Change on a year earlierJanuary 2019Maternal and child

Kerala: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 106.1 per 100 registrations in January 2019, against 86.4 a year earlier (+23%).

ImprovingStrength 2.3 of 10Detected 3 Oct 2026, 21:02 IST

What happened

January 2019: 106.1
January 2018: 86.4
Change: +19.7
Change, per cent: +23%

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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 2018, which removes ordinary seasonality.

Full history of 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in Kerala

The underlying data

The stored observations this signal was computed from. Each opens its release.

Period	Value	Release	Where in the document
January 2019	106.1	HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional)	2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/J - January.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 "Kerala", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)]
January 2018	86.4	HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional)	2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/J - January.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 "Kerala", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)]

Source and method

Publisher: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Release: HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional)Archived file Original URLFirst seen 3 Oct 2026
Method: How a change on a year earlier signal is computedHow 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations is measured

More signals for 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in Kerala

Cite this

According to the India Health Observatory, Kerala: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 106.1 per 100 registrations in January 2019, against 86.4 a year earlier (+23%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-four-plus-checkups-ratio--kerala--2019-01--yoy_change