Change on a year earlierMay 2020Maternal and child
Puducherry: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 38.8% in May 2020, against 23.6% a year earlier (+15.2 points).
What happened
- May 2020
- 38.8%
- May 2019
- 23.6%
- Change
- +15.2%
- Change, percentage points
- +15.2 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 an improvement.
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 Puducherry
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | 38.8% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.xlsx: ('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)] |
| May 2019 | 23.6% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/B - May.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 of 49.3% in April 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Puducherry: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 38.8% in May 2020, against 23.6% a year earlier (+15.2 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-first-trimester-registration-share--puducherry--2020-05--yoy_change
See also Puducherry and 38.8% in context.