Change on a year earlierMarch 2020Maternal and child
Delhi: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 60.1 per 100 registrations in March 2020, against 44.1 a year earlier (+36%).
What happened
- March 2020
- 60.1
- March 2019
- 44.1
- Change
- +16.0
- Change, per cent
- +36%
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 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 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in Delhi
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | 60.1 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/L - March.xls: ('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 "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2019 | 44.1 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/L - March.xls: ('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 "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in Delhi
- Delhi: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 43.4 per 100 registrations in March 2021 is the lowest since June 2018.
- Delhi: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 44.7 per 100 registrations in June 2020 is the lowest since March 2019.
- Delhi: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 46.9 per 100 registrations in May 2020 is the lowest since March 2019.
- Delhi: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in April 2020 was 72.1 per 100 registrations, above the 3-year median of 35.1 for the same month (+105%).
- Delhi: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 72.1 per 100 registrations in April 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Delhi: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 72.1 per 100 registrations in April 2020, against 50.0 a year earlier (+44%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Delhi: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 60.1 per 100 registrations in March 2020, against 44.1 a year earlier (+36%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-four-plus-checkups-ratio--delhi--2020-03--yoy_change
See also Delhi and 60.1 per 100 registrations in context.