Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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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