Change on a year earlierDecember 2019Maternal and child
Meghalaya: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 55.9 per 100 registrations in December 2019, against 39.9 a year earlier (+40%).
What happened
- December 2019
- 55.9
- December 2018
- 39.9
- Change
- +16.0
- Change, per cent
- +40%
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 Meghalaya
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | 55.9 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/I - December.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 "Meghalaya", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| December 2018 | 39.9 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/I - December.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 "Meghalaya", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in Meghalaya
- Meghalaya: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 59.4 per 100 registrations in May 2021, against 31.1 a year earlier (+91%).
- Meghalaya: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in May 2021 was 59.4 per 100 registrations, above the 4-year median of 32.4 for the same month (+83%).
- Meghalaya: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 75.7 per 100 registrations in December 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Meghalaya: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 75.7 per 100 registrations in December 2020, against 55.9 a year earlier (+35%).
- Meghalaya: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 74.5 per 100 registrations in October 2020, against 55.7 a year earlier (+34%).
- Meghalaya: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 74.5 per 100 registrations in October 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Meghalaya: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 55.9 per 100 registrations in December 2019, against 39.9 a year earlier (+40%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-four-plus-checkups-ratio--meghalaya--2019-12--yoy_change
See also Meghalaya and 55.9 per 100 registrations in context.