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Stunting in children under 5 by district (Tamil Nadu)

Percentage of children under 5 whose height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO reference median, for each Tamil Nadu district. District analogue of the state stunting-under-5 indicator. NFHS-5 (2019-21).

Tamil Nadu, latest

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Latest

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Rank vs compared states

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TN vs MH, KA, GJ, UP · lower is better

Percentage of children under 5 whose height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO reference median, for each Tamil Nadu district. District analogue of the state stunting-under-5 indicator. NFHS-5 (2019-21).

District stunting (under-5) ·

Tamil Nadu's District stunting (under-5): n/a ().

Source: see below

Where this data comes from

The provenance of every value above and how to cite it.

Methodology & notes

NFHS-5 (2019-21), official IIPS district fact sheets. 32 districts: TN's NFHS-5 fieldwork predates the 32->38 district reorganisation, so the 6 newer districts have no separate NFHS-5 data. Frozen at NFHS-5 until NFHS-6 is released.

All values

Every observation, by state and period. Newest first.

Tamil Nadu

Cross-state comparison (2020)

Sorted low → high. Tamil Nadu highlighted.