Change on a year earlierOctober 2020Maternal and child
Sikkim: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 108.2 per 100 registrations in October 2020, against 82.7 a year earlier (+31%).
What happened
- October 2020
- 108.2
- October 2019
- 82.7
- Change
- +25.5
- Change, per cent
- +31%
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 Sikkim
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | 108.2 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/G-Oct.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 "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| October 2019 | 82.7 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/G - October.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 "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in Sikkim
- Sikkim: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 49.4 per 100 registrations in April 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Sikkim: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in November 2020 was 114.2 per 100 registrations, above the 3-year median of 82.1 for the same month (+39%).
- Sikkim: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 114.2 per 100 registrations in November 2020, against 69.3 a year earlier (+65%).
- Sikkim: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 114.2 per 100 registrations in November 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Sikkim: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in October 2020 was 108.2 per 100 registrations, above the 3-year median of 79.8 for the same month (+36%).
- Sikkim: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 108.2 per 100 registrations in October 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Sikkim: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 108.2 per 100 registrations in October 2020, against 82.7 a year earlier (+31%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-four-plus-checkups-ratio--sikkim--2020-10--yoy_change
See also Sikkim and 108.2 per 100 registrations in context.