Women by age Punjab: Women by area: Urban Punjab: Women by area: Rural Punjab: Children by sex Punjab: Children by sex Punjab: Children by age Punjab: Children by age Punjab: Children by age Punjab: Children by area: Urban Punjab: Children by area: Rural Sikkim: Women: Total Sikkim: Children: Total Sikkim: Women by physiological status: NPNLW
Sex
B B B B B B B B B B B B F B F F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B F B F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 2614 608 1964 166 484 81 410 537 513 1073 805 1809 294 314 109 231 268 150 458 982 272 624 0.9 4.3 2.3 3.0 7.5 2.0 6.7 4.4 4.4 7.6 0.5 6.9 0.7 5.9 0.5 0.6 1.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.8 6.8 5.0 3.0 5.3 7.5 2.3 7.0 2.4 7.5 2.4
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 45.2 67.6 57.2 43.7 76.5 53.4 74.5 76.0 72.3 70.6 43.9 69.0 115 120 130
Mean
1998 -1999
0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99
2972
1998 -1999
B 80.0 39.4 37.1 51.2
3781
274 275
276 277 278 279 280 281 282
77.6 82.2 66.2 87.3 79.3 77.2 80.9 B 76.5 59.0 3782 *
283 284
1998 -1999
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Sikkim: Women by physiological status: PW Sikkim: Women by physiological status: LW Sikkim: Women by age Sikkim: Women by age Sikkim: Women by age Sikkim: Women by age Sikkim: Women by age Sikkim: Women by area: Urban Sikkim: Women by area: Rural Sikkim: Children by sex Sikkim: Children by sex Sikkim: Children by age Sikkim: Children by age Sikkim: Children by age West Bengal: Women: Total West Bengal: Children: Total West Bengal: Women by physiological status: NPNL West Bengal: Women by physiological status: PW West Bengal: Women by physiological status: LW West Bengal: Women by age West Bengal: Women by age West Bengal: Women by age West Bengal: Women by age West Bengal: Women by age West Bengal: Women by area: Urban West Bengal: Women by area: Rural West Bengal: Kolkata: Women West Bengal: Children by sex West Bengal: Children by sex West Bengal: Children by age West Bengal: Children by age West Bengal: Children by age West Bengal: Children by area: Urban West Bengal: Children by area: Rural
Sex
F F F F F F F F F F M B B B F B F F F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B
Age (years)
Sample size
70 62 296 65 171 223 169 354 140 842 129 143 50 122 100 3929 929 2768 205 956 337 729 799 668 1396 935 2994 216 444 485 164 396 370 172 758 4.1 1.9 2.9 1.1 2.6 2.7 2.7 0.0 2.8 5.3 9.4 10.1 5.7 8.4 1.5 5.2 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.3 1.8 1.8 1.4 2.0 5.1 5.3 3.9 6.2 4.6 4.6 5.3
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 47.6 68.3 115 120 130
Mean
1998 -1999
15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99
3782
285 286 287 288 289 290 291
71.5 81.0 92.6 78.8 65.7 B 78.3 60.8 56.9 69.2

294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301
1998 -1999
3784
292 293
78.5 78.1 81.7 82.6 72.2 64.1 81.5
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
S

General Line
Date

Jharkhand: Women: Total Jharkhand: Children: Total Jharkhand: Women by physiological status: NPNLW Jharkhand: Women by physiological status: PW Jharkhand: Women by physiological status: LW Jharkhand: Women by age Jharkhand: Women by age Jharkhand: Women by age Jharkhand: Women by age Jharkhand: Women by age Jharkhand: Women by area: Urban Jharkhand: Women by area: Rural Jharkhand: Children by sex Jharkhand: Children by sex Jharkhand: Children by age Jharkhand: Children by age Jharkhand: Children by age Jharkhand: Children by area: Urban Jharkhand: Children by area: Rural Chhattisgarh: Women: Total Chhattisgarh: Children: Total Chhattisgarh: Women by physiological status: NPNL Chhattisgarh: Women by physiological status: PW Chhattisgarh: Women by physiological status: LW Chhattisgarh: Women by age Chhattisgarh: Women by age Chhattisgarh: Women by age Chhattisgarh: Women by age Chhattisgarh: Women by age Chhattisgarh: Women by area: Urban Chhattisgarh: Women by area: Rural Chhattisgarh: Children by sex Chhattisgarh: Children by sex Chhattisgarh: Children by area: Urban Chhattisgarh: Children by area: Rural
Sex
F B F F F F F F F F F F F M B B B B B F B F F F F F F F F F F F M B B
Age (years)
Sample size
70 1469 361 989 95 385 163 278 296 263 469 253 1216 185 176 79 145 137 79 282 903 227 601 60 242 114 168 191 150 280 165 738 117 110 38 189 1.8 4.0 1.3 2.0 3.2 1.8 1.8 2.1 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.8 3.4 4.6 5.3 3.6 3.6 2.7 4.3 1.5 3.1 1.7 1.7 1.2 0.9 1.8 0.5 0.7 2.9 3.1 1.2 1.7 4.5 7.9 2.1
Mean
1998 -1999
15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 0.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99
B 82.4 72.5 64.0 76.0
3785
302 303
304 305 306 307 308 309 310
81.1 83.7 88.9 84.6 76.2 73.7 84.8 B 87.7 67.8 68.3 71.0
313 314 315 316 317 318 319
1998 -1999
3791
311 312
88.1 87.3 84.2 88.4
320
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level Date Region and sample descriptor Sex Age (years) Sample size
70
Uttaranchal: Women: Total Uttaranchal: Children: Total Uttaranchal: Women by physiological status: NPNL Uttaranchal: Women by physiological status: PW Uttaranchal: Women by physiological status: LW Uttaranchal: Women by age Uttaranchal: Women by age Uttaranchal: Women by age Uttaranchal: Women by age Uttaranchal: Women by area: Urban Uttaranchal: Women by area: Rural Uttaranchal: Children by area: Urban Uttaranchal: Children by area: Rural Delhi: Urban slums: PW Ludhiana: SAC: Total Ludhiana: SAC by age Ludhiana: SAC by age Ludhiana: SAC by socioeconomic status: Upper Ludhiana: SAC by socioeconomic status: Upper Mid Ludhiana: SAC by socioeconomic status: Lower Mid Ludhiana: SAC by socioeconomic status: Upper Low Ludhiana: SAC by socioeconomic status: Lower Burdwan District: PW: Total Burdwan District: PW by gestational age: 6 months Burdwan District: PW by gestational age: 7 months Burdwan District: PW by gestational age: 8 months Burdwan District: PW by gestational age: 9 months Mumbai and Pune city: Adults: Total Mumbai and Pune city: Adults by sex Mumbai and Pune city: Adults by sex F B F F F F F F F F F B B F B B B B B B B B F F F F F B F M

General Line
Mean
1998 -1999
15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00- 29.99 30.00- 34.99 35.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 15.00- 49.99 0.50- 2.99 0.50- 2.99 17.00- 40.99 5.00- 15.99 5.00- 10.99 11.00- 15.99 5.00- 15.99 5.00- 15.99 5.00- 15.99 5.00- 15.99 5.00- 15.99 NS NS NS NS NS 20.00- 45.99 20.00- 45.99 20.00- 45.99
482 128 331 31 121 82 121 81 182 106 376 27 101 694 2000 802 1198 57 1064 812 59 8 653 90 172 186 205 540 250 290
1.3 5.7 1.4 3.1 0.8 3.1 0.8 1.7 0.8 2.0 1.1 9.2 4.8 1.6
B 77.4 42.1 49.8 54.3
3792
321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330
78.3 77.1 78.8 117 109 123 134 122 111 100 93 D A 1202 2261 * *
L L
1998 1998 P
331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340
13 14 12 23 13 B 3877 *
1998
4.3 1.1 5.8 4.8 2.9
78.7 83.3 82.6 81.2 74.2
98 99 96 98 100
1997 -2000
A 40.8 27.9
4701
341
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
L

General Line
Date

North-East Delhi: Children: Total North-East Delhi: Children by age North-East Delhi: Children by age North-East Delhi: Children by age North-East Delhi: Children by age North-East Delhi: Children by age Delhi: Urban slums: PW North-East Delhi: School girls: Total North-East Delhi: School girls by intervention: Contr North-East Delhi: School girls by intervention: Daily i North-East Delhi: School girls by intervention: Weekl Hydrerabad: Children by intervention: DFS Hydrerabad: Children by intervention: control-JS Kerala State: Pre-SAC: Total Kerala State: Pre-SAC by sex Kerala State: Pre-SAC by sex Kuppam: PW Gudiyatham: PW Meerut: Children Tamil Nadu: Vellori District: PW: Total Tamil Nadu: Vellori District: PW by age Tamil Nadu: Vellori District: PW by age Tamil Nadu: Vellori District: PW by age Tamil Nadu: Vellori District: PW by pregnancy numb Tamil Nadu: Vellori District: PW by pregnancy numb Tamil Nadu: Vellori District: PW by pregnancy numb Tamil Nadu: Vellori District: PW by pregnancy numb Tamil Nadu: Vellori District: PW: Total
Sex
B B B B B B F F F F F B B B F M F F B F F F F F F F F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 523 89 143 117 108 66 1222 7.8 3.4 13.3 6.8 7.4 4.5 1.5
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 63.5 64.0 67.1 60.7 65.7 56.0 85.4 49.2 47.1 48.5 52.3 115 120 130
Mean
1997
0.75- 3.99 0.75- 1.99 1.08- 1.57 1.58- 2.07 2.08- 2.57 2.58- 3.99 NS 10.0010.0010.0010.0017.99 17.99 17.99 17.99
101 102 97 102 99 105
20 17 21 20 22 19
1794
L L
1997 1996 -1999
D A 118 117 117 122 119 13 13 13 16 16 A
2260 3769
* *
342
2088 691 702 695 448 352 3633 1760 1873 458 387 137 895 240 416 239 344 281 153 117 845 14.6 3.4 69.9 67.2 59.9 69.3 63.3 71.9 70.7 64.0 74.4 68.0 74.4 68.6
1996 -1998
6.00- 18.99 6.00- 18.99 NS NS NS NS NS 1.00- 2.99 15.00-NS 15.00- 19.99 20.00- 24.99 25.00-NS 15.00-NS 15.00-NS 15.00-NS 15.00-NS 15.00-NS
3730
343 344 345 346 347 348 349
SR
1996 -1998
3740
1996
102 101
1649
L DR
1996 1996
D 101 104 101 100 104 100 102 97 102 15 13 15 16 14 15 14 16 14 A
1865 3805
* *
350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358
DR
1996
3.3
3809
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
DR

General Line
Date

Tamil Nadu: Vellori District: PW by gestational age: Tamil Nadu: Vellori District: PW by gestational age: Tamil Nadu: Vellori District: PW by gestational age: Delhi: Urban slums: Pre-SAC Delhi: Urban slums: Pre-SAC by sex Delhi: Urban slums: Pre-SAC by sex Delhi and Bharapur: Adolescent girls: Total Adolescent girls by area: Urban (Delhi) Adolescent girls by area: Rural (Bharapur) Haryana: Hisar District: Women PW Rajasthan: Jaipur District: Adolescent girls Amritsar and Faridkot Districts: Pre-SAC Coimbatore City: PW Punjab: Pre-SAC: Total Punjab: Pre-SAC by age Punjab: Pre-SAC by age Punjab: Pre-SAC by age Punjab: Pre-SAC by age Punjab: Pre-SAC by age Mumbai: NPW Mumbai: PW Delhi: PW at delivery Delhi: Newborns Orissa State: Bisra block: Children
Sex
F F F B F M F F F F F F B F B B B B B B F F F B B
Age (years)
Sample size
70 76 376 393 300 140 160 705 520 185 250 102 941 300 1040 3500 500 700 700 800 800 1905 908 308 308 330 1.2 10.0 9.2 0.0 4.5 2.8
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 56.6 70.2 69.5 76.0 115 120 130
Mean
1996
15.00-NS 15.00-NS 15.00-NS 0.25- 3.99 0.25- 3.99 0.25- 3.99 11.00- 18.99 11.00- 18.99 11.00- 18.99 10.00- 20.99 18.00- 35.99 10.00- 18.99 1.00- 4.99 NS 1.00- 5.99 1.00- 1.99 2.00- 2.99 3.00- 3.99 4.00- 4.99 5.00- 5.99 NS- 34.99 NS- 34.99 NS 0.00 1.00- 9.99
107 101 102 95 95 94 68.1 61.9 85.4
13 15 15 17 16 20
3809
359 360 361 362
1995 -1996
1725
1995 -1996
2700
DR L DR D L S
1995 P 1995 P 1994 -1995 1994 -1995 1994 P 1993 -1997
76.0 34.3 73.7 55.0 70.4 81.7 85.0 87.9 82.1 80.4 75.0 82.2 79.6 30.8 110 156 59.7 90
D C A D A A
3918 5113 3881 4084 2950 3816
* * * * * *
363 364
365 366
1993 -1995
1673
367 368 369
1991 P
1033
LR
1991
3814
370
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
70
Punjab: PW: Total Punjab: PW by area: Urban Punjab: PW by area: Rural Madras: PW Slum communities: Women: Total Slum communities: Women by area: Urban Slum communities: Women by area: Rural Slum communities: NPW: Total Slum communities: NPW by area: Urban Slum communities: NPW by area: Rural Slum communities: PW: Total Slum communities: PW by area: Urban Slum communities: PW by area: Rural Slum communities: LW: Total Slum communities: LW by area: Urban Slum communities: LW by area: Rural Slum communities: PW/LW: Total Slum communities: PW/LW by area: Urban Slum communities: PW/LW by area: Rural Hubli city: Elderly Hubli city: Elderly by sex Hubli city: Elderly by sex K.V Kuppam block: PW Edulabad: Schoolage boys Andhra Pradesh: East Godavari District: Children by Andhra Pradesh: East Godavari District: Children by Andhra Pradesh: East Godavari District: Children by Andhra Pradesh: East Godavari District: Children by Andhra Pradesh: East Godavari District: Children by F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F B F M F M B F M B F

General Line
Mean
1990 -1994
NS NS NS NS 13.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0049 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49
4752 2172 2580 615 13300 7371 5929 6961 4462 2499 1523 817 706 4423 1893 2531 315 146 169 228 119 109 315 119 233 145 133 334 131
56.0 48.6 62.2 17.1
86.1 77.6 93.2 109 83.9 85.4 82.3 104 102 108 95 92 98 103 99 106 97 94 99 26.8 39.4 12.8 76.2 46.2 102 111 107 101 105 15 15 17 12 14 112 19 17 19 15 19 16 18 16 17 38
4791
L R
1990 1990 P
D NS
2952 2968
* *
371
LU
1990 P
60.00-NS 60.00-NS 60.00-NS 13.00- 34.99 NS 1.00- 5.99 6.00- 13.99 6.00- 13.99 1.00- 5.99 6.00- 13.99
3827
L L D
1990 1990 P 1989 -1992
98
15
A A A
4036 4143 3770
* * *
372
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
D

General Line
Date

Andhra Pradesh: East Godavari District: Children by Andhra Pradesh: East Godavari District: Children by Andhra Pradesh: East Godavari District: Children by Andhra Pradesh: East Godavari District: Children by Kahi Vidyapith: SAC Hyderabad: NPNLW Hyderabad: LW Hyderabad: lactating PW Hyderabad: Menopause women Hyderabad: PW by gestation age: <=20 wks Hyderabad: PW by gestation age: 21-24 wks Hyderabad: PW by gestation age: 25-28 wks Hyderabad: PW by gestation age: 29-32 wks Hyderabad: PW by gestation age: 33-36 wks Hyderabad: PW by gestation age: >36 wks Ballabgarh: PW Madhya Pradesh: SAC: Total Madhya Pradesh: SAC by sex Madhya Pradesh: SAC by sex Madhya Pradesh: SAC by tribe: Baiga Madhya Pradesh: SAC by tribe: Abujhmaria Madhya Pradesh: SAC by tribe: Bharia Varanasi District: PW by intervention: Daily supplem Varanasi District: PW by intervention: No supplemen New Delhi: Adolescent girls: Total New Delhi: Adolescent girls by socioeconomic status New Delhi: Adolescent girls by socioeconomic status Bihar: 6 districts: PW Uttar Pradesh: 5 districts: PW
Sex
M B F M B F F F F F F F F F F F B F M B B B F F F F F F F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 92 243 193 148 388 1083 864 35 444 468 342 321 344 390 251 110 776 238 538 126 491 159 137 123 446 251 195 559 666 30.3 25.2 32.5 28.6 39.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 8.3 1.2 1.7 4.4 4.9 6.9 3.8 5.6
Mean
1989 -1992
6.00- 13.99 1.00- 5.99 6.00- 13.99 6.00- 13.99 6.00- 8.99 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 23.00- 24.99 6.00- 14.99 6.00- 14.99 6.00- 14.99 6.00- 14.99 6.00- 14.99 6.00- 14.99 NS NS 11.00- 18.99 11.00- 18.99 11.00- 18.99 NS NS
108 103 108 109 35.8 47.8 49.5 75.0 43.5 71.6 80.5 82.2 84.9 77.7 71.7 50.0 75.3 77.7 74.2 100.0 82.5 33.3 103 101 50.9 46.6 56.4 81.0 87.1 93 92 91.8 112 110 101 111 105 104 98 96 99 102
13 12 14 15
3770
L LU
1989 P 1989 P
A 42 40 14 24 19 14 15 18 16 28 A
1037 3840
* *
L D
1989 P 1988 -1992
A D
5116 3817
* *
373
LR
1987 -1988
14 11
3880
LU
1987 -1988
3948
1987 P
7 17
1036
374 375
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
70
Hyderabad: SAC Varanasi: PW at delivery Varanasi: NPW Varanasi: Pre-SAC Baroda: Male, SAC Varanasi: Pre-SAC: Total Varanasi: Pre-SAC by sex Varanasi: Pre-SAC by sex Varanasi: Pre-SAC by age Varanasi: Pre-SAC by age Varanasi: Pre-SAC by area: Urban Varanasi: Pre-SAC by area: Rural Hyderabad: School boys Chakpota: Adults: Total Chakpota: Adults by sex Chakpota: Adults by sex Calcutta: Women by age Calcutta: Women by age Calcutta: Men by age Calcutta: Men by age Calcutta: Adults Calcutta: Pre-SAC Calcutta: SAC by sex Calcutta: SAC by sex Hyderabad: Women by age Hyderabad: Women by age Hyderabad: Men by age Hyderabad: Men by age B F F B M B F M B B B B M B F M F F M M B B F M F F M M

General Line
Mean
LU L L
1987 P 1986 -1988 1986 P
NS NS NS 0.25- 3.99 8.00- 15.99 1.00- 5.07 1.00- 5.07 1.00- 5.07 1.00- 2.99 3.00- 5.07 1.00- 5.07 1.00- 5.07 6.00- 15.99 20.00-NS 20.00-NS 20.00-NS 15.00- 24.99 25.00- 44.99 15.00- 24.99 25.00- 44.99 45.00-NS 1.00- 5.99 6.00- 14.99 6.00- 14.99 15.00- 24.99 25.00- 44.99 15.00- 24.99 25.00- 44.99
109 247 100 109 210 538 279 259 293 245 257 281 293 276 130 146 338 426 350 350 383 410 561 571 241 506 210 356 27.9 57.0 55.0 53.8 94.3 108 2
A NS A
4033 2262 3920
* * *
376
377 378
L L
1985 P 1985 P
D D
1025 4271
* *
379
45.9 67.2 68.6 41.2 53.7 48.4
88 88 132
11 11 15 A D 3951 5038 * *
380
L L
1984 P 1983
53.1 32.9 A 90.2 88.3

383
1982 P
1009
381 382
95.4 97.1 96.2

384 385
38.0 30.1
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
L

General Line
Date

Hyderabad: Adults Hyderabad: Pre-SAC Hyderabad: SAC by sex Hyderabad: SAC by sex Madras: Women by age Madras: Women by age Madras: Men by age Madras: Men by age Madras: Adults Madras: Pre-SAC Madras: SAC by sex Madras: SAC by sex New Delhi: Women by age New Delhi: Women by age New Delhi: Men by age New Delhi: Men by age New Delhi: Adults New Delhi: Pre-SAC New Delhi: SAC by sex New Delhi: SAC by sex Kashmir: Adults Kashmir: Women Kashmir: Men Maharashtra: PW at delivery Varanasi: Children by age Varanasi: Children by age Varanasi: Children by sex and age Varanasi: Children by sex and age Varanasi: Children by sex and age Varanasi: Children by sex and age Hyderabad: SAC (intervention) by sex Hyderabad: SAC (intervention) by sex
Sex
B B F M F F M M B B F M F F M M B B F M B F M F B B F M F M F M
Age (years)
Sample size
70 552 436 350 373 255 393 118 141 215 222 379 297 54 76 92 69 83 90 107 185 1000 200 800 5994 251 72 40 46 58 106 161 222
Mean
1982 P
45.00-NS 1.00- 5.99 6.00- 14.99 6.00- 14.99 15.00- 24.99 25.00- 44.99 15.00- 24.99 25.00- 44.99 45.00-NS 1.00- 5.99 6.00- 14.99 6.00- 14.99 15.00- 24.99 25.00- 44.99 15.00- 24.99 25.00- 44.99 45.00-NS 1.00- 5.99 6.00- 14.99 6.00- 14.99 15.00- 60.99 15.00- 60.99 15.00- 60.99 NS 1.00- 4.99 5.00- 8.99 9.00- 12.99 9.00- 12.99 13.00- 15.99 13.00- 15.99 5.00- 15.99 5.00- 15.99
A 65.8 65.2 55.0
1009
386
387 388
9.4 3.5
389
21.2 15.2 13.1

390 391
58.7 53.6
392
60.0 68.2 66.4 26.9 45.0 22.4 52.7 68.0 48.9 111 96 115 31 37 28 NS 1723 *
393 394 395 396
1982 P
L L
1981 -1984 1981 P
NS 119 125 121 126 127 133 15.5 53.7 137 121 14 13 10 11 8 11 15 10 A
2706 4074
LU
1980 P
3820
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
LU

General Line
Date

Hyderabad: SAC (control) by sex Hyderabad: SAC (control) by sex Delhi, Vellore: PW Varanasi, 4 villages: PW Jaipur: Elderly: Total Jaipur: Elderly by sex Jaipur: Elderly by sex Kalianpur, Kanpur: Children: Total Kalianpur, Kanpur: Children by area: Urban Kalianpur, Kanpur: Children by area: Rural North and Middle Andaman: All South Andaman and Port Blair: All Car Nicobar: All Southern India: PW (3rd trimester) Punjab: Ludhian District: 6 villages: Children Pattancheru: Pre-SAC: Total Pattancheru: Pre-SAC by sex Pattancheru: Pre-SAC by sex Pattancheru: Pre-SAC by age Pattancheru: Pre-SAC by age Pattancheru: Pre-SAC by age Pattancheru: Pre-SAC by age North Canara District: Adults: Total North Canara District: Children: Total North Canara District: Adults by sex North Canara District: Adults by sex North Canara District: Children by sex
Sex
F M F F B F M B B B B B B F B B F M B B B B B B F M F
Age (years)
Sample size
70 71 92 151 232 374 167 207 401 199 202 282 402 376 1000 508 1026 504 522 249 260 266 251 573 267 300 273 135 0.7 0.0 1.5
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 115 120 33.8 42.7 130
Mean
1980 P
5.00- 15.99 5.00- 15.99 NS NS 60.00-NS 60.00-NS 60.00-NS 0.00- 4.99 0.00- 4.99 0.00- 4.99 2.00-NS 2.00-NS 2.00-NS 15.00- 35.99 NS- 2.99 1.00- 5.99 1.00- 5.99 1.00- 5.99 1.00- 2.99 2.00- 3.99 3.00- 4.99 4.00- 5.99 15.00-NS 0.00- 14.99 15.00-NS 15.00-NS 0.00- 14.99
126 123 103
18 19
3820
L L D
1979 P 1976 -1977 1976 P
A D
4784 4082 4026
* * *
397
75.0 65.2 84.4 49.8 12.7 7.0 18.3
NS
1976 P
NS
4073
398
1974 P
1695
399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413
L D DR
1973 P 1972 P 1961
57.4 82.1 52.2 52.6 51.7 59.4 63.9 49.0 36.3 44.0 68.2 63.7 22.3 74.8 98.4
104
27
A D A
3917 1024 3919
* * *
1958
D 113 135 109
4071
6.0 3.3 6.7
INDIA
Haemoglobin (g/L)
Level
D

General Line
Date

North Canara District: Children by sex
Sex
M
Age (years)
Sample size
70 132 3.8
Proportion (%) of population with haemoglobin below: 100 110 115 120 61.4 130
Mean
1958
0.00- 14.99
113
4071
NOTES INDIA
Reference No: General Notes: Line note 1 Reference No: General Notes: 4935 Facility based study (Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Residential School); baseline values of intervention study; sampling: all girls aged 13-15 yrs were enrolled; values for other Hb cut-off levels. Prevalence of severe anaemia 25.0% (Hb <80 g/L). 3828 Facility based study (30 primary school clusters); sampling: all 1803 primary schools of Delhi were enlisted and 30 were selected by probability proportionate to population size, in each school a list of children was obtained, minimum of 13 children in each school were randomly selected.
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4700 Sampling: through house to house visits, eligible PW (3rd to 7th month) were identified, 1217 were enrolled, data of 1110 women were available for analysis; contradictory results in text and tables; Hb cut-off level not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables'). 90.7% were aged >=20 yrs. 3786 Facility based study (3 primary schools) in Gulbarga a semi arid region located in the Decca plateau of North Karnataka; yr of survey, method of Hb determination and sampling details provided by investigator; method: Sahli's method for initial screening and Drabkins-Cyanomethemoglobin method to confirm anaemia in all those children who showed lower Hb value by Sahli method; sampling: all children aged 6-10 yrs (n=716) in the three schools were informed and asked to participate; Hb cut-off levels not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables').
Reference No: General Notes:
2834 Baseline survey (as part of a community trial) in Vellore District, Tamilnadu, South India; sampling: multistage sampling of adolescents from K.V block and Guddiyatham block; Hb determination only for subsample (141 of 155 and 147 of 161 from K.V Kuppan block and Gudiyatham block respectively); Hb cut-off levels not defined; disaggregated data by education, age at menarche, height, weight, arm circumference. Prevalence of anaemia 44.8% (severe anaemia 2.1%). Prevalence of anaemia 46.5%. Prevalence of anaemia 45.5%. Prevalence of anaemia 42.6%. 284 Prospective study in Orissa in which data were collected from children 12-48 months of age at 3 points in time over a 4-month period (baseline March 2000, 2 post-administration measurements April 2000, August 2000); 3 districts in the north-eastern part of the State of Andra Pradesh served as control area; baseline values of intervention study; sampling: cluster multistage sample design, n=2134 and n=2120 were enrolled from Orissa and Andra Pradesh respectively; Hb determination only for subsample (n=376 and n=389 children in Orissa and Andra Pradesh respectively); only those children with data on the three measurement points were included in the analysis. Prevalence value calculated. 95% CI: 69.7%, 79.7%. 95% CI: 63.9%, 73.9%. 95% CI: 80.7%, 90.3%. 95% CI: 61.1%, 70.3%. 95% CI: 62.4%, 72.6%. 95% CI: 71.2%, 80.8%. WHO Global Database on Anaemia
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3780a Hb determination only for 93% of women, 83% of children; adjustment for smoking (women-42%). Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 59.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 54.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 58.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 56.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 56.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 62.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Estimate based on 25-49 unweighted cases.
4838 Facility based study (Punjab Agricultural University hostel and day scholars); sampling: design not explained; inclusion only of nonpregnant nonlactating volunteer female students; values for other Hb cut-off levels. Standard error mean: 1.1 g/L. 5083 Study among two ethnic groups (Munda and Pod) living in a peri-urban area of Kolkata City, West Bengal; method: Sahli's haemoglobinometer; sampling: no random sampling was applied for the collection of data at the household level; inclusion only of married women aged 15-42 yrs; exclusion of pregnant and lactating women; Hb determination only for 105 Munda subjects out of 127 enrolled and for 138 Pod subjects out of 174 enrolled; values for other Hb cut-off levels. Disaggregated data by age, education, working status, body mass index, height weight, nutritional intake. Disaggregated data by age, education, working status, body mass index, height weight, nutritional intake. 3787 Study in a rural block (low-income group); date of survey and age range of the sample provided by investigator; sampling: in the district, all blocks were enlisted and one was randomly selected, villages in the block were listed and 5 villages were randomly selected, all adolescent pregnant mothers residing in the 5 villages were enrolled. Mean (SD) age 17.8 (1.5) yrs; 89% of subjects age group 16-19 yrs. 2587 Hb determination only for 97% of women, 96% of children; adjustment for altitude and smoking (women). Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 63.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 67.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 60.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 61.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 64.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). WHO Global Database on Anaemia
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Prevalence of anaemia 55.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 64.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
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3772 Hb determination only for 89% of women, 83% of children; adjustment for smoking (women); altitude <1000 metres. Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 40.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 46.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 43.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 42.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 36.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 39.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 40.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 39.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
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3774 Hb determination only for 96% of women, 90% of children; adjustment for smoking (women); altitude <1000 metres. Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 36.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 35.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 35.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 34.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 37.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). WHO Global Database on Anaemia
3775 Hb determination only for 99% of women, 97% of children; adjustment for altitude and smoking (women). Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 40.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 43.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 40.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 40.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 40.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 40.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 38.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 40.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
3776 Sample not strictly representative of the entire State of Jammu and Kashmir; in addition, estimates for the Jammu Region are not representative of the region as a whole, since only 3 of its 6 Districts (65% of the region's population) were covered by the survey (exclusion of the Districts Rajouri, Poonch and Doda); Hb determination only for 93% of women, 80% of children; adjustment for altitude and smoking (women). Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 58.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 58.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 59.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 58.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 56.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 54.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 59.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 56.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 60.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
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3777 Hb determination only for 94% of women, 84% of children; adjustment for altitude and smoking (women). Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 42.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status.
Prevalence of anaemia 50.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 45.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 40.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 40.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 40.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 35.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 46.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
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3779 Hb determination only for 94% of women, 87% of children; adjustment for altitude and smoking (women). Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 48.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by slum in Mumbai, religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by slum in Mumbai, birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 51.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 48.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 48.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 47.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 48.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 44.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 51.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 42.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
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3780b Hb determination only for 91% of women, 90% of children. Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 38.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); adjustment for altitude and smoking (68%); disaggregated data by socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. WHO Global Database on Anaemia
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Adjustment for altitude (63%); disaggregated data by birth order, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 40.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); estimate based on 25-49 unweighted cases. Prevalence of anaemia 38.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 44.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 34.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 36.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
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3780c Hb determination only for 82% of women, 71% of children. Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 63.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); adjustment for altitude and smoking (40%); disaggregated data by socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Adjustment for altitude (37%); disaggregated data by birth order, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 51.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); estimate based on 25-49 unweighted cases. Prevalence of anaemia 63.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 65.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 62.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
3780d Hb determination only for 95% of women, 85% of children. Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 28.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); adjustment for altitude and smoking (73%); disaggregated data by socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Adjustment for altitude (57%); disaggregated data by birth order, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 31.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); estimate based on 25-49 unweighted cases. Prevalence of anaemia 35.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 26.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 29.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 27.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
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3780e Hb determination only for 96% of women, 94% of children. Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 48.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); adjustment for altitude and smoking (55%); disaggregated data by socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Adjustment for altitude (48%); disaggregated data by birth order, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 49.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); estimate based on 25-49 unweighted cases. Prevalence of anaemia 54.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 48.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). WHO Global Database on Anaemia
3780f Hb determination only for 97% of women, 93% of children. Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 62.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); adjustment for altitude and smoking (45%); disaggregated data by socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Adjustment for altitude (59%); disaggregated data by birth order, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 55.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 58.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 66.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 55.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 68.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
3783 Hb determination only for 98% of women, 95% of children; adjustment for altitude and smoking (women). Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 56.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by Chennai, birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 59.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 59.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 57.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 51.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 56.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 51.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 59.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 54.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
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3875 Cross-sectional study in 3 administrative divisions (in each division 2 centres were selected) of West Bengal; facility based study (antenatal clinic of six centres); sampling: design not explained; method: Acid Haematin technique. Disaggregated data by centre. 3876 Study in 24 subcentre villages under Daurala block of the Rural field practice Area of LLRM Medical College, Meerut; date of survey provided by investigator; method: Sahli's haemoglobinometer; sampling: randomly selection by house to house visit (21 subjects from each village). Prevalence of anaemia 34.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); 14 PW enrolled; disaggregated data by education, birth order, marital status, pregnancy.
5115 Facility based study (antenatal clinic); sampling: random selection of 150 pregnant women, 112 were included in the analysis; baseline values of intervention study; inclusion only of pregnant women with gestation of 20-24 wks and singleton pregnancy; location not specified; Hb determination at initial visit. Mean age 23 yrs. 1590 Facility based study (antenatal clinic (new attendees) of Manlana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital); method: Salhi's method using Tallqvist technique; inclusion only of subjects with singleton pregnancy, who are sure of dates and willing to participate; exclusion of subjects with multiple pregnancy, any medical disorders (except anaemia), any obstetric complication and who are not willing to participate. Mean age 26.5 yrs; disaggregated data by food habits. 2583 Hb determination only for 64% of women, 52% of children; adjustment for altitude and smoking (women). Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 48.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 52.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 49.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 45.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 49.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 48.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 46.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 49.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 45.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 37.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 54.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 57.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 41.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
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2585 Hb determination only for 95% of women, 90% of children; adjustment for altitude and smoking (women). Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 54.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 54.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 56.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 55.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 52.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 52.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 46.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 57.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 68.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 57.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 42.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 38.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 59.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 44.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 53.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
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2586 Hb determination only for 88% of women, 76% of children; adjustment for smoking (women); altitude <1000 metres. Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 63.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 64.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 59.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 60.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 60.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 72.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
2969 Hb determination only for 88% of women, 80% of children; adjustment for altitude and smoking (women). WHO Global Database on Anaemia
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Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 48.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 53.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 52.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 50.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 45.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 45.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 46.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 49.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 47.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 46.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 58.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 47.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
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2971 Hb determination only for 91% of women, 82% of children; adjustment for smoking (women); altitude <1000 metres. Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 46.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 57.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 51.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 45.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 42.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 44.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 39.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). WHO Global Database on Anaemia
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Prevalence of anaemia 51.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
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2972 Survey carried out in all states except Tripura; adjustment for altitude and smoking (women). Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 51.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 56.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 53.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 51.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 50.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 50.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 45.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 53.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 40.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 47.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 40.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 58.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 41.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 48.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 54.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 48.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 62.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 62.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 69.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 28.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 48.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 38.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 61.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 36.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 46.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 48.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 49.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 42.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 22.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 56.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
3784 Hb determination only for 92% of women, 93% of children; adjustment for altitude and smoking (women). Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 62.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, body mass index. Disaggregated data by Kolkata, birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 59.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 64.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 61.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 61.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 57.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 64.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 60.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). WHO Global Database on Anaemia
3785 As a part of NFHS-2 in the State of Bihar, the survey covered the Region of Jharkhand, which became the new State of Jharkhand on 15 December 2000; adjustment for smoking (women); altitude <1000 metres. Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 72.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 72.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 75.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 72.2% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 73.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 71.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 61.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 75.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW).
3791 The eastern part of Madhya Pradesh, from which the new State of Chhattisgarh was created on 1 November 2000, was covered as a part of the state-wide Madhya Pradesh NFHS-2; adjustment for smoking (women); altitude <1000 metres. Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 68.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by age, birth order, religion, caste, socioeconomic status. Prevalence of anaemia 67.5% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 67.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 72.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 63.3% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 70.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 65.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 69.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Estimate based on 25-49 unweighted cases.
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3792 As a part of NFHS-2 in Uttar Pradesh, the survey covered the northern part of the State, from which the new State of Uttaranchal was created on 9 November 2000; adjustment for altitude and smoking (women). Inclusion only of ever-married women; prevalence of anaemia 45.6% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW); disaggregated data by religion, caste, socioeconomic status, height, body mass index. Disaggregated data by age, sex, birth order, socioeconomic status. Estimate based on 25-49 unweighted cases.
Prevalence of anaemia 47.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 45.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 47.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 44.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 44.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 45.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Estimate based on 25-49 unweighted cases.
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1202 Facility based study (antenatal clinic); method: Sahli haemoglobin meter. PW 2nd and 3rd trimester. 2261 Facility based study (schools) in Punjab State. Prevalence of anaemia 51.5% (Hb <110 g/L 5-6 yrs, Hb <120 g/L 7-15 yrs). Prevalence of anaemia 77.0% (Hb <110 g/L 5-6 yrs, Hb <120 g/L 7-15 yrs). Prevalence of anaemia 34.3% (Hb <110 g/L 5-6 yrs, Hb <120 g/L 7-15 yrs). Prevalence of anaemia 14.0% (Hb <110 g/L 5-6 yrs, Hb <120 g/L 7-15 yrs). Prevalence of anaemia 39.4% (Hb <110 g/L 5-6 yrs, Hb <120 g/L 7-15 yrs). Prevalence of anaemia 69.6% (Hb <110 g/L 5-6 yrs, Hb <120 g/L 7-15 yrs). Prevalence of anaemia 93.2% (Hb <110 g/L 5-6 yrs, Hb <120 g/L 7-15 yrs). Prevalence of anaemia 87.5% (Hb <110 g/L 5-6 yrs, Hb <120 g/L 7-15 yrs). 3877 Study as part of a baseline survey for community mobilization interventions; date of survey and mean age of subjects provided by investigator; sampling: Kanksha represented the experimental block and Ausgram II the control block, in each block all available pregnant mothers in 3rd trimester of pregnancy (>24 wks) were covered in a particular gram panchayat; Hb determination in Kanksha: 330 out of 332 and in Ausgram II: 323 out of 325. Mean age at marriage 16.2 yrs.
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4701 Cross-sectional study in rural and urban communities near Mumbai and Pune city in western India; facility based study (health camps); dates of survey and sampling design provided by investigator; sampling: 570 adults participated voluntarily in the health camps representing urban, semi-urban, rural, tribal and industrial sectors, these sectors were selected randomly, complete data on n=540 (94.7%) adults were available. Prevalence of anaemia 33.9% (Hb <120 g/L females, Hb <130 g/L males).
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1794 Facility-based study (41 Anganwadis) in an urban slum (Nand Nagri) ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) project in North-East Delhi; sampling; random sampling of 545 out of 2629 children registered in the Anganwadis; Hb determination only for 523 children; values for other Hb cut-off levels. 2260 Facility based study (antenatal clinic); methods: HemoCue and Sahli haemoglobin meter.
3769 Facility based study (4 Government Senior Secondary schools) in North-East Delhi (middle socio-economic group population); baseline values of intervention study (daily iron, weekly iron, control); sampling: all girls 10-17 yrs in these 4 school were enrolled; exclusion of subjects with Hb <70 g/L; Hb determination only for subsample (2088 of 2210); same Hb cut off level applied to different age groups. Prevalence value calculated; prevalence of severe anaemia 0.3% (Hb <70 g/L; n=2210).
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3730 Facility based study (children belonging to backward communities attending four residential schools- 2 boys, 2 girls); baseline values of intervention study (intervention: double fortified salt, control: iodized salt); sampling: randomized (at school level) double blind study; age of children and method of Hb determination adapted from reference No. 3770; only mean Hb values. 187 boys+261 girls. 153 boys+199 girls. 3740 Facility based study (108 anganwadi centers of Integrated Child Development Services) of rural areas of Kerala State; sampling: 86.3% of all children (n=4.210) attending these centers were enrolled; exclusion of subjects due to unwillingness to donate a blood sample (n=557) and to severe illnesses (n=20); Hb cut-off levels not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables'); disaggregated data by vegetarian diet, nutritional status. Prevalence of anaemia 11.4% (Hb <88 g/L). Prevalence of anaemia 12.6% (Hb <88 g/L). Prevalence of anaemia 10.3% (Hb <88 g/L). 1649 Study in 2 rural blocks in Vellore District, Tamil Nadu State. Disaggregated data by gestational age. Disaggregated data by gestational age. 1865 Urban slums in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh State; method: Sahli haemoglobin meter.
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3805 Same survey as in reference No. 3809; community based study in 2 blocks (K.V Kuppam block and Gudiyatham block) in Vellori District; sampling: multi-stage random sampling technique; serum ferritin determination only for subsample (445 out of 895); disaggregated data by socioeconomic status. Prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia 29.5% (Hb <110 g/L+serum ferritin <12 g/L; n=445); 95% CI: 100 g/L, 102 g/L. 95% CI: 103 g/L, 106 g/L. 95% CI: 104 g/L, 106 g/L. 95% CI: 98 g/L, 102 g/L. Parity=0 in table II refers to pregnancy number 1. Parity=1 in table II refers to pregnancy number 2. Parity=2 in table II refers to pregnancy number 3. Parity >=3 in table II refers to pregnancy number >=4. 3809 Same survey as in reference No. 3805; community based study in 2 blocks (KV Kuppam block and Gudiyatham block) in Vellori District; sampling: multi-stage random sampling technique; inclusion only of subjects with information on gestational age in the analysis (n=845 out of 895). WHO Global Database on Anaemia
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95% CI: 101 g/L, 103 g/L. 95% CI: 104 g/L, 110 g/L. 95% CI: 99 g/L, 110 g/L. 95% CI: 100 g/L, 103 g/L. 1725 Prevalence of anaemia 4.3% (Hb <60 g/L); disaggregated data by age.
2700 Baseline values of perspective longitudinal intervention study (weekly iron-folate, weekly iron-folate+vitamin C, daily iron-folate) in poor communities in urban areas of Delhi and rural parts of Bharatpur (Rajastan); date of survey, method for Hb determination and age range of the subjects provided by investigator; sampling: prospective completely randomized experimental design; inclusion only of adolescent girls with low socio-economic status; survey season was autumn (September, October, November). 3918 Study in Mangali, Dhanus, Gangwa and Gavar villages of Hisar District; method: Sahli's techniques; sampling: design not explained; same Hb cut-off level applied to different age groups; Hb cut-off levels not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables'). Disaggregated data by age, dietary habits, daily dietary iron, protein and folic acid intake, income, stages of puberty. 5113 Sampling: design not explained: location not specified; Hb determination at first stage of labour; exclusion of women with evidence of tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus or essential hypertension; values for other Hb cut-off levels. Prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia 16.7% (Hb <110 g/L+serum ferritin <12 g/L). 3881 Summary data; study in rural area of Rajasthan; date of survey, method of Hb determination and Hb cut-off level used provided by investigator; sampling: by simple random sampling one district (total of 101 villages) was selected from a list of all districts with more than 20% of the Scheduled Caste (SC) population, then all villages with SC population more than 20% and within 20 km radius from the district headquarters were selected in the district, then a total of 941 adolescents were selected by using the probability proportionate to size cluster sampling method from the selected villages; exclusion of subjects with physical deformities or history of chronic illness; same Hb cut-off level applied to different age groups.
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4084 Method: Sahli's method; sampling: subjects were drawn from Harijan settlements and Anganwaris in rural and urban areas of Amritsar and Faridkot Districts of Punjab. Disaggregated data by age. 2950 Facility based study (2 hospitals, 2 maternity centers) in Tamil Nadu State. PW before delivery. 3816 Study in various scheduled caste colonies, Harijan settlements, Anganwadis and Balwadis of Amritsar, Hoshianpur, Ludhiana, Moga and Patiala Districts of Punjab; scheduled caste has been accorded to the people who belonged to lower castes and were considered untouchables; dates of survey provided by investigator; sampling: randomly selected.
1673 Facility based study (clinics) in Maharastra State. WHO Global Database on Anaemia
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NPW includes infertile, postpartum and women with inflammatory disease. PW 1st trimester. 1033 Facility based study (hospital). Prevalence of anaemia 3.9% (Hb <60 g/L); low, middle socioeconomic status.
3814 Follow-up study in four villages of Bisra block near Rourkela in Orissa State; sampling: the study zone covered a total rural population of 3118, 330 out of 836 children in the age range 1-9 yrs consented for the examination; Hb determination at first examination; same Hb cut-off level applied to different age groups; Hb cut-off level 1-5 yrs not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables'). 168 girls+162 boys. 4791 Population based face-to-face survey in 52 urban areas and 54 villages (within 5 km of a primary health care facility or within 17 km of Government Medical College and Hospital in Patiala, Punjab); method: quantitative estimation of Hb by Sahli's method on all cases with Hb <110 g/L determined by Tallqvist technique; sampling: cluster sample design, women at different stages of pregnancy were included; values for other Hb cut-off levels.
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2952 Facility based study (hospital) in Tamil Nadu State; method: Sahli haemoglobin meter. Hb cut-off levels not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables'); not clear if blood was taken before or after delivery. 2968 Two rural centers (Chandigarh, Hyderabad), 3 urban slumcenters (New Delhi, Madras, Calcutta); ever-married women; Hb cut-off level for PW not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables').
3827 Study in three slums of Hubli city (Sudugadchal, Gandhivada, Bantikatte); method: Sahli-Hullige; sampling: persons aged 60 yrs and above constituted 271 (4.6%) of the total population (n=5826); Hb determination only for subsample (n=228); Hb cut-off level not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables'); disaggregated data by age. 4036 Partly facility based study (antenatal clinics) in K.V Kuppam block in North Arcot Ambedkar District of Tamil Nadu; sampling: design not explained, n=167 were selected from antenatal clinics and n=148 from the community by making home visits; values for other Hb cut-off level. Mean (SD) age 22.6 (3.7) yrs; disaggregated data by age, pregnancy number, hookworm infestation. 4143 Facility based study (higher secondary school) in village Edulabad, Ghatkesar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District; sampling: design not explained; values for other Hb cut-off levels.
3770 Baseline values of intervention study; yr of survey adapted from reference No. 3730; sampling: four blocks of East Godavari District were selected, in each block, 15-20 contiguous villages were selected to cover a population of about 5000, 3 blocks were randomly allocated to experimental area (double fortified salt, iron fortified salt, iodised salt) while the forth served as control; only mean Hb values; no disaggregated data by sex for children 1-5 yrs; disaggregated data for PW, LW, children 14-17 yrs.
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1037 Rural block in Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh State. 3840 Study in eight slums with a population of 25.000 in the outskirts of the city Hyderabad; sampling: in the initial phase, all the women including the pregnant were screened for their Hb status, in the second phase, the iron and folate status was assessed in 283 PW in their first 2 trimesters of pregnancy; Hb cut-off levels NPNLW, LW, women in menopause not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables'). 5116 Facility based study (Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project Hospital); baseline values of intervention study; sampling design not explained, 199 women were enrolled, 121 completed the intervention and 110 were included in the analysis; inclusion only of pregnant women with gestation of 204 wks and who consumed at least 90 doses of elemental iron in 10010 days; exclusion of subjects with glycosuria, albuminuria or toxemia. Disaggregated data by intervention. 3817 Facility based study (schools) in 3 tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh (Baiga Chak of Mandla District, Abujhmad of Bastar District and Patalkot of Chhindwara District); dates of survey provided by investigator; method: photoelectric colorimeter; sampling: villages were selected by random sampling (sample was representative of tribal area of the state), all available school going children (6-14 yrs) were measured; same Hb cut-off level applied to the different age groups; Hb cut-off level not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables'); disaggregated data by sex for the three tribal areas.
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3880 Facility based study (six sub centres) in rural Viashi Vidyapeeth block of Varanasi District; baseline values of intervention study; sampling: 418 PW (16-24 wks of gestation) selected (n=360 followedup), subcentres randomly allocated in two groups (daily iron-folic acid supplementation, control); only mean Hb values; disaggregated data by gestation period. 3948 Facility based study (public school in South Delhi, R.K. Puram area catering elite sections of society and government school in Central Delhi, Gole Market, Mandir Marg area catering a relatively lower income group); dates and location of survey provided by investigator; sampling: stratified random sampling; exclusion of subjects with physical deformity or history of recent medical illness likely to influence their physical health; same Hb cut-off level applied to different age groups. 1036 Prevalence of anaemia 5.1% (Hb <60 g/L); disaggregated data by district. Prevalence of anaemia 3.9% (Hb <60 g/L); disaggregated data by district. 4033 Facility based study (urban model school, where majority of pupils are children of group IV employees of the university and the government); sampling: design not explained, children of both sexes studying in classes III and IV were included; values for other Hb cut off levels. Prevalence of anaemia 67.9% (Hb <=120 g/L); disaggregated data by anthropometric status. 2262 Facility based study (University hospital) in Uttar Pradesh State.
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3920 Partly facility based study (underfives clinic in Varanasi); sampling: a total of 100 families consisting of mothers with at least one child between 3 months and 3 yrs of age were selected from the urban (Varanasi; n=23), urban slum (Sunderpur; n=20) and rural areas (villages of Dharsona and Munari in Cholapur rural block; n=66) of Varanasi; exclusion of subjects who were pregnant at the time of the interview. Mean (SD) age anaemic mothers: 26.8 (4.9) yrs; mean (SD) age non-anaemic mothers 26.7 (5.7) yrs. 54 boys+55 girls; disaggregated data by sex. 1025 Facility based study (Municipal primary school); method: filter paper and cyanmethaemoglobin method.
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3951 Facility based study (3 rural schools about 35 km away from Hyderabad); baseline values of intervention study; sampling: design not explained; only mean Hb values. 5038 Study in Chakpota, Howrah District, West Bengal; dates of survey provided by investigator; method: Sahli's haemoglobinometer; sampling: all 255 households comprising 404 adult males and 383 adult females were enrolled; inclusion only of subjects aged 20 years and above of the Mahishya population (nearly 99% of the total village population); Hb determination only for subsample (276 subjects from 146 households). Prevalence of anaemia 42.4% (Hb <120 g/L females, Hb <130 g/L males).
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1009 Same data as in reference No. 2891; data New Delhi adapted from reference No. 2891; baseline values of intervention study (additional analysis); not clear if cut-off for PW is Hb <110 g/L (reference No. 1009) or Hb <120 g/L (reference No. 2891). Rural region of Calcutta; prevalence of anaemia 96.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 96.9% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 93.0% (Hb <120 g/L women, Hb <130 g/L men). Rural region of Hyderabad; prevalence of anaemia 68.0% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 71.7% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 47.6% (Hb <120 g/L women, Hb <130 g/L men). Urban area Madras city; prevalence of anaemia 20.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 29.1% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 18.6% (Hb <120 g/L women, Hb <130 g/L men).
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Rural region of New Delhi; prevalence of anaemia 64.8% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 68.4% (Hb <110 g/L PW, Hb <120 g/L NPW). Prevalence of anaemia 56.6% (Hb <120 g/L women, Hb <130 g/L men).
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1723 Facility based study (mobile hospital); Hb cut-off level not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables'). Prevalence of anaemia 7.3% (Hb <60 g/L). Prevalence of anaemia 21.0% (Hb <60 g/L). Prevalence of anaemia 3.9% (Hb <60 g/L). 2706 Study in area of Sirur, 21 villages and 1 urban area. Prevalence of anaemia 2.4% (Hb <80 g/L); Hb cut-off levels PW not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables').
3820 Facility based study (4 residential schools in Hyderabad - 2 boys+2 girls); baseline values of intervention study; sampling: a total of 1080 boys+565 girls were registered, of these children 222 boys+161 girls in 2 intervention (iron-fortified salt) schools and 92 boys+71 girls in the control (unfortified salt) schools were followed for 1 yr; same Hb cut-off level applied to different age groups. 4784 Sampling: design not explained; baseline values of intervention study; exclusion of subjects with chronic illness, with Hb <50 g/L and those who received haematinics during the last 6 months; inclusion only of PW at 26+/- 2 wks gestation; only mean Hb values. 4082 Study in four field practice villages of the department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Banarus Hindu University, Varanasi; method: Sahli's technique; sampling: by a fortnightly house to house visit, 260 PW were enumerated; Hb determination only for subsample (n=232); Hb cut-off level not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables'). Disaggregated data by dietary habits, daily dietary iron, protein and folic acid intake. 4026 Study conducted in the rural health practice area of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, SMS Medical College, Jaipur which covers 59 villages; sampling: random selection of 29 villages, all persons aged 60 yrs and over were identified by census, 374 out of 521 identified aged persons were enrolled; Hb cut-off males not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables').
4073 Sampling: random selection of families having children aged <5 yrs and residing in the Indian Institute of Technology campus (urban) and intensive service programme villages of the rural field training centre. Disaggregated data by age.
1695 Method: oxyhaemoglobin. WHO Global Database on Anaemia
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Prevalence of anaemia 72.6% (Hb <110 g/L both sexes 1-5 yrs, PW, Hb <120 g/L both sexes 5-14 yrs, NPW, Hb <130 g/L males >14 yrs); disaggregated data by age. Prevalence of anaemia 72.6% (Hb <110 g/L both sexes 1-5 yrs, PW, Hb <120 g/L both sexes 5-14 yrs, NPW, Hb <130 g/L males >14 yrs); disaggregated data by age. Prevalence of anaemia 72.6% (Hb <110 g/L both sexes 1-5 yrs, PW, Hb <120 g/L both sexes 5-14 yrs, NPW, Hb <130 g/L males >14 yrs); disaggregated data by age. 3917 Facility based study (routine antenatal clinic and maternity wards); sampling: selection by order of presentation at clinic or by admission to the wards; inclusion only of women in 3rd trimester of pregnancy; exclusion of subjects referred from elsewhere and who had had medication of any sort. Mean age 25.3 yrs. 1024 Method: Sahli haemoglobin meter. Disaggregated data by age; median Hb: 86 g/L. 3919 Data were used from a large-scale clinical, nutritional and anthropometric survey conducted among 3.100 rural Hyderabad pre-school children belonging to poor socioeconomic status in Pattanceru; sampling design and dates of survey adapted from reference No. 4341; sampling: 37 out of 64 villages in the area were sampled, of each village a subsample were selected using systematic sampling technique and probability proportional to size; Hb determination only for subsample (one in three). Prevalence of anaemia 15.0% (Hb <80 g/L). Prevalence of anaemia 16.1% (Hb <80 g/L). Prevalence of anaemia 13.9% (Hb <80 g/L). Prevalence of anaemia 11.5% (Hb <80 g/L). Prevalence of anaemia 19.7% (Hb <80 g/L). Prevalence of anaemia 15.2% (Hb <80 g/L). Prevalence of anaemia 13.6% (Hb <80 g/L). 4071 Study of the entire Taluk of Ankola in North Canara District of Mysore State; method: Wong's method using a photo-electric colorimeter; sampling: 9 out of 83 inhabited villages were selected, total n=3835 persons of both sexes and all age groups were examined; Hb determination only for subsample (n=840); Hb values for other cut-off levels; same Hb cut-off level applied to different groups; Hb cut-off level children 0-5 yrs, PW, males >14 yrs not according to WHO recommendations (please see 'Key to the data tables'). Prevalence value calculated. Prevalence value calculated; 116 children were <5 yrs of age, 151 were 5-14 yrs. 55 PW, 74 LW, 171 NPNLW.
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Region and sample descriptor

A A 107 109 13 12 NS D A 116 115 115 15 14 16 B

2002 2001 -2002 2000 P

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2.5 6.9 1.4 4.2

71.6 74.7 68.9 85.5 65.7 67.5 76.0

61.8 59.0 53.6 60.7

64.9 58.8 76.4