Change on a year earlierDecember 2018Maternal and child
Bihar: ANC registrations fell to 1,55,165 in December 2018, against 2,31,857 a year earlier (−33%).
What happened
- December 2018
- 1,55,165
- December 2017
- 2,31,857
- Change
- −76,692
- Change, per cent
- −33%
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 2017, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | 1,55,165 | 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: '1.1' Total number of pregnant women registered for ANC; column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| December 2017 | 2,31,857 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/I - December.xls: '1.1' Total number of pregnant women registered for ANC; column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for ANC registrations in Bihar
- Bihar: ANC registrations rose to 2,42,888 in April 2021, against 37,267 a year earlier (+552%).
- Bihar: 3,43,184 ANC registrations in May 2020, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: ANC registrations fell to 37,267 in April 2020, against 3,08,215 a year earlier (−88%).
- Bihar: ANC registrations in April 2020 was 37,267, below the 3-year median of 2,88,419 for the same month (−87%).
- Bihar: ANC registrations rose to 2,67,367 in December 2019, against 1,55,165 a year earlier (+72%).
- Bihar: 3,15,874 ANC registrations in August 2019, the most since July 2018.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Bihar: ANC registrations fell to 1,55,165 in December 2018, against 2,31,857 a year earlier (−33%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/anc-registrations--bihar--2018-12--yoy_change
See also Bihar and 1,55,165 in context.