Change on a year earlierMay 2021Maternal and child
Bihar: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 67.3 per 100 registrations in May 2021, against 49.3 a year earlier (+37%).
What happened
- May 2021
- 67.3
- May 2020
- 49.3
- Change
- +18.0
- Change, per cent
- +37%
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 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations, higher is better. This movement is therefore assessed as an improvement.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2020, 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 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in Bihar
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 67.3 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.xlsx: ('1.2.7' Number of PW received 4 or more ANC check ups) / ('1.1' Total number of pregnant women registered for ANC) × 100; column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2020 | 49.3 | 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: ('1.2.7' Number of PW received 4 or more ANC check ups) / ('1.1' Total number of pregnant women registered for ANC) × 100; column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in Bihar
- Bihar: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 49.3 per 100 registrations in May 2020 is the lowest since July 2017.
- Bihar: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 77.0 per 100 registrations in December 2018, against 61.1 a year earlier (+26%).
- Bihar: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 77.2 per 100 registrations in November 2018, against 60.6 a year earlier (+27%).
- Bihar: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 77.2 per 100 registrations in November 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 74.4 per 100 registrations in October 2018, against 54.7 a year earlier (+36%).
- Bihar: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 74.4 per 100 registrations in October 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Bihar: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 67.3 per 100 registrations in May 2021, against 49.3 a year earlier (+37%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-four-plus-checkups-ratio--bihar--2021-05--yoy_change
See also Bihar and 67.3 per 100 registrations in context.