Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Status of Goitre or Thyroid Disorders in India
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08 FEB 2022 12:38PM by PIB Delhi
India has completed its transition from iodine deficiency to iodine replete status. It is believed that iodine supplementation can cause a spurt in autoimmune thyroid dysfunction and hypothyroidism, by making the thyroid gland more susceptible to damage by body’s own immune system. The prevalence of self-reported goitre or thyroid disorder in National Family Health Survey IV [NFHS IV (2015-2016)] was 2.2%, while it was 2.9% in NFHS-V (2019-2021).
The NFHS IV (2015-2016) has reported that amongst individuals between the age 15-49 years, the self-reported prevalence of goitre or thyroid disorder was nearly 2% in females and less than 1% in males. Also, the reported prevalence increased with age in women (15-19 years: 0.7%; 20-34 years: 1.8%; 35-49 years: 3.4%). As per NFHS V, the details of States/UTs wise cases reported are given below.
Goitre or Thyroid Disorders
|
STATE/UT
|
Number of Women per 100000
|
Kerala
|
8696
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
6809
|
Delhi NCT
|
5926
|
Telangana
|
5763
|
West Bengal
|
5298
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
4551
|
Tamil Nadu
|
4076
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
3776
|
Tripura
|
3643
|
Punjab
|
3407
|
Manipur
|
2989
|
Haryana
|
2701
|
Assam
|
2642
|
Goa
|
2548
|
Uttarakhand
|
2411
|
Sikkim
|
2220
|
Maharashtra
|
2126
|
Odisha
|
2081
|
Meghalaya
|
1988
|
Karnataka
|
1969
|
Bihar
|
1705
|
Jharkhand
|
1697
|
Rajasthan
|
1310
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
1281
|
Gujarat
|
1151
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
1087
|
Mizoram
|
908
|
Chhattisgarh
|
903
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
732
|
Nagaland
|
505
|
As per the NFHS IV (2015-2016), amongst 6,99,686 women in their reproductive age groups (15-49 years), those in the highest quintile of wealth index had three to four-fold higher risk of having thyroid disorders. In addition, there was a graded increase in risk of having thyroid disorders from poorest to richest.
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the RajyaSabha today.
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