Change on a year earlierMarch 2020Maternal and child
Lakshadweep: first-trimester ANC registration share fell to 74.0% in March 2020, against 92.6% a year earlier (−18.6 points).
What happened
- March 2020
- 74.0%
- March 2019
- 92.6%
- Change
- −18.6%
- Change, percentage points
- −18.6 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 a deterioration.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2019, which removes ordinary seasonality. This comparison involves the COVID-19 disruption period (March 2020 – June 2021), when service use and reporting fell sharply.
Full history of first-trimester ANC registration share in Lakshadweep
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | 74.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/L - March.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)] |
| March 2019 | 92.6% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/L - March.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 fell to 74.0% in March 2020, against 92.6% a year earlier (−18.6 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-first-trimester-registration-share--lakshadweep--2020-03--yoy_change
See also Lakshadweep and 74.0% in context.