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National Health Profile 2018
3.3.6 Unmet Need for Family Planning *
S.No.
States/UTs
Total unmet need (%)
Unmet need for spacing (%)
India
12.9
5.7
1 Andhra Pradesh
4.7
3.1
2 Assam
14.2
5.8
3 Bihar
21.2
9.4
4 Chattisgarh
11.1
5.3
5 Gujarat
17.0
6.7
6 Haryana
9.3
3.8
7 Jharkhand
18.4
9.0
8 Karnataka
10.4
6.0
9 Kerala
13.7
8.3
10 Madhya Pradesh
12.1
5.7
11 Maharashtra
9.7
4.3
12 Odisha
13.6
4.7
13 Punjab
6.2
2.4
14 Rajasthan
12.3
5.7
15 Tamil Nadu
10.1
4.8
16 Telangana
7.3
3.8
17 Uttar Pradesh
18.1
6.8
18 West Bengal
7.5
3.0
19 Arunachal Pradesh
21.6
12.7
20 Delhi
15.8
4.9
21 Goa
17.5
8.3
22 Himachal Pradesh
15.7
4.8
23 Jammu & Kashmir
12.3
5.8
24 Manipur
30.1
12.7
25 Meghalaya
21.2
15.3
26 Mizoram
19.9
12.4
27 Nagaland
22.2
11.2
28 Sikkim
21.7
8.9
29 Tripura
10.7
4.1
30 Uttarakhand
15.5
5.2
31 A&N Islands
15.5
8.1
32 Chandigarh
6.3
1.8
33 Dadra & Nagar Haveli
19.6
10.6
34 Daman & Diu
19.7
11.0
35 Lakshadweep
17.9
13.2
36 Puducherry
8.3
4.8
Source:
National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4)
Note:
* currently married women age 15–49 years
Unmet need for family planning refers to fecund women who are not using contraception but who wish to postpone the next birth
(spacing) or stop childbearing altogether (limiting). Specifically, women are considered to have unmet need for spacing if they are:
· At risk of becoming pregnant, not using contraception, and either do not want to become pregnant within the next two years,
or are unsure if or when they want to become pregnant.
· Pregnant with a mistimed pregnancy.
· Postpartum amenorrheic for up to two years following a mistimed birth and not using contraception.
Women are considered to have unmet need for limiting if they are:
· At risk of becoming pregnant, not using contraception, and want no (more) children.
· Pregnant with an unwanted pregnancy.
· Postpartum amenorrheic for up to two years following an unwanted birth and not using contraception.
Women who are classified as in fecund have no unmet need because they are not at risk of becoming pregnant. Unmet need for
family planning is the sum of unmet need for spacing plus unmet need for limiting.