Change on a year earlierAugust 2019Maternal and child
Puducherry: first-trimester ANC registration share fell to 21.9% in August 2019, against 30.1% a year earlier (−8.2 points).
What happened
- August 2019
- 21.9%
- August 2018
- 30.1%
- Change
- −8.2%
- Change, percentage points
- −8.2 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 2018, which removes ordinary seasonality.
Full history of first-trimester ANC registration share in Puducherry
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | 21.9% | 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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| August 2018 | 30.1% | 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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for first-trimester ANC registration share in Puducherry
- Puducherry's first-trimester ANC registration share of 50.4% in May 2021 is below the India figure of 77.9% (−27.5 points).
- Puducherry: first-trimester ANC registration share of 60.7% in April 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Puducherry's first-trimester ANC registration share of 32.5% in March 2021 is below the India figure of 74.5% (−42 points).
- Puducherry: first-trimester ANC registration share in January 2021 was 47.5%, above the 3-year median of 31.4% for the same month (+16.1 points).
- Puducherry: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 47.5% in January 2021, against 31.4% a year earlier (+16.1 points).
- Puducherry: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 38.8% in May 2020, against 23.6% a year earlier (+15.2 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Puducherry: first-trimester ANC registration share fell to 21.9% in August 2019, against 30.1% a year earlier (−8.2 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--puducherry--2019-08--yoy_change
See also Puducherry and 21.9% in context.