STATUS OF SALT IODISATION IN INDIA   (1998-99 NFHS – 2 Survey)

 

Percent distribution of households by degree of iodization of salt, according to state, India, 1998–99

 

State

Not iodized

7 ppm

15 ppm

30 ppm

Missing

Total percent

 

India

 

 

28.4

 

 

21.6

 

 

16.8

 

 

2.6

 

 

0.7

 

 

100.0

 

North

  Delhi

  Haryana

  Himachal Pradesh

  Jammu & Kashmir

  Punjab

  Rajasthan

 

6.1

19.5

3.2

24.8

16.7

37.1

 

4.5

9.2

6.2

22.3

7.8

15.3

 

13.5

13.9

14.9

27.5

13.7

21.9

 

75.7

57.1

75.6

25.4

61.6

24.4

 

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.3

1.3

 

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

Central

  Madhya Pradesh

  Uttar Pradesh

 

 

 

25.0

22.7

 

 

 

16.3

26.9

 

 

 

14.4

19.6

 

 

 

42.3

29.2

 

 

 

2.1

1.6

 

 

 

100.0

100.0

 

East

  Bihar

  Orissa

  West Bengal

 

 

22.9

29.6

11.3

 

 

30.1

35.1

26.5

 

 

26.6

18.2

25.8

 

 

20.4

16.8

36.0

 

 

0.0

0.4

0.5

 

 

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

Northeast

  Arunachal Pradesh

  Assam

  Manipur

  Meghalaya

  Mizoram

  Nagaland

  Sikkim

 

0.8

1.8

2.3

6.7

0.7

10.9

3.1

 

 

15.0

18.2

9.7

30.0

8.0

21.2

17.5

 

 

46.9

32.7

15.4

24.9

27.9

25.5

31.8

 

 

37.2

46.9

72.5

38.1

63.3

41.7

47.3

 

 

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.0

0.7

0.3

 

 

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

 

West

  Goa

  Gujarat

  Maharashtra

 

 

 

37.3

29.5

32.0

 

 

 

 

20.2

14.2

6.9

 

 

 

 

4.0

14.9

11.0

 

 

 

 

37.9

41.2

49.1

 

 

 

 

0.6

0.2

1.0

 

 

 

 

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

 

South

  Andhra Pradesh

  Karnataka

  Kerala

  Tamil Nadu

 

36.8

24.1

47.6

62.7

 

35.7

32.4

13.2

15.8

 

10.2

12.9

5.6

8.1

 

17.2

30.5

33.7

13.1

 

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.3

 

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0