Change on a year earlierApril 2021Maternal and child
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: ANC registrations rose to 480 in April 2021, against 278 a year earlier (+73%).
What happened
- April 2021
- 480
- April 2020
- 278
- Change
- +202
- Change, per cent
- +73%
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 ANC registrations, neither a rise nor a fall is better in itself, so the observatory marks this movement as unusual rather than good or bad.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2020, 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 ANC registrations in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 480 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.xlsx: '1.1' Total number of pregnant women registered for ANC; column "Andaman & Nicobar Islands", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2020 | 278 | 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: '1.1' Total number of pregnant women registered for ANC; column "Andaman & Nicobar Islands", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for ANC registrations in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands: ANC registrations rose to 566 in June 2020, against 349 a year earlier (+62%).
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 624 ANC registrations in May 2020, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 493 ANC registrations in October 2018, the most since July 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Andaman and Nicobar Islands: ANC registrations rose to 480 in April 2021, against 278 a year earlier (+73%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-registrations--andaman-and-nicobar-islands--2021-04--yoy_change
See also Andaman and Nicobar Islands and 480 in context.