States | Total fertility rate | % Women with BMI below 18.5 | % Women with anaemia | % Women involved in decision making about their own health | | | | | | | INDIA | 2.85 | 35.8 | 51.8 | 51.6 | | | | | | | North | | | | | Delhi | 2.4 | 12 | 40.5 | 68.7 | Haryana | 2.88 | 25.9 | 47 | 67.2 | Himachal Pradesh | 2.14 | 29.7 | 40.5 | 80.8 | Jammu and Kashmir | 2.71 | 26.4 | 58.7 | 55.5 | Punjab | 2.21 | 16.9 | 41.4 | 78.5 | Rajasthan | 3.78 | 36.1 | 48.5 | 40.6 | | | | | | | Central | | | | | Madhya Pradesh | 3.31 | 38.2 | 54.3 | 36.6 | Uttar Pradesh | 3.99 | 35.8 | 48.7 | 44.8 | | | | | | | East | | | | | Bihar | 3.49 | 39.3 | 63.4 | 47.6 | Orissa | 2.46 | 48 | 63 | 38.6 | West Bengal | 2.29 | 43.7 | 62.7 | 45.1 | | | | | | | Northeast | | | | | Arunachal Pradesh | 2.52 | 10.7 | 62.5 | 70.0 | Assam | 2.31 | 27.1 | 69.7 | 65.1 | Manipur | 3.04 | 18.8 | 28.9 | 43.3 | Meghalaya | 4.57 | 25.8 | 63.3 | 78.9 | Mizoram | 2.89 | 22.6 | 48 | 73.2 | Nagaland | 3.77 | 18.4 | 38.4 | 69.4 | Sikkim | 2.75 | 11.2 | 61.1 | 60.2 | | | | | | | West | | | | | Goa | 1.77 | 27.1 | 36.4 | 61.6 | Gujarat | 2.72 | 37 | 46.3 | 71.4 | Maharashtra | 2.52 | 39.7 | 48.5 | 49.9 | | | | | | | South | | | | | Andhra Pradesh | 2.25 | 37.4 | 49.8 | 56.1 | Karnataka | 2.13 | 38.8 | 42.4 | 49.3 | Kerala | 1.96 | 18.7 | 22.7 | 72.6 | Tamil Nadu | 2.19 | 29 | 56.5 | 61.1 | | | | | | | | Notes: 1.Total fertility rate is defined as the average number of living children that a woman is expected to have in her reproductive life. 2. Body Mass index or BMI is calculated as the body weight in kgs divided by the square of height in meters. | | Source: National Family Health Survey, Round 2, 1998-99 |
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