Change on a year earlierJune 2018Maternal and child
Sikkim: first-trimester ANC registration share fell to 71.3% in June 2018, against 81.5% a year earlier (−10.3 points).
What happened
- June 2018
- 71.3%
- June 2017
- 81.5%
- Change
- −10.3%
- Change, percentage points
- −10.3 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 a deterioration.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2017, which removes ordinary seasonality.
Full history of first-trimester ANC registration share in Sikkim
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | 71.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/C - June.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 "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| June 2017 | 81.5% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/C - June.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 "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for first-trimester ANC registration share in Sikkim
- Sikkim: first-trimester ANC registration share rose to 82.0% in January 2021, against 63.9% a year earlier (+18.2 points).
- Sikkim: first-trimester ANC registration share of 86.2% in November 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Sikkim: first-trimester ANC registration share of 82.7% in March 2020 is the highest since December 2018.
- Sikkim: first-trimester ANC registration share of 63.9% in January 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Sikkim: first-trimester ANC registration share fell to 63.9% in January 2020, against 81.6% a year earlier (−17.7 points).
- Sikkim: first-trimester ANC registration share fell to 73.0% in November 2019, against 81.2% a year earlier (−8.2 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Sikkim: first-trimester ANC registration share fell to 71.3% in June 2018, against 81.5% a year earlier (−10.3 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-first-trimester-registration-share--sikkim--2018-06--yoy_change
See also Sikkim and 71.3% in context.