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Children<5 yrs
Children > 5yrs
Men
Women
Pregnant
75
Women
43
37
18
35
59
Developed Developing
12
7
3
11
14
51
46
26
47
India
Urban Rural
60
70
50
60
35
45
50
60
51
65
AN
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Bangladesh
China
India
Indonesia
Malay sia
My anm ar
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Srilanka
Thailand
AUTHOR
PLACE
PREVALENCE %
1975
Sood et al
Delhi
80
1982
Prema
Hyderabad
75
1987
Agarwal et al
Bihar & UP
87
1989
Christian et al
Chandrapur, Panchmahal
87,88
1988-92
Agarwal et al
Rural Varanasi
94
1989
ICMR
11 states
87
1994
Sheshadri
Baroda
74
2000
NFHS 2
All India
52.0?
99- 2000
ICMR
11 states
84.6
2002-04
DLHS 2
All districts
90.4
2006
NNMB
8 states
70.3
2007
MFHS 3
All India
57.9?
Pe r c e n ta g e
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
preschool
children
adolescentgirls
pregnantw omen
Group
severe
moderate
mild
noanaemia
Anaemia begins in
childhood, worsens
during adolescence in girls and gets
aggravated during pregnancy
Source:NNMB2003
TOTAL
36
51.4
2
URBAN
36
52.9
RURAL
3
36
50.9
Mild
Moderate
Severe
Pregnantw omen
Normal
Adolescentgirls
Mild
Moderate
Children
Severe
Source NNBM
Education
Standardofliving
index
Adolescentgirls
Education
High
Medium
Low
>10yrs
0-9yrs
Illiterate
High
Medium
Low
>10yrs
0-9yrs
Illiterate
20
Standardofliving
index
Pregnantwomen
Severe Moderate
Urban
197579
Iron (mg)
30.2
28.4
24.9
17.5
14.8
24.9
18.96
Vit C
37
37
40
51
44
40
42
Folic
acid
153
62
52.3
Dietary intake of iron and folate are less than 50% of the RDA
Bioavailability of iron from phytate and fibre rich Indian diets is
only 3 %
1975-79
1996-97
2000-01
2004-05
19
20
12.2
12
18
19
12.1
11.5
21
21
15.4
13.3
20
21
12.9
13
25
26
16.7
16.4
22
22
15.3
13.4
Adult males
26
27
17.5
19.6
Adult females(NPNL)
21
22
17.1
13.8
Pregnant women
20
23
14
14
Lactating women
23
23
14.6
14.7
10-12
13-15
16-17
Iron intake is low in all age groups and does not increase
in pregnancy; there has been no increase in iron intake over
INDIA
Children Women
< 5 years 15-49 years
Pregnant
women
Maternal deaths
from anemia
Afghanistan
61
36
55
Bhutan
65
55
81
74
68
2600
<100
India
75
51
87
22000
Nepal
65
62
63
760
Bangladesh
South Asia
Region Total
25,560
World Total
50,000
Others
8%
Hemorrhage
30%
Obst. Lab
10%
Abortion
9%
Sepsis
16%
Anemia
19%
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
<5
5-7.9
8-10.9
11.0
2,400
2,530
2,660
2,710
Perinatal mortality
(rate/1000 live births)
500
174
76
55
and
No.
No.
443
2530 + 651
76
2890 + 428
105
2734 + 416
100
80
60
40
20
0
B ihar
AnyANC
BPcheckup
IFA
UP
Haryana
TN
Weighttaken
A bdominalcheckup
Tamil
Karnataka
Andhra
Mahara-
Madhya
Orissa
ProportionofpregnantwomenwhoreceiveIFAtabletsisnot
highevenamongwellperformingstateslikeTamilNadu,Kerala
andMaharashtra.
ManyofthosewhoreceivedIFAdidnotreceive100tablets
Manyofthosewhoreceiveddidnottakethetabletsregularly
Hb (g/dL)
No.
Mean
S.D
1-15
310
8.8
1.7
16-30
251
9.2
1.5
31-60
196
9.3
1.8
61-90
99
9.2
1.6
>90
74
9.1
2.1
930
9.1
2.2
B.Not known
16
9.1
2.6
3829
9.1
3.8
A+B+C
4775
9.1
3.5
IM iron therapy
IMirontherapymainlyirondextanwasusedmainly
insomemedicalcollegesandrarelyatdistrict
hospitals.Itneverreachedprimaryhealthcarelevel
Therewereproblemsinensuringcontinuoussupply
ofdrugsevenatmedicalcolleges
SomewomenfounditdifficulttocometoOPDdaily
fortendaysforIMinjections
ThoughwomenwhowerecounseledagreedtoIM
therapy,thosewhodevelopedtroublesomeside
effectslikearthralgiawantedtodiscontinue;
convincingthemtocontinuewasdifficult
17.4
49.8
Abdominal examination
42.1
43.8
Blood tests
41.4
Weight measured
Urine tests
42.2
Internal examination
27.6
20.4
Height measured
Sonogram/Ultrasound
16.4
Iron
Iron &
& Folic
Folic Acid
Acid Supplementation
Supplementation
in
DLHS
in pregnancy
pregnancy
DLHS22
During Entire Pregnancy
IFA Per Day
Two or More
18%
35.3
No IFA
38%
20
Received but
not consumed
5%
One IFA
39%
100+ IFA
DLHS2alsoshowedthattherehasbeensomeimprovement
in%ofpregnantreceivingIFAtablets.Therehasbeena
significantreductioninthe%ofwomenwhoreceivedbutdid
notconsumethetablets.Thesedatasuggestthatifallpregnant
womenarescreenedforanaemiaandprovidedappropriate
therapyitmightbepossibletoachievesubstantialreductionin
Birth weight(g)
97
2577+378.3
II - 8.0 11.0
645
2796+394.7
103
2921+418.1
Total
845
2786+4055
340
2805+379.3
32.4%
Nausea/vomiting 15.3%
Painatthesiteofinjection
38.3%
Infectionattheinjectionsite0.3%
None had muscle or joint pain which is commonly
seenwithirondextraninjections
Nauseaandvomitingwastreatedwithanti-emetics.
Patients with pain at injection site were given
paracetamolandIMirontherapycontinued;onepatient
whodevelopedinfectionrespondedtoantibiotics