The findings of SRL Diagnostics are based on a total of 8,57,003 hemoglobin tests conducted in the last 7 years between January 2015 and November 2021.
The study shows that 63 percent of all samples from women across all age groups tested positive for anemia. But the percentage of samples positive for anemia in girls under 15 years old was 46 percent. Of these, 13% were severely anemic.
Further, the study also revealed that Assam is the worst affected, with 72 per cent of married women suffering from anemia, followed by Haryana (69.7 per cent) and Jharkhand (68.4 per cent).
Globally, anemia affects 1.62 billion people, which is 24.8 percent of the population.
According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-(III), more than half of the women (55 percent) in India have anemia.
SRL Diagnostics CEO Anand K. “The prevalence of anemia among all groups is higher in India than in other developing countries,” the U.S. said in a statement.
Dr. Anurag Bansal, Technical Director, SRL, said, “Diagnosing the root cause of anemia is very important. While anemia is mainly due to iron deficiency or vitamin B12 deficiency, other causes of anemia have also been investigated. should be known.” diagnosis.
Anemia is a condition in which the number of circulating red blood cells and/or the hemoglobin present in them is reduced and is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency disorder in the world.
have conditions that cause not enough healthy blood cells to be produced, destroy too many red blood cells or lose circulating red blood cells; All of these can cause anemia.
While mild anemia is “silent”, without symptoms, in its severe form, the condition is associated with symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, dizziness and drowsiness.
If left untreated, anemia can worsen and become an underlying cause of chronic disease, such as poor fetal development during pregnancy, delayed cognitive development and an increased risk of infection in young children, and all people. Reduced physical capacity.
“Reducing anemia in India requires a multi-pronged approach that includes high level of awareness generation, behavior change communication and challenging social norms related to nutritional and health needs of women,” said Anand.
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