Change on a year earlierOctober 2018Maternal and child
Bihar: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 68.5% in October 2018, against 61.0% a year earlier (+7.6 points).
What happened
- October 2018
- 68.5%
- October 2017
- 61.0%
- Change
- +7.6%
- Change, percentage points
- +7.6 pts
Why it matters
Comparing a week or month with the same week or month a year earlier removes ordinary seasonality: monsoon-season fever, the March reporting rush. What remains is change the calendar does not explain.
For first-trimester ANC registration share, higher is better. This movement is therefore assessed as an improvement.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2017, which removes ordinary seasonality.
Full history of first-trimester ANC registration share in Bihar
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | 68.5% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/G - October.xls: ('1.1.1' Out of the total ANC registered, number registered within 1st trimester (within 12 weeks)) / ('1.1' Total number of pregnant women registered for ANC) × 100; column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| October 2017 | 61.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/G - October.xls: ('1.1.1' Out of the total ANC registered, number registered within 1st trimester (within 12 weeks)) / ('1.1' Total number of pregnant women registered for ANC) × 100; column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for first-trimester ANC registration share in Bihar
- Bihar: first-trimester ANC registration share of 54.8% in April 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: first-trimester ANC registration share of 73.4% in February 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: first-trimester ANC registration share of 72.9% in January 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: first-trimester ANC registration share of 71.4% in December 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: first-trimester ANC registration share of 70.2% in November 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: first-trimester ANC registration share of 68.5% in October 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Bihar: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 68.5% in October 2018, against 61.0% a year earlier (+7.6 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-first-trimester-registration-share--bihar--2018-10--yoy_change
See also Bihar and 68.5% in context.