Change on a year earlierApril 2020Maternal and child
Uttar Pradesh: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations fell to 47.0 per 100 registrations in April 2020, against 68.1 a year earlier (−31%).
What happened
- April 2020
- 47.0
- April 2019
- 68.1
- Change
- −21.1
- 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 a deterioration.
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 Uttar Pradesh
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 47.0 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.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 "Uttar Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2019 | 68.1 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/A - April.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 "Uttar Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations in Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 85.8 per 100 registrations in April 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Uttar Pradesh: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 85.8 per 100 registrations in April 2021, against 47.0 a year earlier (+82%).
- Uttar Pradesh: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 82.5 per 100 registrations in February 2021 is the highest since January 2020.
- Uttar Pradesh: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations of 47.0 per 100 registrations in April 2020 is the lowest since March 2018.
- Uttar Pradesh: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 82.1 per 100 registrations in March 2020, against 60.1 a year earlier (+37%).
- Uttar Pradesh: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations rose to 80.8 per 100 registrations in February 2020, against 61.8 a year earlier (+31%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Uttar Pradesh: 4+ ANC check-ups per 100 registrations fell to 47.0 per 100 registrations in April 2020, against 68.1 a year earlier (−31%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-four-plus-checkups-ratio--uttar-pradesh--2020-04--yoy_change
See also Uttar Pradesh and 47.0 per 100 registrations in context.