Change on a year earlierAugust 2019Maternal and child
Delhi: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 43.6% in August 2019, against 34.9% a year earlier (+8.7 points).
What happened
- August 2019
- 43.6%
- August 2018
- 34.9%
- Change
- +8.7%
- Change, percentage points
- +8.7 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 2018, which removes ordinary seasonality.
Full history of first-trimester ANC registration share in Delhi
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | 43.6% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/E - August.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 "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| August 2018 | 34.9% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/E - August.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 "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for first-trimester ANC registration share in Delhi
- Delhi's first-trimester ANC registration share of 47.9% in May 2021 is below the India figure of 77.9% (−30 points).
- Delhi's first-trimester ANC registration share of 50.8% in April 2021 is below the India figure of 77.9% (−27 points).
- Delhi: first-trimester ANC registration share of 52.8% in March 2021 is the highest since February 2020.
- Delhi: first-trimester ANC registration share in December 2020 was 47.4%, above the 3-year median of 36.2% for the same month (+11.2 points).
- Delhi: first-trimester ANC registration share of 35.2% in July 2020 is the lowest since October 2018.
- Delhi: first-trimester ANC registration share of 38.9% in June 2020 is the lowest since March 2019.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Delhi: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 43.6% in August 2019, against 34.9% a year earlier (+8.7 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-first-trimester-registration-share--delhi--2019-08--yoy_change
See also Delhi and 43.6% in context.