Change on a year earlierJanuary 2019Maternal and child
Lakshadweep: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 90.9% in January 2019, against 71.6% a year earlier (+19.3 points).
What happened
- January 2019
- 90.9%
- January 2018
- 71.6%
- Change
- +19.3%
- Change, percentage points
- +19.3 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 Lakshadweep
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2019 | 90.9% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/J - January.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 "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| January 2018 | 71.6% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/J - January.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 "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for first-trimester ANC registration share in Lakshadweep
- Lakshadweep: first-trimester ANC registration share of 79.7% in May 2021 is the lowest since March 2020.
- Lakshadweep: first-trimester ANC registration share of 95.7% in April 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Lakshadweep: first-trimester ANC registration share of 93.0% in March 2021 is the highest since April 2019.
- Lakshadweep: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 93.0% in March 2021, against 74.0% a year earlier (+19 points).
- Lakshadweep: first-trimester ANC registration share of 91.3% in September 2020 is the highest since April 2019.
- Lakshadweep: first-trimester ANC registration share in August 2020 was 90.8%, above the 3-year median of 73.0% for the same month (+17.9 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Lakshadweep: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 90.9% in January 2019, against 71.6% a year earlier (+19.3 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-first-trimester-registration-share--lakshadweep--2019-01--yoy_change
See also Lakshadweep and 90.9% in context.