Change on a year earlierAugust 2020Maternal and child
Puducherry: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 64.4 per 100 registrations in August 2020, against 47.8 a year earlier (+35%).
What happened
- August 2020
- 64.4
- August 2019
- 47.8
- Change
- +16.6
- Change, per cent
- +35%
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 Puducherry
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 64.4 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/E-Aug.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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| August 2019 | 47.8 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/E - August.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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in Puducherry
- Puducherry: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 82.4 per 100 registrations in May 2021, against 45.1 a year earlier (+83%).
- Puducherry: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 82.4 per 100 registrations in May 2021 is the highest since September 2018.
- Puducherry: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 73.3 per 100 registrations in April 2021, against 54.0 a year earlier (+36%).
- Puducherry: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 47.4 per 100 registrations in March 2021, against 32.7 a year earlier (+45%).
- Puducherry: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in January 2021 was 72.5 per 100 registrations, above the 3-year median of 49.4 for the same month (+47%).
- Puducherry: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 72.5 per 100 registrations in January 2021, against 49.0 a year earlier (+48%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Puducherry: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 64.4 per 100 registrations in August 2020, against 47.8 a year earlier (+35%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-four-plus-checkups-ratio--puducherry--2020-08--yoy_change
See also Puducherry and 64.4 per 100 registrations in context.