Telling Numbers: The burden of malnutrition in under-5 children, state by state | Explained News, The Indian Express

Telling Numbers: The burden of malnutrition in under-5 children, state by state | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |New Delhi |Updated: September 19, 2019 8:49:06 am

Telling Numbers: The burden of malnutrition in under-5 children, state by state

The proportion of under-5 deaths attributable to malnutrition, which is 68.2% across India, ranges between a high of 72.7% in Bihar and a low of 50.8% in Kerala.

Malnutrition is still the underlying risk factor for 68% of the deaths in under-five children in India.

A report published Wednesday in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health gives comprehensive estimates of disease burden due to child and maternal malnutrition and the trends of its indicators in every state of India from 1990 to 2017. Key findings include: