11/08/2017
National Family Health Survey
As per the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 (2015-16), 35.7 per cent children below five years are underweight, 38.4 per cent are stunted and 21 per cent are wasted in the country. In the State of Madhya Pradesh 42.8 per cent children below five years are underweight, 42 per cent are stunted and 25.8 per cent are wasted
The indicator “Children under 5 years who are underweight (weight-for-age)” is one of the composite indicator for child malnutrition. As per NFHS-4 data, the national average of children under 5 years who are underweight has reduced from 42.5% as reported in NFHS-3(2005-06) to 35.7% in NFHS-4(2015-16) and in the State of Madhya Pradesh during the same period, underweight children under 5 years has gone down from 60%(NFHS-3) (2005-06) to 42.8%(NFHS-4). Further in the State of Madhya Pradesh the districts Barwani&Sheopur have reported highest (55%) of children under 5 years who are underweight during 2015-16 (NFHS-4).
A statement containing the percentage of stunted, wasted and underweight Children under 5 years, State/UT/Districts wise from NFHS-4 (2015-16) is given below:
| State/District wise Children under 5 years who are stunted,wated and underweight from NFHS 4(20015-16) (%) | ||||
| States | Districts | Children under 5 years who are stunted (%) | Children under 5 years who are wasted (%) | Children under 5 years who are underweight (%) |
| Andaman & Nicobar | 23.3 | 18.9 | 21.6 | |
| Nicobars | 20.3 | 7.4 | 10.5 | |
| North & Middle Andaman | 32.5 | 31.7 | 33.5 | |
| South Andaman | 20.1 | 15.6 | 18.5 | |
| Andhra Pradesh | 31.4 | 17.2 | 31.9 | |
| Anantapur | 40.3 | 15.2 | 39.3 | |
| Chittoor | 31.4 | 18.1 | 32.4 | |
| East Godavari | 27.7 | 15.3 | 27.1 | |
| Guntur | 22.1 | 17.9 | 29.1 | |
| Krishna | 22.6 | 20.7 | 27.7 | |
| Kurnool | 44.1 | 18.8 | 37.5 | |
| Prakasam | 28.2 | 15.3 | 30.3 | |
| Sri PottiSriramulu Nellore | 29.4 | 16.9 | 28.7 | |
| Srikakulam | 28.0 | 15.6 | 28.7 | |
| Visakhapatnam | 30.1 | 17.2 | 33.1 | |
| Vizianagaram | 36.8 | 18.8 | 34.4 | |
| West Godavari | 28.5 | 14.7 | 30.1 | |
| Y.S.R. | 36.3 | 17.9 | 34.4 | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 29.4 | 17.3 | 19.5 | |
| Anjaw | 21.0 | 18.3 | 10.4 | |
| Changlang | 23.5 | 16.0 | 20.1 | |
| Dibang Valley | 38.8 | 7.8 | 14.9 | |
| East Kameng | 42.0 | 15.1 | 20.5 | |
| East Siang | 21.0 | 18.1 | 16.9 | |
| KurungKumey | 38.9 | 23.2 | 26.1 | |
| Lohit | 27.0 | 21.4 | 23.9 | |
| Lower Dibang Valley | 22.3 | 21.7 | 15.4 | |
| Lower Subansiri | 35.1 | 23.9 | 21.8 | |
| Papum Pare | 25.3 | 9.5 | 11.6 | |
| Tawang | 20.5 | 19.4 | 8.1 | |
| Tirap | 39.7 | 25.2 | 35.0 | |
| Upper Siang | 24.6 | 29.4 | 21.5 | |
| Upper Subansiri | 28.3 | 12.3 | 12.2 | |
| West Kameng | 27.3 | 7.2 | 11.6 | |
| West Siang | 34.7 | 19.2 | 21.3 | |
| Assam | 36.4 | 17.0 | 29.8 | |
| Baksa | 32.4 | 10.5 | 22.4 | |
| Barpeta | 41.7 | 16.6 | 33.1 | |
| Bongaigaon | 39.1 | 23.6 | 32.9 | |
| Cachar | 36.3 | 30.6 | 36.3 | |
| Chirang | 40.1 | 13.0 | 24.7 | |
| Darrang | 43.5 | 19.2 | 37.9 | |
| Dhemaji | 35.5 | 6.2 | 15.8 | |
| Dhubri | 47.4 | 22.2 | 39.0 | |
| Dibrugarh | 33.3 | 22.4 | 33.0 | |
| DimaHasao | 34.7 | 6.3 | 18.2 | |
| Goalpara | 42.7 | 22.1 | 39.5 | |
| Golaghat | 32.6 | 13.9 | 20.2 | |
| Hailakandi | 38.1 | 19.1 | 32.5 | |
| Jorhat | 25.5 | 14.8 | 18.1 | |
| Kamrup | 33.3 | 18.8 | 29.6 | |
| Kamrup Metropolitan | 24.6 | 11.0 | 23.2 | |
| KarbiAnglong | 28.1 | 18.7 | 23.7 | |
| Karimganj | 42.3 | 17.6 | 35.6 | |
| Kokrajhar | 30.6 | 15.7 | 27.1 | |
| Lakhimpur | 29.3 | 11.2 | 24.2 | |
| Morigaon | 38.4 | 10.3 | 25.8 | |
| Nagaon | 38.4 | 13.3 | 31.3 | |
| Nalbari | 26.8 | 15.3 | 20.0 | |
| Sivasagar | 35.5 | 8.3 | 22.2 | |
| Sonitpur | 28.7 | 21.5 | 26.9 | |
| Tinsukia | 36.0 | 14.8 | 32.7 | |
| Udalguri | 39.1 | 18.3 | 31.8 | |
| Bihar | 48.3 | 20.8 | 43.9 | |
| Araria | 48.4 | 22.8 | 45.4 | |
| Arwal | 50.2 | 30.7 | 54.0 | |
| Aurangabad | 48.3 | 24.8 | 47.6 | |
| Banka | 49.6 | 26.0 | 48.5 | |
| Begusarai | 44.9 | 18.4 | 39.1 | |
| Bhagalpur | 46.6 | 23.1 | 40.8 | |
| Bhojpur | 43.5 | 26.0 | 47.2 | |
| Buxar | 43.9 | 19.6 | 41.2 | |
| Darbhanga | 49.0 | 16.6 | 41.1 | |
| Gaya | 52.9 | 25.6 | 53.1 | |
| Gopalganj | 35.6 | 16.5 | 30.5 | |
| Jamui | 45.9 | 29.4 | 47.2 | |
| Jehanabad | 52.1 | 19.6 | 47.1 | |
| Kaimur (Bhabua) | 53.8 | 21.4 | 48.1 | |
| Katihar | 49.2 | 20.7 | 45.1 | |
| Khagaria | 49.8 | 17.0 | 42.4 | |
| Kishanganj | 46.9 | 22.8 | 45.4 | |
| Lakhisarai | 50.6 | 20.1 | 47.3 | |
| Madhepura | 51.8 | 24.2 | 49.2 | |
| Madhubani | 51.8 | 19.1 | 45.4 | |
| Munger | 46.6 | 21.5 | 43.7 | |
| Muzaffarpur | 47.9 | 17.5 | 42.3 | |
| Nalanda | 54.1 | 24.3 | 50.2 | |
| Nawada | 48.4 | 21.4 | 45.9 | |
| PashchimChamparan | 43.6 | 21.7 | 39.1 | |
| Patna | 43.5 | 28.5 | 43.3 | |
| PurbaChamparan | 47.2 | 18.0 | 40.8 | |
| Purnia | 52.1 | 20.8 | 47.0 | |
| Rohtas | 48.5 | 19.9 | 45.1 | |
| Saharsa | 43.9 | 24.0 | 44.4 | |
| Samastipur | 49.2 | 18.4 | 41.3 | |
| Saran | 46.1 | 18.1 | 40.4 | |
| Sheikhpura | 46.4 | 28.9 | 51.7 | |
| Sheohar | 53.0 | 14.8 | 42.8 | |
| Sitamarhi | 57.3 | 15.8 | 47.7 | |
| Siwan | 37.9 | 15.0 | 31.6 | |
| Supaul | 48.1 | 20.9 | 43.4 | |
| Vaishali | 53.7 | 15.1 | 41.3 | |
| Chandigarh | 28.66 | 10.86 | 24.48 | |
| Chhattisgarh | 37.6 | 23.1 | 37.7 | |
| Bastar | 41.6 | 33.9 | 50.6 | |
| Bijapur | 48.2 | 26.0 | 47.2 | |
| Bilaspur | 34.1 | 26.8 | 33.3 | |
| DakshinBastarDantewada | 44.2 | 32.3 | 51.6 | |
| Dhamtari | 34.2 | 27.0 | 40.2 | |
| Durg | 34.3 | 21.2 | 36.3 | |
| Janjgir – Champa | 36.8 | 21.7 | 34.7 | |
| Jashpur | 35.1 | 18.6 | 35.2 | |
| Kabirdham | 40.4 | 17.6 | 38.4 | |
| Korba | 33.2 | 25.7 | 36.6 | |
| Korea | 30.6 | 29.0 | 34.5 | |
| Mahasamund | 43.7 | 19.8 | 38.1 | |
| Narayanpur | 49.0 | 30.5 | 49.2 | |
| Raigarh | 39.2 | 19.4 | 37.1 | |
| Raipur | 38.3 | 19.5 | 37.4 | |
| Rajnandgaon | 48.8 | 17.2 | 36.6 | |
| Surguja | 32.3 | 22.3 | 34.7 | |
| Uttar BastarKanker | 36.3 | 30.9 | 49.9 | |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 41.71 | 27.61 | 38.85 | |
| Daman & Diu | 23.4 | 24.1 | 26.7 | |
| Daman | 18.9 | 26.4 | 25.2 | |
| Diu | 37.3 | 17.1 | 31.1 | |
| Delhi | 32.3 | 17.1 | 27.0 | |
| Central | 36.6 | 22.9 | 34.7 | |
| East | 22.5 | 23.7 | 20.6 | |
| New Delhi | 28.5 | 20.3 | 32.0 | |
| North | 28.5 | 13.5 | 27.9 | |
| North East | 27.9 | 12.7 | 23.1 | |
| North West | 38.6 | 17.8 | 32.5 | |
| South | 31.3 | 21.2 | 28.7 | |
| South West | 32.7 | 12.6 | 21.1 | |
| West | 37.4 | 17.7 | 31.0 | |
| Goa | 20.1 | 21.9 | 23.8 | |
| North Goa | 21.4 | 17.5 | 23.8 | |
| South Goa | 18.3 | 27.7 | 23.9 | |
| Gujarat | 38.5 | 26.4 | 39.3 | |
| Ahmadabad | 29.4 | 27.1 | 31.0 | |
| Amreli | 37.8 | 24.6 | 31.7 | |
| Anand | 48.2 | 21.7 | 41.3 | |
| Banaskantha | 40.7 | 21.6 | 43.1 | |
| Bharuch | 41.5 | 29.4 | 44.2 | |
| Bhavnagar | 48.4 | 26.0 | 44.4 | |
| Dohad | 44.4 | 24.9 | 50.8 | |
| Gandhinagar | 36.5 | 29.0 | 42.7 | |
| Jamnagar | 27.9 | 31.3 | 29.3 | |
| Junagadh | 27.9 | 30.4 | 27.2 | |
| Kachchh | 40.8 | 31.4 | 39.0 | |
| Kheda | 45.5 | 27.2 | 48.1 | |
| Mahesana | 40.5 | 25.3 | 41.9 | |
| Narmada | 47.4 | 35.8 | 53.6 | |
| Navsari | 38.9 | 26.8 | 37.4 | |
| Panchmahal | 40.4 | 36.3 | 42.3 | |
| Patan | 37.6 | 24.5 | 38.4 | |
| Porbandar | 22.6 | 25.4 | 27.7 | |
| Rajkot | 30.9 | 23.4 | 31.4 | |
| Sabarkantha | 50.6 | 23.5 | 45.5 | |
| Surat | 30.0 | 26.2 | 36.1 | |
| Surendranagar | 45.5 | 27.7 | 45.9 | |
| Tapi | 35.9 | 35.8 | 42.4 | |
| The Dangs | 48.1 | 43.0 | 60.0 | |
| Vadodara | 43.8 | 16.3 | 39.1 | |
| Valsad | 43.3 | 30.3 | 41.9 | |
| Haryana | 34.0 | 21.2 | 29.4 | |
| Ambala | 19.8 | 37.9 | 32.9 | |
| Bhiwani | 35.1 | 15.7 | 26.9 | |
| Faridabad | 29.7 | 19.7 | 20.5 | |
| Gurgaon | 41.2 | 17.9 | 30.6 | |
| Hisar | 25.6 | 23.5 | 23.5 | |
| Jhajjar | 22.3 | 15.5 | 21.0 | |
| Jind | 26.0 | 26.7 | 29.3 | |
| Fatehabad | 28.5 | 20.7 | 30.0 | |
| Kaithal | 33.6 | 23.8 | 37.5 | |
| Karnal | 41.0 | 19.8 | 32.5 | |
| Kurukshetra | 31.9 | 24.1 | 27.1 | |
| Mahendragarh | 23.5 | 19.2 | 26.1 | |
| Mewat | 52.3 | 17.2 | 40.2 | |
| Palwal | 34.0 | 21.4 | 27.5 | |
| Panchkula | 21.5 | 31.8 | 26.2 | |
| Panipat | 44.6 | 25.1 | 40.8 | |
| Rewari | 27.8 | 18.3 | 23.0 | |
| Rohtak | 36.6 | 13.6 | 25.2 | |
| Sirsa | 34.2 | 22.5 | 30.1 | |
| Sonipat | 40.2 | 21.6 | 30.4 | |
| Yamunanagar | 30.0 | 26.8 | 31.8 | |
| Himachal Pradesh | 26.3 | 13.7 | 21.2 | |
| Bilaspur | 27.2 | 13.1 | 23.4 | |
| Chamba | 29.9 | 15.0 | 22.5 | |
| Hamirpur | 29.3 | 12.6 | 19.4 | |
| Kangra | 25.6 | 11.3 | 23.3 | |
| Kinnaur | 18.4 | 12.4 | 15.9 | |
| Kullu | 19.0 | 11.3 | 11.0 | |
| Lahul&Spiti | 23.0 | 20.8 | 16.1 | |
| Mandi | 26.3 | 13.1 | 16.2 | |
| Shimla | 30.3 | 15.0 | 24.8 | |
| Sirmaur | 23.5 | 19.5 | 25.3 | |
| Solan | 27.6 | 17.5 | 29.4 | |
| Una | 22.6 | 10.7 | 14.6 | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 27.4 | 12.1 | 16.6 | |
| Anantnag | 18.2 | 5.4 | 8.2 | |
| Badgam | 20.4 | 4.2 | 8.9 | |
| Bandipore | 20.5 | 6.2 | 9.9 | |
| Baramula | 28.6 | 14.5 | 12.8 | |
| Doda | 36.2 | 13.2 | 18.8 | |
| Ganderbal | 24.4 | 4.6 | 8.3 | |
| Jammu | 23.2 | 13.7 | 16.6 | |
| Kargil | 39.6 | 6.8 | 20.3 | |
| Kathua | 31.5 | 15.3 | 19.1 | |
| Kishtwar | 29.3 | 16.3 | 18.9 | |
| Kulgam | 20.9 | 7.4 | 10.2 | |
| Kupwara | 30.8 | 5.1 | 14.4 | |
| Leh(Ladakh) | 20.6 | 12.4 | 16.8 | |
| Pulwama | 22.7 | 10.4 | 11.5 | |
| Punch | 27.6 | 17.7 | 22.2 | |
| Rajouri | 36.7 | 11.1 | 22.8 | |
| Ramban | 33.6 | 16.2 | 18.8 | |
| Reasi | 25.4 | 17.4 | 22.7 | |
| Samba | 19.6 | 5.2 | 9.0 | |
| Shupiyan | 22.8 | 8.5 | 11.1 | |
| Srinagar | 26.9 | 24.8 | 23.2 | |
| Udhampur | 43.1 | 13.2 | 27.4 | |
| Jharkhand | 45.3 | 29.0 | 47.8 | |
| Bokaro | 39.8 | 36.9 | 50.8 | |
| Chatra | 49.6 | 30.6 | 51.3 | |
| Deoghar | 44.8 | 23.8 | 46.0 | |
| Dhanbad | 38.5 | 28.1 | 42.6 | |
| Dumka | 43.8 | 41.4 | 53.5 | |
| Garhwa | 45.6 | 31.3 | 50.7 | |
| Giridih | 45.8 | 23.6 | 40.6 | |
| Godda | 54.0 | 24.8 | 46.0 | |
| Gumla | 45.8 | 31.7 | 47.7 | |
| Hazaribagh | 49.3 | 24.5 | 47.1 | |
| Jamtara | 44.1 | 29.8 | 48.8 | |
| Khunti | 40.1 | 43.0 | 53.8 | |
| Kodarma | 42.4 | 20.3 | 42.2 | |
| Latehar | 44.2 | 29.0 | 44.2 | |
| Lohardaga | 41.7 | 28.9 | 48.1 | |
| Pakur | 51.8 | 24.2 | 46.9 | |
| Palamu | 45.4 | 23.8 | 43.9 | |
| PashchimiSinghbhum | 59.4 | 37.5 | 66.9 | |
| PurbiSinghbhum | 39.3 | 40.6 | 49.8 | |
| Ramgarh | 38.7 | 30.3 | 46.3 | |
| Ranchi | 40.7 | 27.2 | 43.8 | |
| Sahibganj | 50.2 | 24.6 | 49.7 | |
| SaraikelaKharsawan | 45.1 | 23.3 | 52.6 | |
| Simdega | 39.2 | 36.7 | 47.9 | |
| Karnataka | 36.2 | 26.1 | 35.2 | |
| Bagalkot | 47.3 | 24.6 | 44.6 | |
| Bangalore | 28.1 | 28.9 | 26.8 | |
| Bangalore Rural | 28.7 | 22.8 | 26.5 | |
| Belgaum | 36.7 | 31.7 | 38.5 | |
| Bellary | 49.5 | 26.9 | 53.3 | |
| Bidar | 42.8 | 23.6 | 39.4 | |
| Bijapur | 44.9 | 29.1 | 38.9 | |
| Chamarajanagar | 30.5 | 19.1 | 31.1 | |
| Chikkaballapura | 37.7 | 17.2 | 28.5 | |
| Chikmagalur | 21.1 | 22.3 | 24.6 | |
| Chitradurga | 28.6 | 31.8 | 29.9 | |
| Dakshina Kannada | 23.9 | 17.1 | 21.7 | |
| Davanagere | 46.4 | 22.4 | 41.9 | |
| Dharwad | 37.4 | 33.8 | 41.1 | |
| Gadag | 34.8 | 43.1 | 38.1 | |
| Gulbarga | 52.2 | 34.0 | 56.7 | |
| Hassan | 27.0 | 19.1 | 26.4 | |
| Haveri | 43.8 | 20.4 | 36.9 | |
| Kodagu | 29.8 | 16.4 | 25.7 | |
| Kolar | 32.0 | 18.4 | 27.7 | |
| Koppal | 55.8 | 26.4 | 49.9 | |
| Mandya | 18.6 | 23.2 | 20.3 | |
| Mysore | 25.1 | 17.3 | 24.9 | |
| Raichur | 37.2 | 34.9 | 41.2 | |
| Ramanagara | 22.0 | 20.3 | 22.9 | |
| Shimoga | 35.3 | 14.3 | 30.6 | |
| Tumkur | 28.6 | 26.2 | 26.0 | |
| Udupi | 21.1 | 20.9 | 22.3 | |
| Uttara Kannada | 37.9 | 18.3 | 30.1 | |
| Yadgir | 55.5 | 31.3 | 50.3 | |
| Kerala | 19.7 | 15.7 | 16.1 | |
| Alappuzha | 14.5 | 16.6 | 17.2 | |
| Ernakulam | 12.4 | 15.9 | 12.0 | |
| Idukki | 15.1 | 24.2 | 14.8 | |
| Kannur | 25.3 | 10.2 | 10.5 | |
| Kasaragod | 18.7 | 9.7 | 13.9 | |
| Kollam | 14.4 | 18.8 | 14.2 | |
| Kottayam | 22.0 | 16.2 | 11.3 | |
| Kozhikode | 18.0 | 13.5 | 18.5 | |
| Malappuram | 26.3 | 22.3 | 17.3 | |
| Palakkad | 20.2 | 10.3 | 19.1 | |
| Pathanamthitta | 13.3 | 14.4 | 11.4 | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 19.5 | 13.1 | 21.6 | |
| Thrissur | 20.8 | 15.3 | 14.0 | |
| Wayanad | 27.7 | 23.9 | 27.2 | |
| Lakshadweep | 27.0 | 13.8 | 23.4 | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 42.0 | 25.8 | 42.8 | |
| Alirajpur | 48.6 | 32.9 | 52.4 | |
| Anuppur | 33.5 | 30.0 | 40.0 | |
| Ashoknagar | 42.5 | 31.2 | 46.3 | |
| Balaghat | 32.1 | 32.4 | 41.5 | |
| Barwani | 52.0 | 28.3 | 55.0 | |
| Betul | 34.7 | 34.1 | 45.0 | |
| Bhind | 47.6 | 30.6 | 49.8 | |
| Bhopal | 47.6 | 21.0 | 39.5 | |
| Burhanpur | 50.0 | 20.1 | 46.1 | |
| Chhatarpur | 42.7 | 18.9 | 41.3 | |
| Chhindwara | 33.6 | 30.5 | 41.4 | |
| Damoh | 43.2 | 21.0 | 38.0 | |
| Datia | 48.9 | 26.2 | 46.9 | |
| Dewas | 42.0 | 25.7 | 44.7 | |
| Dhar | 42.6 | 31.4 | 47.9 | |
| Dindori | 45.8 | 27.4 | 46.6 | |
| Guna | 43.4 | 33.0 | 51.2 | |
| Gwalior | 42.8 | 28.0 | 48.5 | |
| Harda | 39.7 | 25.2 | 40.6 | |
| Hoshangabad | 37.2 | 29.6 | 40.7 | |
| Indore | 39.2 | 17.8 | 30.6 | |
| Jabalpur | 36.2 | 30.7 | 42.7 | |
| Jhabua | 45.6 | 24.4 | 43.6 | |
| Katni | 45.5 | 23.8 | 43.1 | |
| Khandwa (East Nimar) | 43.6 | 21.5 | 46.8 | |
| Khargone (West Nimar) | 48.3 | 21.2 | 44.7 | |
| Mandla | 36.9 | 33.5 | 49.8 | |
| Mandsaur | 34.0 | 21.9 | 31.2 | |
| Morena | 47.7 | 29.5 | 52.2 | |
| Narsimhapur | 37.9 | 21.9 | 35.3 | |
| Neemuch | 36.3 | 24.6 | 39.2 | |
| Panna | 42.3 | 24.0 | 40.8 | |
| Raisen | 45.8 | 24.9 | 44.4 | |
| Rajgarh | 38.8 | 32.1 | 46.8 | |
| Ratlam | 46.1 | 21.7 | 41.9 | |
| Rewa | 40.4 | 18.0 | 36.2 | |
| Sagar | 41.0 | 16.9 | 30.5 | |
| Satna | 41.2 | 26.6 | 39.6 | |
| Sehore | 33.6 | 27.0 | 39.9 | |
| Seoni | 34.7 | 32.4 | 43.8 | |
| Shahdol | 36.7 | 27.8 | 41.2 | |
| Shajapur | 48.1 | 30.0 | 48.6 | |
| Sheopur | 52.1 | 28.1 | 55.0 | |
| Shivpuri | 48.6 | 25.8 | 49.6 | |
| Sidhi | 48.7 | 24.9 | 43.9 | |
| Singrauli | 33.0 | 34.0 | 37.5 | |
| Tikamgarh | 49.7 | 19.2 | 43.3 | |
| Ujjain | 35.8 | 19.2 | 31.3 | |
| Umaria | 41.1 | 27.4 | 46.6 | |
| Vidisha | 41.1 | 21.4 | 40.4 | |
| Maharashtra | 34.4 | 25.6 | 36.0 | |
| Ahmadnagar | 33.4 | 21.7 | 31.1 | |
| Akola | 41.2 | 22.7 | 39.3 | |
| Amravati | 38.1 | 24.7 | 33.0 | |
| Aurangabad | 38.6 | 20.8 | 36.0 | |
| Bhandara | 40.5 | 16.2 | 32.5 | |
| Bid | 37.8 | 29.5 | 36.9 | |
| Buldana | 43.9 | 21.1 | 41.3 | |
| Chandrapur | 32.2 | 31.3 | 40.3 | |
| Dhule | 39.6 | 30.3 | 47.5 | |
| Gadchiroli | 32.5 | 45.8 | 42.1 | |
| Gondiya | 34.7 | 29.7 | 40.1 | |
| Hingoli | 39.6 | 24.2 | 36.9 | |
| Jalgaon | 36.4 | 32.5 | 36.4 | |
| Jalna | 44.1 | 22.4 | 43.6 | |
| Kolhapur | 26.9 | 25.7 | 31.2 | |
| Latur | 34.7 | 22.5 | 34.5 | |
| Mumbai | 25.5 | 25.8 | 22.7 | |
| Mumbai Suburban | 21.3 | 20.3 | 28.9 | |
| Nagpur | 33.9 | 25.6 | 33.6 | |
| Nanded | 40.4 | 20.1 | 34.4 | |
| Nandurbar | 47.6 | 39.8 | 55.4 | |
| Nashik | 43.5 | 32.0 | 42.9 | |
| Osmanabad | 43.3 | 21.9 | 44.5 | |
| Parbhani | 46.4 | 19.8 | 42.3 | |
| Pune | 22.4 | 23.4 | 25.6 | |
| Raigarh | 29.9 | 28.9 | 38.6 | |
| Ratnagiri | 28.3 | 22.3 | 28.9 | |
| Sangli | 23.3 | 17.5 | 24.8 | |
| Satara | 23.3 | 23.5 | 27.8 | |
| Sindhudurg | 25.9 | 19.6 | 25.2 | |
| Solapur | 25.4 | 24.1 | 34.6 | |
| Thane | 38.5 | 29.2 | 40.3 | |
| Wardha | 30.5 | 26.2 | 36.1 | |
| Washim | 41.1 | 32.5 | 42.9 | |
| Yavatmal | 47.4 | 28.8 | 49.1 | |
| Manipur | 28.9 | 6.8 | 13.8 | |
| Bishnupur | 24.7 | 6.9 | 13.7 | |
| Chandel | 36.1 | 7.5 | 13.2 | |
| Churachandpur | 35.7 | 6.6 | 11.3 | |
| Imphal East | 26.2 | 7.8 | 17.1 | |
| Imphal West | 21.0 | 4.7 | 8.4 | |
| Senapati | 35.0 | 8.2 | 14.7 | |
| Tamenglong | 37.1 | 8.2 | 16.3 | |
| Thoubal | 30.1 | 7.0 | 17.9 | |
| Ukhrul | 32.7 | 7.2 | 11.1 | |
| Meghalaya | 43.8 | 15.3 | 29.0 | |
| East Garo Hills | 31.3 | 13.3 | 18.2 | |
| East Khasi Hills | 48.5 | 11.0 | 30.4 | |
| Jaintia Hills | 50.8 | 15.8 | 34.0 | |
| Ribhoi | 51.6 | 9.4 | 30.8 | |
| South Garo Hills | 16.8 | 36.0 | 32.6 | |
| West Garo Hills | 30.6 | 21.5 | 26.0 | |
| West Khasi Hills | 51.1 | 17.2 | 30.3 | |
| Mizoram | 28.0 | 6.1 | 11.9 | |
| Aizwal | 23.7 | 2.3 | 6.7 | |
| Champhai | 32.9 | 6.1 | 12.7 | |
| Kolasib | 25.6 | 6.5 | 11.0 | |
| Lawngtlai | 35.3 | 12.0 | 21.3 | |
| Lunglei | 25.3 | 6.1 | 13.1 | |
| Mamit | 31.2 | 9.6 | 17.4 | |
| Saiha | 36.9 | 11.9 | 16.2 | |
| Serchhip | 25.6 | 9.5 | 12.3 | |
| Nagaland | 28.6 | 11.2 | 16.8 | |
| Dimapur | 20.9 | 8.3 | 14.8 | |
| Kiphire | 41.8 | 13.9 | 25.6 | |
| Kohima | 24.7 | 11.7 | 15.2 | |
| Longleng | 26.1 | 16.3 | 17.1 | |
| Mokokchung | 19.8 | 1.8 | 5.8 | |
| Mon | 35.6 | 21.4 | 24.6 | |
| Peren | 29.8 | 4.1 | 10.3 | |
| Phek | 27.8 | 6.7 | 12.8 | |
| Tuensang | 36.4 | 11.6 | 21.0 | |
| Wokha | 18.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 | |
| Zunheboto | 31.1 | 9.5 | 13.7 | |
| Odhisa | 34.1 | 20.4 | 34.4 | |
| Anugul | 31.8 | 21.6 | 35.3 | |
| Balangir | 44.4 | 26.1 | 44.7 | |
| Baleshwar | 33.2 | 18.0 | 33.7 | |
| Bargarh | 39.1 | 24.2 | 39.0 | |
| Baudh | 42.2 | 22.5 | 43.5 | |
| Bhadrak | 34.9 | 15.3 | 28.2 | |
| Cuttack | 15.3 | 9.1 | 17.1 | |
| Debagarh | 33.4 | 19.9 | 37.5 | |
| Dhenkanal | 26.1 | 19.0 | 29.2 | |
| Gajapati | 32.5 | 18.4 | 32.1 | |
| Ganjam | 28.9 | 16.4 | 21.3 | |
| Jagatsinghapur | 19.5 | 12.6 | 16.5 | |
| Jajapur | 30.3 | 16.5 | 30.0 | |
| Jharsuguda | 34.9 | 24.8 | 36.5 | |
| Kalahandi | 36.6 | 24.8 | 39.7 | |
| Kandhamal | 38.4 | 23.1 | 43.1 | |
| Kendrapara | 26.9 | 12.3 | 24.1 | |
| Kendujhar | 44.6 | 19.0 | 44.3 | |
| Khordha | 24.7 | 13.8 | 20.3 | |
| Koraput | 40.3 | 28.5 | 44.4 | |
| Malkangiri | 45.7 | 32.5 | 51.8 | |
| Mayurbhanj | 43.5 | 17.2 | 43.8 | |
| Nabarangapur | 45.8 | 36.0 | 51.0 | |
| Nayagarh | 28.0 | 17.5 | 25.4 | |
| Nuapada | 37.6 | 26.4 | 40.0 | |
| Puri | 16.1 | 12.1 | 17.2 | |
| Rayagada | 43.5 | 23.1 | 42.4 | |
| Sambalpur | 40.2 | 28.6 | 45.3 | |
| Subarnapur | 47.5 | 22.3 | 43.0 | |
| Sundargarh | 37.2 | 31.4 | 44.2 | |
| Pudducherry | 23.7 | 23.6 | 22.0 | |
| Karaikal | 19.0 | 23.3 | 24.8 | |
| Mahe | 31.3 | 6.3 | 13.1 | |
| Puducherry | 24.1 | 24.6 | 21.3 | |
| Yanam | 32.0 | 17.1 | 27.4 | |
| Punjab | 25.7 | 15.6 | 21.6 | |
| Amritsar | 22.4 | 10.7 | 12.8 | |
| Barnala | 24.6 | 11.8 | 17.9 | |
| Bathinda | 24.7 | 10.4 | 17.2 | |
| Faridkot | 34.8 | 22.6 | 26.9 | |
| Fatehgarh Sahib | 18.7 | 14.2 | 17.1 | |
| Firozpur | 28.3 | 21.9 | 30.8 | |
| Gurdaspur | 22.4 | 15.5 | 21.1 | |
| Hoshiarpur | 25.7 | 16.7 | 21.1 | |
| Jalandhar | 29.3 | 17.3 | 25.4 | |
| Kapurthala | 20.8 | 18.0 | 20.5 | |
| Ludhiana | 30.1 | 17.8 | 28.5 | |
| Mansa | 29.6 | 16.1 | 24.9 | |
| Moga | 28.6 | 20.0 | 24.4 | |
| Muktsar | 31.5 | 16.0 | 22.4 | |
| Patiala | 17.6 | 12.1 | 13.6 | |
| Rupnagar | 19.0 | 14.4 | 20.1 | |
| SahibzadaAjit Singh Nagar | 24.1 | 9.9 | 24.0 | |
| Sangrur | 27.3 | 18.0 | 19.2 | |
| ShahidBhagat Singh Nagar | 23.3 | 15.7 | 25.1 | |
| Tarn Taran | 23.2 | 9.5 | 14.3 | |
| Rajasthan | 39.1 | 23.0 | 36.7 | |
| Ajmer | 33.5 | 31.6 | 39.6 | |
| Alwar | 41.8 | 18.5 | 35.6 | |
| Banswara | 50.0 | 30.8 | 50.7 | |
| Baran | 40.2 | 28.5 | 41.1 | |
| Barmer | 36.6 | 25.9 | 39.6 | |
| Bharatpur | 47.6 | 14.6 | 30.9 | |
| Bhilwara | 35.5 | 33.8 | 42.6 | |
| Bikaner | 33.7 | 24.4 | 33.2 | |
| Bundi | 38.4 | 27.7 | 43.4 | |
| Chittaurgarh | 37.4 | 23.8 | 41.9 | |
| Churu | 31.2 | 21.7 | 27.1 | |
| Dausa | 33.8 | 15.3 | 28.1 | |
| Dhaulpur | 54.3 | 15.8 | 39.8 | |
| Dungarpur | 46.8 | 37.5 | 53.4 | |
| Ganganagar | 29.1 | 20.6 | 29.3 | |
| Hanumangarh | 35.0 | 20.7 | 23.4 | |
| Jaipur | 35.7 | 12.8 | 25.2 | |
| Jaisalmer | 37.4 | 21.9 | 37.4 | |
| Jalor | 45.0 | 27.2 | 42.7 | |
| Jhalawar | 38.1 | 31.8 | 47.2 | |
| Jhunjhunun | 32.5 | 13.6 | 19.5 | |
| Jodhpur | 40.3 | 23.8 | 38.6 | |
| Karauli | 45.5 | 18.9 | 35.7 | |
| Kota | 32.0 | 27.7 | 39.7 | |
| Nagaur | 39.1 | 18.4 | 31.4 | |
| Pali | 44.4 | 21.7 | 41.3 | |
| Pratapgarh | 46.3 | 38.2 | 54.6 | |
| Rajsamand | 38.6 | 28.9 | 38.8 | |
| SawaiMadhopur | 39.4 | 16.4 | 34.4 | |
| Sikar | 28.4 | 11.5 | 20.5 | |
| Sirohi | 42.3 | 36.6 | 50.4 | |
| Tonk | 32.0 | 23.6 | 37.3 | |
| Udaipur | 47.5 | 29.9 | 52.0 | |
| Sikkim | 29.6 | 14.2 | 14.2 | |
| East District | 24.0 | 11.9 | 11.2 | |
| North District | 24.1 | 19.3 | 17.9 | |
| South District | 32.8 | 18.5 | 20.5 | |
| West District | 42.3 | 14.5 | 14.7 | |
| Tamil Nadu | 27.1 | 19.7 | 23.8 | |
| Ariyalur | 37.0 | 20.3 | 29.7 | |
| Chennai | 30.9 | 18.1 | 17.2 | |
| Coimbatore | 27.3 | 21.3 | 22.9 | |
| Cuddalore | 28.2 | 19.7 | 25.0 | |
| Dharmapuri | 24.2 | 33.0 | 29.6 | |
| Dindigul | 31.1 | 26.5 | 29.8 | |
| Erode | 25.6 | 16.3 | 16.1 | |
| Kancheepuram | 25.0 | 13.9 | 16.1 | |
| Kanniyakumari | 17.2 | 9.0 | 12.8 | |
| Karur | 27.5 | 23.0 | 28.9 | |
| Krishnagiri | 25.1 | 20.1 | 23.1 | |
| Madurai | 21.2 | 12.7 | 19.5 | |
| Nagapattinam | 24.5 | 17.4 | 22.9 | |
| Namakkal | 25.2 | 15.0 | 18.0 | |
| Perambalur | 24.0 | 18.2 | 22.0 | |
| Pudukkottai | 26.7 | 20.9 | 25.0 | |
| Ramanathapuram | 22.5 | 17.0 | 22.6 | |
| Salem | 27.0 | 22.5 | 22.2 | |
| Sivaganga | 20.9 | 18.8 | 22.7 | |
| Thanjavur | 26.0 | 20.4 | 22.9 | |
| The Nilgiris | 33.1 | 31.0 | 30.7 | |
| Theni | 27.4 | 14.0 | 22.0 | |
| Thiruvallur | 30.1 | 23.3 | 26.6 | |
| Thiruvarur | 28.4 | 22.1 | 29.6 | |
| Thoothukkudi | 21.2 | 12.4 | 17.6 | |
| Tiruchirappalli | 30.0 | 19.0 | 27.6 | |
| Tirunelveli | 30.8 | 12.9 | 22.7 | |
| Tiruppur | 29.4 | 20.4 | 24.9 | |
| Tiruvannamalai | 24.5 | 34.6 | 34.7 | |
| Vellore | 29.0 | 27.5 | 32.6 | |
| Viluppuram | 31.8 | 16.3 | 28.6 | |
| Virudhunagar | 29.9 | 17.7 | 25.7 | |
| Telangana | 28.1 | 18.0 | 28.5 | |
| Adilabad | 38.3 | 22.1 | 35.8 | |
| Hyderabad | 15.7 | 14.1 | 16.8 | |
| Karimnagar | 24.3 | 19.3 | 25.4 | |
| Khammam | 26.5 | 13.7 | 22.2 | |
| Mahbubnagar | 37.1 | 18.6 | 34.5 | |
| Medak | 33.4 | 20.7 | 37.0 | |
| Nalgonda | 28.9 | 23.1 | 34.1 | |
| Nizamabad | 36.6 | 22.0 | 36.3 | |
| Rangareddy | 26.2 | 14.8 | 25.8 | |
| Warangal | 26.6 | 16.6 | 29.1 | |
| Tripura | 24.3 | 16.8 | 24.1 | |
| Dhalai | 32.5 | 23.3 | 27.2 | |
| North Tripura | 29.0 | 14.8 | 30.7 | |
| South Tripura | 25.0 | 21.5 | 25.8 | |
| West Tripura | 19.5 | 14.2 | 19.0 | |
| Uttarpradesh | 46.3 | 17.9 | 39.5 | |
| Agra | 44.7 | 14.9 | 34.8 | |
| Aligarh | 49.1 | 14.6 | 38.2 | |
| Allahabad | 43.8 | 20.0 | 43.4 | |
| Ambedkar Nagar | 43.0 | 22.7 | 41.0 | |
| Auraiya | 43.6 | 26.5 | 46.4 | |
| Azamgarh | 40.0 | 16.9 | 33.0 | |
| Baghpat | 35.8 | 14.9 | 33.3 | |
| Bahraich | 65.1 | 13.7 | 44.0 | |
| Ballia | 39.6 | 14.1 | 31.1 | |
| Balrampur | 62.8 | 10.3 | 43.5 | |
| Banda | 46.7 | 18.0 | 41.5 | |
| Bara Banki | 51.5 | 12.2 | 40.2 | |
| Bareilly | 45.6 | 18.8 | 42.1 | |
| Basti | 48.9 | 14.1 | 33.3 | |
| Bijnor | 42.6 | 22.4 | 41.8 | |
| Budaun | 55.1 | 20.1 | 53.6 | |
| Bulandshahr | 43.2 | 16.0 | 33.8 | |
| Chandauli | 43.3 | 17.8 | 34.8 | |
| Chitrakoot | 50.9 | 33.3 | 52.5 | |
| Deoria | 41.2 | 14.1 | 31.6 | |
| Etah | 51.0 | 9.6 | 32.2 | |
| Etawah | 53.2 | 11.4 | 32.6 | |
| Faizabad | 49.9 | 19.3 | 44.9 | |
| Farrukhabad | 49.1 | 8.4 | 31.4 | |
| Fatehpur | 52.4 | 14.9 | 40.4 | |
| Firozabad | 44.0 | 11.7 | 27.9 | |
| Gautum Buddha Nagar | 32.2 | 16.2 | 28.4 | |
| Ghaziabad | 34.7 | 13.9 | 29.6 | |
| Ghazipur | 41.4 | 17.7 | 31.7 | |
| Gonda | 56.9 | 9.8 | 38.6 | |
| Gorakhpur | 42.1 | 19.9 | 35.2 | |
| Hamirpur | 38.5 | 32.3 | 39.8 | |
| Hardoi | 50.5 | 14.7 | 39.9 | |
| Jalaun | 45.6 | 32.2 | 49.2 | |
| Jaunpur | 48.0 | 27.3 | 52.7 | |
| Jhansi | 36.1 | 27.2 | 39.5 | |
| JyotibaPhule Nagar | 44.7 | 22.8 | 42.4 | |
| Kannauj | 50.4 | 12.2 | 32.9 | |
| Kanpur Dehat | 45.9 | 15.4 | 36.1 | |
| Kanpur Nagar | 43.6 | 24.1 | 41.8 | |
| Kanshiram Nagar | 51.5 | 11.6 | 32.8 | |
| Kaushambi | 50.1 | 29.9 | 52.8 | |
| Kheri | 53.9 | 17.5 | 40.8 | |
| Kushinagar | 45.0 | 14.6 | 35.1 | |
| Lalitpur | 40.7 | 39.0 | 48.8 | |
| Lucknow | 37.5 | 33.6 | 44.5 | |
| Mahamaya Nagar | 44.2 | 9.7 | 31.7 | |
| Mahoba | 44.6 | 23.9 | 47.7 | |
| Mahrajganj | 53.3 | 12.5 | 37.1 | |
| Mainpuri | 46.5 | 11.5 | 32.5 | |
| Mathura | 40.8 | 12.9 | 27.7 | |
| Mau | 40.9 | 19.7 | 35.1 | |
| Meerut | 35.3 | 18.8 | 35.2 | |
| Mirzapur | 49.1 | 20.8 | 46.5 | |
| Moradabad | 45.1 | 16.4 | 43.2 | |
| Muzaffarnagar | 40.8 | 18.8 | 36.9 | |
| Pilibhit | 51.5 | 21.8 | 44.1 | |
| Pratapgarh | 41.3 | 23.8 | 42.6 | |
| Rae Bareli | 36.2 | 31.4 | 41.3 | |
| Rampur | 46.0 | 20.8 | 44.4 | |
| Saharanpur | 36.9 | 18.5 | 36.1 | |
| SantKabir Nagar | 50.5 | 10.9 | 36.5 | |
| SantRavidas Nagar | 51.4 | 21.5 | 49.1 | |
| Shahjahanpur | 49.3 | 23.6 | 54.3 | |
| Shrawasti | 63.5 | 10.1 | 39.2 | |
| Siddharthnagar | 57.9 | 13.7 | 43.5 | |
| Sitapur | 56.4 | 14.0 | 48.6 | |
| Sonbhadra | 45.9 | 22.5 | 46.4 | |
| Sultanpur | 45.9 | 19.1 | 39.8 | |
| Unnao | 46.5 | 13.1 | 34.3 | |
| Varanasi | 44.7 | 25.3 | 45.4 | |
| Uttarakhand | 33.5 | 19.5 | 26.6 | |
| Almora | 32.9 | 14.4 | 22.5 | |
| Bageshwar | 25.1 | 26.3 | 27.2 | |
| Chamoli | 33.7 | 18.0 | 22.3 | |
| Champawat | 30.5 | 17.4 | 21.2 | |
| Dehradun | 28.5 | 30.1 | 30.7 | |
| Garhwal | 22.9 | 27.4 | 27.9 | |
| Hardwar | 39.1 | 12.3 | 24.7 | |
| Nainital | 32.1 | 9.0 | 17.0 | |
| Pithoragarh | 30.6 | 20.6 | 16.6 | |
| Rudraprayag | 29.9 | 18.4 | 25.9 | |
| TehriGarhwal | 30.1 | 46.9 | 44.2 | |
| Udham Singh Nagar | 37.8 | 12.0 | 27.1 | |
| Uttarkashi | 35.2 | 39.4 | 40.3 | |
| West Bengal | 32.5 | 20.3 | 31.5 | |
| Bankura | 34.0 | 27.0 | 39.8 | |
| Barddhaman | 32.5 | 25.8 | 33.7 | |
| Birbhum | 40.5 | 29.5 | 43.1 | |
| DakshinDinajpur | 32.9 | 17.1 | 28.1 | |
| Darjiling | 29.1 | 11.3 | 25.7 | |
| Haora | 34.6 | 14.6 | 28.4 | |
| Hugli | 30.1 | 18.5 | 28.7 | |
| Jalpaiguri | 31.2 | 17.7 | 24.6 | |
| Koch Bihar | 32.9 | 20.1 | 29.3 | |
| Kolkata | 24.2 | 17.4 | 19.6 | |
| Maldah | 37.8 | 22.8 | 37.2 | |
| Murshidabad | 41.9 | 17.5 | 34.6 | |
| Nadia | 23.3 | 10.7 | 19.3 | |
| North Twenty Four Parganas | 23.8 | 13.6 | 18.3 | |
| PaschimMedinipur | 29.4 | 28.0 | 40.3 | |
| PurbaMedinipur | 29.9 | 24.5 | 32.8 | |
| Puruliya | 45.5 | 34.6 | 58.2 | |
| South Twenty Four Parganas | 27.3 | 20.1 | 27.9 | |
| Uttar Dinajpur | 40.4 | 14.0 | 34.7 | |
Report on Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) gives statistics on Cause of death obtained through Civil Registration System under Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969. It is published annually by Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India. As per MCCD, State-wise number of people who lost their life due to malnutrition for the period of 2013-2015 are given below:
| Malnutrition Deaths* | |||||
| Year 2013 | |||||
| State | Male | Female | Total | ||
| All India | 509 | 599 | 1108 | ||
| Andhra Pradesh | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||
| A&N Island | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Assam | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bihar | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Chandigarh | 160 | 340 | 500 | ||
| Chhattisgarh | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Delhi | 33 | 31 | 64 | ||
| D&N Haveli | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daman and Diu | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Goa | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Himachal Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Jharkhand | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Karnataka | 102 | 65 | 167 | ||
| Kerala | 23 | 24 | 47 | ||
| Lakshadweep | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maharashtra | 63 | 44 | 107 | ||
| Manipur | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Meghalaya | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Mizoram | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Nagaland | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Odisha | 7 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Puducherry | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Punjab | 10 | 5 | 15 | ||
| Rajasthan | 12 | 5 | 17 | ||
| Sikkim | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tamil Nadu | 55 | 38 | 93 | ||
| Tripura | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Uttrakhand | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| West Bengal | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Year 2014 | |||||
| All India | 613 | 407 | 1020 | ||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| A&N Island | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Assam | 303 | 172 | 475 | ||
| Bihar | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chandigarh | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Chhattisgarh | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Delhi | 36 | 34 | 70 | ||
| D&N Haveli | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daman and Diu | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Goa | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Gujarat | 13 | 12 | 25 | ||
| Himachal Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jharkhand | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Karnataka | 94 | 54 | 148 | ||
| Kerala | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Lakshadweep | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maharashtra | 31 | 25 | 56 | ||
| Manipur | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Meghalaya | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Mizoram | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Nagaland | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Odisha | 14 | 10 | 24 | ||
| Puducherry | 17 | 5 | 22 | ||
| Punjab | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Rajasthan | 13 | 6 | 19 | ||
| Sikkim | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tamil Nadu | 39 | 49 | 88 | ||
| Telangana | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tripura | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Uttrakhand | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| West Bengal | 7 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Year 2015 | |||||
| All India | 641 | 462 | 1103 | ||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| A&N Island | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Arunanchal Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Assam | 359 | 248 | 607 | ||
| Bihar | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Chandigarh | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Chhattisgarh | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Delhi | 24 | 20 | 44 | ||
| D&N Haveli | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daman and Diu | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Goa | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gujarat | 20 | 14 | 34 | ||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jharkhand | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Karnataka | 95 | 72 | 167 | ||
| Kerala | 7 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maharashtra | 32 | 25 | 57 | ||
| Manipur | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Meghalaya | 12 | 12 | 24 | ||
| Mizoram | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Nagaland | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Odisha | 10 | 11 | 21 | ||
| Puducherry | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Punjab | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rajasthan | 15 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Sikkim | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Tamil Nadu | 38 | 25 | 63 | ||
| Telangana | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tripura | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Uttrakhand | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| West Bengal | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Source * Report on Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) -2013, 2014, 2015 from Office of RG of India. | |||||
Central governments have initiated various programs like MAA (Mothers Absolute Affection) to promote exclusive breast feeding; PradhanMantriSurakshitMatritvaAbhiyan; and issued the following guidelines to the state governments including Madhya Pradesh to combat the challenges of malnutrition in the country.
- Operational Guidelines on Facility Based Management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM).
- Guidelines for Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Children at Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC)
iii. Central government have also issued guidelines on India Newborn Action Plan (INAP) to all the state governments.
- National guidelines for enhancing optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices.
- Operational guidelines on Home Based Newborn Care (HBNC) and Facility Based Newborn Care (FBNC).
- National Iron Plus Initiative (NIPI) for anaemia control among children from 6 to 60 months of age.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Faggan Singh Kulaste stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today
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