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Table 3 State-wise percentage distribution of low birth weight, stunting, wasting, and underweight in India

From: Contribution of low birth weight to childhood undernutrition in India: evidence from the national family health survey 2019–2021

State

Stunting (height-for-age < -2SD)

Wasting (weight-for-height < -2SD)

Under weight (weight-for-age < -2SD)

Low birth Weight (< 2500g)

Jammu & Kashmir

26.05

18.32

22.49

10.48

Himachal Pradesh

29.78

17.11

25.67

15.08

Punjab

22.84

10.27

16.02

21.84

Chandigarh

23.98

8.58

22.93

16.97

Uttarakhand

23.21

13.31

18.87

17.43

Haryana

25.89

12.17

20.89

19.89

NCT Of Delhi

28.91

11.56

21.28

21.39

Rajasthan

30.08

16.74

27.12

17.28

Uttar Pradesh

35.93

17.90

31.23

20.01

Bihar

37.28

23.71

38.47

16.84

Sikkim

22.35

11.68

13.02

9.31

Arunachal Pradesh

26.3

12.65

14.82

10.39

Nagaland

29.11

18.5

24.85

3.84

Manipur

21.42

9.41

12.00

7.30

Mizoram

26.16

10.05

11.52

4.03

Tripura

31.29

16.02

24.06

19.52

Meghalaya

39.67

14.17

24.60

11.90

Assam

33.13

20.51

31.98

15.34

West Bengal

32.59

19.84

31.86

18.75

Jharkhand

35.58

23.45

38.04

14.87

Odisha

29.97

18.15

29.08

18.38

Chhattisgarh

33.23

19.63

31.34

15.06

Madhya Pradesh

32.77

19.59

32.39

20.06

Gujarat

37.45

23.87

38.33

17.64

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

38.92

21.65

38.37

20.18

Maharashtra

33.40

24.92

35.16

19.39

Andhra Pradesh

29.51

16.07

28.80

15.23

Karnataka

33.41

18.17

32.11

15.01

Goa

23.17

20.52

22.44

13.29

Lakshadweep

30.55

15.96

25.6

9.89

Kerala

23.96

15.86

20.39

15.13

Tamil Nadu

25.12

14.52

22.04

15.82

Puducherry

18.94

11.49

15.21

12.73

Andaman & Nicobar Island

21.22

15.73

22.5

17.08

Telangana

32.22

20.40

31.71

12.94

Ladakh

27.89

16.39

19.90

10.58

India

32.55

19.18

30.84

17.73