Children with fever or ARI symptoms taken to a health facility, NFHS-6
Nagaland takes 34.0 per cent of children with fever or breathing symptoms for care, Mizoram 42.2 and Assam 44.4, against 86.9 in Punjab and 80.3 in Karnataka. The India figure is 68.8 per cent, almost unchanged from 69.0 in NFHS-5. Punjab rose 29.6 points and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu fell 14.5.
Policy implication
The figure counts children taken to any health provider, public or private, and says nothing about the quality of care. A figure for a small territory rests on few children, and Chandigarh's 92.1 is based on 25 to 49 cases, so it is flagged and the takeaway compares Punjab, the highest figure without that flag.
The figure counts children taken to any health provider, public or private, and says nothing about the quality of care. A figure for a small territory rests on few children, and Chandigarh's 92.1 is based on 25 to 49 cases, so it is flagged and the takeaway compares Punjab, the highest figure without that flag.
Data vintage. This map uses NFHS-5 (2019-21). NFHS-6 (2023-24) state fact sheets were released in May 2026, but they are provisional and report fewer indicators, so the figures here have not been replaced.
Source: NFHS-6 (2023-24). See the methodology for notes and limitations.
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