Change on a year earlierOctober 2019Maternal and child
Meghalaya: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 34.0% in October 2019, against 26.0% a year earlier (+8 points).
What happened
- October 2019
- 34.0%
- October 2018
- 26.0%
- Change
- +8.0%
- Change, percentage points
- +8 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 Meghalaya
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | 34.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/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 "Meghalaya", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| October 2018 | 26.0% | 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 "Meghalaya", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for first-trimester ANC registration share in Meghalaya
- Meghalaya: first-trimester ANC registration share of 46.1% in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Meghalaya: first-trimester ANC registration share in May 2021 was 46.1%, above the 4-year median of 34.0% for the same month (+12.1 points).
- Meghalaya's first-trimester ANC registration share of 46.1% in May 2021 is below the India figure of 77.9% (−31.8 points).
- Meghalaya's first-trimester ANC registration share of 44.6% in April 2021 is below the India figure of 77.9% (−33.3 points).
- Meghalaya: first-trimester ANC registration share of 45.7% in March 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Meghalaya's first-trimester ANC registration share of 45.7% in March 2021 is below the India figure of 74.5% (−28.8 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Meghalaya: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 34.0% in October 2019, against 26.0% a year earlier (+8 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-first-trimester-registration-share--meghalaya--2019-10--yoy_change
See also Meghalaya and 34.0% in context.