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Table 1 Top and bottom five states on child nutritional indicators in India, 2015–2016

From: Socio-biomedical predictors of child nutrition in India: an ecological analysis from a nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey, 2015–2016

State

Stunted (%)

Wasted (%)

Severely Wasted (%)

Underweight (%)

Top-5

Kerala (19.7)

Goa (20.1)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (23.3)

Daman and Diu (23.4)

Puducherry (23.7)

Mizoram (6.1)

Manipur (6.8)

Chandigarh (10.9)

Nagaland (11.2)

Jammu and Kashmir (12.1)

Manipur (2.2)

Mizoram (2.3)

Lakshadweep (3.3)

Chandigarh (3.9)

Himanchal Pradesh (3.9)

Mizoram (11.9)

Manipur (13.8)

Sikkim (14.2)

Kerala (16.1)

Jammu and Kashmir (16.6)

Bottom-5

Bihar (48.3)

Uttar Pradesh (46.3)

Jharkhand (45.3)

Meghalaya (43.8)

Madhya Pradesh (42.0)

Jharkhand (29.0)

Dadra and Nagar Haveli (27.6)

Gujarat (26.4)

Karnataka (26.1)

Madhya Pradesh (25.8)

Daman and Diu (11.9)

Jharkhand (11.4)

Dadra and Nagar Haveli (11.4)

Karnataka (10.5)

Gujarat (9.5)

Jharkhand (47.8)

Bihar (43.9)

Madhya Pradesh (42.8)

Uttar Pradesh (39.5)

Gujarat (39.3)

India

38.4

21.0

7.5

35.7