Table 1 Distribution of sample according to their reporting of birth weight by health card, recall and the prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) and missing data across Indan states and union territories, 2019-21, N = 232,920

Jammu & Kashmir

5857

4262

72.77

981

16.75

614

10.48

560

10.69

Himachal Pradesh

2635

1714

65.05

784

29.75

137

5.20

393

15.75

Punjab

5616

2629

46.81

2690

47.90

297

5.29

1189

22.36

Chandigarh

174

95

54.60

73

41.95

6

3.45

28

16.74

Uttarakhand

3784

1593

42.10

1685

44.53

506

13.37

580

17.68

Haryana

6915

2900

41.94

3605

52.13

410

5.93

1334

20.51

Delhi

2937

1079

36.74

1677

57.10

181

6.16

608

22.09

Rajasthan

14,643

7523

51.38

6256

42.72

864

5.90

2440

17.71

Uttar Pradesh

35,766

15,660

43.78

14,710

41.13

5396

15.09

6125

20.17

Bihar

21,040

7352

34.94

8884

42.22

4804

22.83

2721

16.76

Sikkim

620

418

67.42

189

30.48

13

2.10

59

9.84

Arunachal Pradesh

5524

3173

57.44

1337

24.20

1014

18.36

479

10.63

Nagaland

3052

919

30.11

599

19.63

1534

50.26

71

4.73

Manipur

3225

1334

41.36

1086

33.67

805

24.96

174

7.23

Mizoram

2454

1243

50.65

969

39.49

242

9.86

88

4.02

Tripura

2074

1092

52.65

755

36.40

227

10.95

364

19.72

Meghalaya

6628

3120

47.07

2356

35.55

1152

17.38

642

11.73

Assam

10,645

8142

76.49

1725

16.20

778

7.31

1592

16.14

West Bengal

5618

4462

79.42

946

16.84

210

3.74

1025

18.96

Jharkhand

10,047

5666

56.39

2933

29.19

1448

14.41

1344

15.63

Odisha

8522

6109

71.69

2223

26.09

190

2.23

1596

19.16

Chhattisgarh

8514

5418

63.64

2672

31.38

424

4.98

1287

15.91

Madhya Pradesh

16,280

8253

50.69

6905

42.41

1122

6.89

3110

20.52

Gujarat

9868

5882

59.61

3647

36.96

339

3.44

1763

18.51

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

795

373

46.92

383

48.18

39

4.91

157

20.84

Maharashtra

9520

5384

56.55

3756

39.45

380

3.99

1832

20.05

Andhra Pradesh

2833

1273

44.93

1507

53.19

53

1.87

450

16.22

Karnataka

8383

5714

68.16

2468

29.44

201

2.40

1298

15.87

Goa

369

250

67.75

116

31.44

3

0.81

51

14.03

Lakshadweep

276

216

78.26

59

21.38

1

0.36

26

9.73

Kerala

2734

1975

72.24

735

26.88

24

0.88

442

16.32

Tamil Nadu

6498

4356

67.04

2098

32.29

44

0.68

1097

17

Puducherry

766

364

47.52

397

51.83

5

0.65

104

13.72

Andaman & Nicobar Island

461

197

42.73

253

54.88

11

2.39

78

17.41

Telangana

7318

3836

52.42

3341

45.65

141

1.93

995

13.87

Ladakh

529

389

73.53

101

19.09

39

7.37

56

11.61

India

2,32,920

1,24,365

53.39

84,901

36.45

23,654

10.16

38,170

18.24