Kolkata, Aug 23 (UNI) The number of low-weight and anaemic children under five years and women in the state are decreasing rapidly, according to a recent report by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development. The ministry came to the conclusion after analysing and comparing the National Family Health Surveys of 2005-06 (NFHS-3) and 2015-16 (NFHS-3), the official sources here today said, According to the data, the percentage of underweight children under five years of age came down from 38.7 to 31.5; the number of anaemic children also came down – from 61 per cent to 54.2 per cent. The percentage of underweight women in Bengal between the ages of 15 and 49 years decreased in the ten-year period from 39.1 per cent to 21.3 per cent, while the percentage women suffering from anaemia came down from 63.2 to 62.5 per cent. When compared to the national averages too, the performance of Bengal is significant. The report presented data collated from the NFHS-3 and NFHS-4 reports for rural areas regions separately, and in that respect too, Bengal fared quite well. UNI BM