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Table 2 Percentage consumption of different types of diet among adult population age 20–49 years in India and states, NFHS-3, 2005-06

From: Type of vegetarian diet, obesity and diabetes in adult Indian population

India/States

Types of diet

Total N

Vegan N [%]

Lacto-vegetarian N [%]

Lacto-ovo vegetarian N [%]

Pesco- vegetarian N [%]

Semi-vegetarian N [%]

Non-vegetarian N [%]

India

2560 [1.6]

37797 [24.2]

5002 [3.2]

3446 [2.2]

8140 [5.2]

99372 [63.6]

156317

Northern region

       

Jammu & Kashmir

9 [0.6]

276 [18.4]

18 [1.2]

9 [0.6]

297 [19.8]

891 [59.4]

1500

Himachal Pradesh

17 [1.8]

429 [45.6]

76 [8.1]

13 [1.4]

137 [14.6]

269 [28.6]

941

Punjab

138 [3.4]

2149 [52.3]

275 [6.7]

13 [0.3]

420 [10.2]

1112 [27.1]

4107

Uttaranchal

20 [1.6]

324 [26.6]

84 [6.9]

15 [1.2]

108 [8.9]

669 [54.8]

1220

Haryana

107 [3.5]

2099 [68.9]

205 [6.7]

6 [0.2]

148 [4.9]

482 [15.8]

3047

Delhi

43 [2.1]

645 [30.9]

222 [10.6]

25 [1.2]

192 [9.2]

963 [46.1]

2090

Rajasthan

236 [2.9]

5060 [62.1]

393 [4.8]

62 [0.8]

869 [10.7]

1528 [18.8]

8148

Central region

       

Uttar Pradesh

264 [1.2]

8458 [37.7]

1227 [5.5]

336 [1.5]

835 [3.7]

11343 [50.5]

22463

Chhattisgarh

69 [2.1]

484 [14.5]

101 [3.0]

60 [1.8]

57 [1.7]

2574 [77.0]

3345

Madhya Pradesh

294 [3.1]

3975 [42.2]

479 [5.1]

223 [2.4]

463 [4.9]

3980 [42.3]

9414

Eastern region

       

Bihar

50 [0.5]

1812 [17.3]

66 [0.6]

382 [3.6]

120 [1.1]

8037 [76.8]

10467

West Bengal

43 [0.3]

183 [1.4]

16 [0.1]

554 [4.1]

94 [0.7]

12548 [93.4]

13438

Jharkhand

49 [1.3]

214 [5.5]

37 [1.0]

80 [2.1]

81 [2.1]

3395 [88.0]

3856

Orissa

50 [0.8]

225 [3.8]

19 [0.3]

432 [7.2]

66 [1.1]

5168 [86.7]

5960

Northeastern region

       

Sikkim

0 [0.0]

9 [9.6]

1 [1.1]

1 [1.1]

6 [6.4]

77 [81.9]

94

Arunachal Pradesh

0 [0.0]

2 [1.3]

1 [0.6]

2 [1.3]

2 [1.3]

152 [95.6]

159

Nagaland

0 [0.0]

1 [0.5]

0 [0.0]

1 [0.5]

2 [1.0]

204 [98.1]

208

Manipur

1 [0.3]

1 [0.3]

0 [0.0]

31 [9.0]

3 [0.9]

307 [89.5]

343

Mizoram

0 [0.0]

0 [0.0]

1 [0.7]

1 [0.7]

6 [4.3]

131 [94.2]

139

Tripura

1 [0.2]

4 [0.7]

1 [0.2]

46 [7.8]

2 [0.3]

536 [90.8]

590

Meghalaya

0 [0.0]

3 [0.8]

1 [0.3]

9 [2.3]

5 [1.3]

371 [95.4]

389

Assam

5 [0.1]

72 [1.6]

13 [0.3]

132 [3.0]

12 [0.3]

4135 [94.6]

4369

Western region

       

Gujarat

400 [4.9]

4546 [55.6]

342 [4.2]

159 [1.9]

399 [4.9]

2330 [28.5]

8176

Maharashtra

643 [4.0]

3614 [22.7]

529 [3.3]

1.35 [0.8]

912 [5.7]

10068 [63.3]

15901

Goa

3 [1.2]

10 [3.9]

2 [0.8]

30 [11.8]

2 [0.8]

207 [81.5]

254

Southern region

       

Andhra Pradesh

45 [0.4]

579 [4.7]

222 [1.8]

78 [0.6]

1129 [9.1]

10299 [83.4]

12352

Karnataka

41 [0.4]

2126 [22.2]

385 [4.0]

134 [1.4]

979 [10.2]

5932 [61.8]

9597

Kerala

11 [0.2]

81 [1.8]

37 [0.8]

234 [5.2]

54 [1.2]

4045 [90.7]

4462

Tamil Nadu

21 [0.2]

416 [4.5]

249 [2.7]

243 [2.6]

740 [8.0]

7619 [82.0]

9288