Table 1 Prevalence estimates for selected indicators, 2021 and 2016.

From: India Policy Insights: Estimates of Population Health and Social Determinants Indicators Across Policy Units

Indicator No.

Category-Indicator Label

2021 Prevalence (%)

2016 Prevalence (%)

National Mean

District Min - Max

PC Min - Max

National Mean

District Min - Max

PC Min - Max

 

Socio-Economic Profile

1

Population with BPL cards

45.6

5.2–97.7

3.9–96.9

39.3

2.6–98.2

2.6–93.6

 

Health Care

2

Acute Respiratory Infection [All Children]

2.8

0.4–9.1

0.4–8.9

2.7

0.4–18.2

0.4–15.0

3

Acute Respiratory Infection [Children Getting Treatment - Facility]

69.2

22.5–94.2

30.3–94.2

73.2

19.8–95.8

27.6–95.1

4

Diarrhoea [Received ORS]

60.7

37.3–88.0

37.3–84.3

50.7

21.0–92.8

21.8–83.7

5

Diarrhoea [Received Zinc]

31.5

6.8–71.0

9.2–58.4

20.9

2.7–78.9

2.7–66.5

6

Diarrhoea Treatment [Facility]

71.0

26.1–87.7

31.6–86.8

68.0

14.2–92.1

19.5–92.1

7

DPT Vaccination [3 Doses]

86.7

62.4–97.8

70.3–97.5

78.8

17.7–98.2

18.5–98.1

8

Full Vaccination

76.9

45.8–96.3

48.1–96.3

62.6

11.3–96.4

13.9–95.1

9

Full Vaccination [Vaccination Card]

82.6

60.2–97.7

65.6–97.0

77.9

40.1–96.5

48.7–96.4

10

Health Insurance [Any]

40.5

1.4–97.9

2.2–96.8

27.4

0.8–92.1

1.6–87.1

11

Hepatitis B Vaccine [3 Doses]

81.9

36.1–98.0

56.0–97.6

63.5

9.0–97.2

10.8–96.4

12

ICDS Benefits [Children]

67.6

11.3–97.0

22.5–96.2

54.1

6.0–91.9

8.8–92.4

13

Low Birth Weight

17.7

3.6–30.9

4.5–28.3

17.7

3.0–37.2

4.1–34.1

14

Measles-Containing Vaccine [First Dose]

88.2

61.5–98.6

70.1–98.4

81.6

21.6–97.8

31.5–97.4

15

Measles-Containing Vaccine [Second Dose]

59.0

11.9–90.8

15.2–90.3

   

16

Polio Vaccination [3 Doses]

80.4

53.6–97.0

56.9–96.6

73.0

27.0–97.5

32.9–97.3

17

Rotavirus Vaccine [3 Doses]

36.9

0.3–97.9

0.3–97.1

   

18

Vitamin A Dose

67.8

20.9–94.5

29.7–94.6

62.8

13.5–93.5

20.6–93.1

19

Zero Dose [Child Immunization]

6.7

1.0–23.7

1.2–13.1

10.4

0.7–69.5

0.8–55.7

 

Maternal Health and Family Planning

20

Antenatal Care Visit [Four or More]

59.5

4.5–98.4

10.9–97.8

52.1

2.1–98.8

5.0–98.8

21

Antenatal Care Visit [First Trimester]

70.2

26.6–98.6

31.8–98.6

59.0

5.6–97.3

14.3–97.1

22

Birth Registration

89.1

52.9–98.9

55.2–98.9

79.7

25.5–99.4

29.4–99.4

23

Birth Weight Recorded

91.4

36.0–99.7

54.0–99.7

79.1

9.7–99.7

21.2–99.7

24

Caesarean Section Delivery

21.7

1.3–85.1

3.0–79.7

17.4

1.0–81.6

1.6–80.2

25

Caesarean Section in Private Sector

47.8

11.1–92.0

17.0–92.0

41.4

10.1–86.8

11.7–86.0

26

Caesarean Section in Public Sector

14.4

0.9–70.3

1.1–61.6

12.0

0.8–68.4

0.9–54.5

27

Childbirths in Public Facility

62.0

20.2–96.2

21.0–95.5

52.3

8.4–96.0

16.8–93.9

28

Condom

9.4

0.2–42.1

0.2–36.3

5.6

0.1–27.5

0.1–27.1

29

Family Planning [Any Methods by Women]

66.7

12.3–88.8

24.0–87.3

53.5

3.4–85.4

4.2–83.2

30

Family Planning [Modern]

56.4

11.1–81.3

16.6–81.5

47.8

3.4–79.5

4.3–76.9

31

Family Planning [Unmet Need]

9.4

2.0–31.7

2.3–27.3

12.9

2.7–33.1

3.3–30.8

32

Family Planning Services Quality [Family Planning Counselling]

29.7

4.6–70.9

9.4–69.7

19.8

4.2–58.0

5.5–52.7

33

Female Sterilization

37.9

1.8–78.7

3.0–78.7

36.0

1.1–76.1

2.1–76.1

34

Family Planning Services Quality [Side Effects Counselling]

62.3

14.5–96.7

14.5–96.7

46.6

8.8–95.8

8.8–94.9

35

Home Delivery by Skilled Health Personnel

3.2

0.2–18.1

0.2–12.7

4.3

0.5–29.6

0.5–29.1

36

Injectables

0.6

0.0–7.8

0.0–4.6

0.2

0.0–1.6

0.0–1.4

37

Institutional Childbirth

88.6

23.3–99.8

43.9–99.8

78.9

9.7–99.9

35.1–99.9

38

Iron Folic Acid [100 days or More]

44.3

2.2–94.8

6.6–94.8

30.6

1.0–89.9

2.8–89.2

39

Iron Folic Acid [180 days or More]

26.2

1.0–84.4

2.1–83.3

14.6

0.4–78.0

0.4–78.0

40

IUD/PPIUD

2.1

0.1–30.4

0.1–20.2

1.5

0.1–26.6

0.1–22.7

41

Male Sterilization

0.3

0.0–20.2

0.0–11.3

0.3

0.0–12.8

0.0–8.0

42

Maternal Care Quality [Postpartum]

89.8

78.9–99.8

86.6–99.8

89.9

51.7–99.5

60.2–99.5

43

Mother and Child Protection Card

95.9

55.5–99.8

71.3–99.8

89.3

21.3–99.5

28.9–99.4

44

Neonatal Tetanus

92.6

66.1–98.8

81.1–98.8

89.8

30.8–99.1

48.5–99.0

45

Pill

5.1

0.1–52.5

0.1–45.2

4.1

0.1–33.7

0.1–33.1

46

Postnatal Care [Mothers]

80.3

25.6–98.3

38.2–98.1

62.8

5.0–95.3

18.6–95.3

47

Pregnancy Registration

94.0

49.5–99.6

62.0–99.4

85.6

20.5–99.3

22.7–99.1

48

Skilled Birth Attendance

89.6

38.9–99.8

55.1–99.8

81.8

17.9–99.9

40.3–99.9

49

Unmet Need for Spacing

4.1

1.0–22.7

1.1–19.6

5.7

1.3–20.8

1.5–17.1

 

Morbidity and Mortality

50

Diarrhoea [Children]

7.3

1.1–36.4

1.7–29.8

9.2

1.7–43.0

2.3–30.0

51

Elevated Blood Pressure or On Medication [Men]

16.3

5.1–39.6

6.2–35.2

14.8

7.4–34.6

7.3–30.8

52

Elevated Blood Pressure or On Medication [Women]

11.7

4.2–29.9

4.5–26.7

11.3

4.3–32.8

4.6–21.8

53

High Blood Sugar [Men]

5.1

1.3–12.0

1.8–10.6

4.2

2.2–6.3

2.3–6.3

54

High Blood Sugar [Women]

4.2

1.4–8.2

1.6–8.2

3.0

1.9–10.8

2.3–10.8

55

High or Very High Blood Sugar or On Medication [Men]

9.8

2.5–19.8

3.1–19.8

9.6

4.7–17.4

5.0–17.4

56

High or Very High Blood Sugar or On Medication [Women]

8.2

2.6–15.6

2.8–15.6

6.5

2.1–13.4

2.7–12.6

57

Mildly Elevated Blood Pressure [Men]

12.0

4.0–30.5

4.7–25.4

11.6

5.0–23.8

5.2–21.2

58

Mildly Elevated Blood Pressure [Women]

7.7

2.8–18.2

3.0–16.3

6.8

2.8–17.4

2.8–14.9

59

Moderate or Severe Blood Pressure [Men]

3.3

0.7–13.2

0.8–9.2

3.6

1.4–9.7

1.4–7.1

60

Moderate or Severe Blood Pressure [Women]

2.2

0.6–9.6

0.6–7.6

2.5

1.0–12.5

1.1–6.8

61

Probability of Dying before Five Years

3.7

0.7–8.2

0.7–7.7

4.4

0.9–9.1

0.9–9.0

62

Probability of Dying before One Year

3.4

0.6–6.9

0.6–6.6

3.9

0.8–7.3

0.8–7.3

63

Probability of Dying within 28 Days

2.5

0.5–5.0

0.5–4.8

2.9

0.8–7.6

0.8–8.4

64

Risky Waist-to-hip Ratio [Women]

58.4

20.1–96.6

23.5–91.3

   

65

Very High Blood Sugar [Men]

4.0

0.6–9.5

0.8–9.2

4.5

1.8–8.7

2.0–8.4

66

Very High Blood Sugar [Women]

3.3

0.6–7.9

0.8–7.9

2.8

0.8–6.4

0.9–6.0

 

Nutrition [Clinical/Anthropometry]

67

Anaemia [Any - Adolescent Women]

59.1

20.6–92.7

21.8–91.8

54.1

11.1–85.0

19.2–81.2

68

Anaemia [Any - All Women]

53.8

16.1–91.3

24.3–90.7

53.1

12.7–84.2

21.9–79.9

69

Anaemia [Any - Pregnant Women]

49.7

14.5–74.4

20.3–73.9

50.4

15.7–74.2

17.5–71.1

70

Child Anaemia [Any]

68.0

22.4–93.6

30.4–92.4

58.7

7.7–92.7

18.7–89.5

71

Child Stunting

35.5

15.1–56.5

17.0–51.7

38.4

15.1–62.7

15.2–62.7

72

Child Underweight

32.1

9.3–59.2

11.8–54.8

35.8

8.4–64.6

11.4–61.0

73

Child Wasting

19.2

6.8–43.9

7.1–32.6

21.0

3.9–43.6

6.0–39.5

74

Mild Anaemia [Children]

29.2

17.7–43.5

19.6–39.6

27.9

8.1–39.4

15.0–37.6

75

Mild Anaemia [Women]

24.2

12.0–33.5

13.5–33.5

24.7

11.7–57.4

19.6–57.4

76

Moderate Anaemia [Children]

36.5

6.3–62.3

8.7–60.2

29.3

2.1–64.7

4.9–60.5

77

Moderate Anaemia [Women]

27.8

5.6–69.1

9.2–67.8

26.6

3.7–61.5

6.1–53.9

78

Overweight Children

3.4

0.7–15.6

0.9–9.8

2.1

0.3–9.1

0.3–6.7

79

Overweight or Obese [Women]

23.9

4.1–52.6

4.5–52.6

20.6

2.5–47.5

3.8–47.5

80

Severe Anaemia [Children]

2.1

0.3–6.9

0.3–6.5

1.5

0.2–7.0

0.3–6.0

81

Severe Anaemia [Women]

2.5

0.4–32.5

0.6–25.8

2.4

0.3–20.2

0.3–11.6

82

Severe Stunting [Children]

15.3

4.6–28.7

4.8–26.2

16.3

4.1–39.4

4.3–35.9

83

Severe Underweight [Children]

10.3

2.3–26.6

3.1–25.1

10.8

1.6–31.1

2.2–26.4

84

Severe Wasting [Children]

7.6

2.1–28.0

2.1–18.6

7.5

1.3–25.2

1.7–18.7

85

Underweight [Women]

18.7

2.2–41.5

3.2–36.6

22.9

3.7–45.9

5.7–45.8

 

Nutrition [Diet]

86

Adequate Diet [Breastfed Children]

10.6

2.7–31.7

2.7–29.1

8.7

1.3–29.9

1.3–28.0

87

Adequate Diet [Non-breastfed Children]

12.5

3.3–32.1

3.3–26.2

14.5

1.7–60.8

1.8–60.7

88

Adequate Diet [Total]

10.9

2.8–35.1

2.8–28.2

9.6

1.5–35.9

1.5–34.7

89

Early Breastfeeding Initiation

42.2

7.3–91.2

9.1–87.4

42.3

12.2–88.8

12.5–82.0

90

ICDS Supplementary Nutrition

69.3

9.9–99.2

16.8–98.7

56.0

4.6–97.1

7.2–95.5

91

Iodized Salt Intake

93.9

39.5–98.7

43.3–99.1

92.9

44.6–100.0

44.8–99.9

92

Exclusive Breastfeeding [Under 6 Months]

63.4

42.2–86.1

48.1–84.7

54.9

17.2–84.7

18.3–83.6

93

Receiving Solid/Semi–solid Food [6–8 Months]

46.0

20.7–83.5

21.1–79.7

42.7

14.9–83.0

15.5–80.7

94

Zero Food [Children]

17.8

3.7–45.2

3.7–45.0

17.2

4.0–33.5

4.7–30.5

 

Social Infrastructure

95

Access to Electricity

96.8

66.1–100.0

61.0–100.0

88.0

30.8–100.0

31.7–99.9

96

Clean Cooking Fuel

56.0

6.5–99.9

6.2–99.8

41.2

1.1–99.9

1.9–99.7

97

Death Registration

70.7

15.7–99.2

23.1–99.2

   

98

Handwashing Facilities

72.8

13.8–99.4

15.5–99.5

61.1

12.8–99.6

15.1–98.0

99

Hygienic Protection Methods [Menstruation]

77.6

30.0–99.4

35.2–99.3

57.9

12.7–98.6

15.2–97.3

100

Improved Sanitation Facility

70.0

27.3–99.8

10.7–99.8

48.4

4.8–99.8

8.1–99.8

101

Improved Source of Drinking Water

95.9

41.6–100.0

43.7–100.0

90.2

24.4–100.0

37.4–100.0

102

Internet Usage [Women]

33.3

7.2–83.5

8.5–78.5

   

103

Private Latrine

72.5

32.1–99.8

11.4–99.9

51.1

3.2–99.7

11.3–99.8

104

Safe Stool Disposal

39.3

3.6–94.0

4.3–94.1

36.1

1.4–99.5

3.8–98.8

105

Women with Personal Mobile Phone

54.9

22.9–92.3

25.4–92.3

45.8

12.8–88.8

17.7–87.1

106

Alcohol Consumption [Men]

17.5

0.5–63.0

0.6–53.5

29.2

1.5–83.1

1.7–69.1

107

Alcohol Consumption [Women]

0.7

0.5–39.4

0.5–31.5

1.2

0.0–50.9

0.0–31.2

108

Child Marriage [Boy]

18.2

3.0–50.7

3.1–42.1

20.1

3.3–49.5

3.3–44.8

109

Child Marriage [Girl]

23.6

2.3–57.9

2.9–58.8

26.7

2.8–59.1

2.9–58.5

110

Currently Working Women

25.0

4.9–65.6

4.9–57.9

24.4

5.4–65.3

5.1–60.5

111

Female School Attendance

71.8

45.1–98.4

49.4–98.0

69.2

36.8–98.4

40.7–98.3

112

High School Matriculation [Men]

50.2

15.7–84.8

22.1–82.5

45.9

17.4–77.6

20.5–77.2

113

High School Matriculation [Women]

41.0

13.3–87.5

14.5–86.3

35.7

9.5–86.0

10.7–82.9

114

Intimate Partner Violence [Against Women]

29.4

3.3–67.7

4.1–65.9

31.5

1.9–62.8

2.2–59.0

115

Literacy [Men]

84.4

47.9–98.2

58.0–98.2

84.4

51.5–98.9

59.9–98.8

116

Literacy [Women]

71.4

36.6–98.9

38.3–98.8

68.4

26.0–99.2

31.1–99.2

117

Population below 15 Years

26.5

16.3–49.7

16.0–42.9

28.6

16.6–43.6

16.7–42.5

118

Sexual Violence [Young Women]

1.7

0.2–3.9

0.2–3.9

2.1

0.3–9.0

0.3–7.9

119

Teenage Pregnancy

6.8

0.6–24.5

0.7–24.1

7.9

1.5–25.9

1.6–26.1

120

Tobacco Consumption [Women]

4.1

0.0–64.5

0.0–54.3

6.8

0.1–78.9

0.1–67.6

121

Tobacco Use [Men]

32.6

6.5–79.7

7.4–74.6

44.5

12.9–84.1

14.2–80.4

122

Women Participation in Household Decisions

88.7

57.4–99.4

77.9–99.3

83.9

59.8–98.4

63.3–97.7

  1. Note. The following indicators were excluded from 2016 estimates as the indicator was not available for 2016: Measles-Containing Vaccine (2nd Dose), Rotavirus Vaccine (3 Doses), Risky Waist-to-Hip Ratio (Women), Death Registration, Internet Usage (Women).