Table 3 State-wise proportion of children exclusively breastfed according to child’s age in months for living children less than 6 months of age in NFHS-1 (1992-93) and NFHS-3 (2005-06)
Name of State | % Exclusive breastfeeding in NFHS-1 | % Exclusive breastfeeding in NFHS-3 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0-1 months | 2-3 months | 4-5 months | 0-5 months | 0-1 months | 2-3 months | 4-5 months | 0-5 months | |||||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
High post neonatal mortality states | ||||||||||||||||
Assam | 62 | 80.3 | 55 | 53.4 | 36 | 43.4 | 153 | 58.2 | 43 | 84.7 | 40 | 62.1 | 28 | 46.1 | 111 | 63.1 |
Uttar Pradesh | 237 | 68 | 248 | 54.8 | 163 | 40.1 | 648 | 53.6 | 147 | 70.7 | 172 | 53.9 | 102 | 29.7 | 422 | 48.5 |
Madhya Pradesh | 45 | 38.4 | 40 | 26 | 28 | 16.9 | 113 | 25.9 | 61 | 57.5 | 74 | 43.8 | 67 | 37.9 | 203 | 44.9 |
Haryana | 24 | 46.1 | 32 | 32.9 | 19 | 20.4 | 74 | 31 | * | 7 | 21.2 | 1 | 1.9 | 17 | 16.9 | |
Rajasthan | 76 | 78.4 | 88 | 57.9 | 50 | 39.7 | 214 | 57.1 | 29 | 62.1 | 29 | 34.5 | 15 | 16.9 | 73 | 33.2 |
Orissa | 33 | 59.4 | 31 | 36.6 | 20 | 21.1 | 84 | 35.6 | 36 | 79 | 28 | 47.9 | 25 | 35.3 | 88 | 50.8 |
Bihar | 55 | 57.1 | 88 | 48.9 | 57 | 34.2 | 199 | 45.1 | 62 | 63.9 | 40 | 43 | 31 | 21.4 | 133 | 39.7 |
Medium post neonatal mortality states | ||||||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 51 | 78.5 | 40 | 62.5 | 32 | 33 | 123 | 54.4 | 28 | 79.1 | 57 | 77.3 | 24 | 37.3 | 109 | 62.7 |
West Bengal | 26 | 43.6 | 21 | 36.2 | 17 | 19 | 64 | 30.8 | 63 | 78.8 | 64 | 64.9 | 23 | 29.3 | 150 | 58.6 |
Karnataka | 51 | 69.9 | 71 | 62.8 | 40 | 43 | 162 | 58.1 | 38 | 81 | 34 | 61.1 | 28 | 41.3 | 101 | 58.6 |
Gujarat | 26 | 45.6 | 27 | 30.3 | 14 | 15.7 | 67 | 28.5 | 30 | 75 | 23 | 50 | 12 | 24 | 65 | 47.8 |
Punjab | 4 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.3 | 19 | 54.7 | 18 | 31.8 | 10 | 24.9 | 47 | 35.7 |
Delhi | 13 | 27.7 | 11 | 15.1 | 5 | 6.1 | 29 | 14.3 | * | 15 | 27.6 | 14 | 29.5 | 42 | 34.5 | |
Low post neonatal mortality states | ||||||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 29 | 64.4 | 34 | 50 | 12 | 21.8 | 75 | 44.6 | 21 | 59.7 | 16 | 39.7 | 14 | 19.2 | 51 | 34.1 |
Kerala | 31 | 75.6 | 40 | 50.6 | 10 | 14.5 | 81 | 42.8 | * | 19 | 59.3 | 11 | 39.3 | 41 | 56.2 | |
Himachal Pradesh | 31 | 45.8 | 15 | 25.7 | 11 | 17.5 | 58 | 30.1 | * | 12 | 27 | 3 | 7.5 | 27 | 27.1 | |
Goa | 8 | 10.8 | 5 | 5.5 | 2 | 1.7 | 15 | 5.3 | * | 8 | 25.2 | 1 | 3.6 | 14 | 17.7 | |
Maharashtra | 34 | 46.6 | 32 | 30.5 | 28 | 26.7 | 94 | 33.2 | 52 | 70.2 | 75 | 61.9 | 35 | 31.8 | 162 | 53 |
Jammu Region | 15 | 30.7 | 5 | 7.2 | 1 | 1.7 | 21 | 11 | * | 22 | 55.2 | 9 | 27.8 | 40 | 42.3 | |
Total (19 states) | 851 | 63.0 | 883 | 48.7 | 545 | 33.1 | 2278 | 46.3 | 629 | 70.9 | 753 | 53.3 | 453 | 31.8 | 1896 | 48.6 |