Change on a year earlierApril 2020Maternal and child
Jharkhand: ANC registrations fell to 26,674 in April 2020, against 78,178 a year earlier (−66%).
What happened
- April 2020
- 26,674
- April 2019
- 78,178
- Change
- −51,504
- Change, per cent
- −66%
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 2019, which removes ordinary seasonality. This comparison involves the COVID-19 disruption period (March 2020 – June 2021), when service use and reporting fell sharply.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 26,674 | 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 "Jharkhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2019 | 78,178 | 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: '1.1' Total number of pregnant women registered for ANC; column "Jharkhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for ANC registrations in Jharkhand
- Jharkhand: ANC registrations rose to 64,010 in April 2021, against 26,674 a year earlier (+140%).
- Jharkhand: 99,293 ANC registrations in June 2020, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Jharkhand: 86,690 ANC registrations in May 2020, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Jharkhand: 85,025 ANC registrations in February 2020, the most since July 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Jharkhand: ANC registrations fell to 26,674 in April 2020, against 78,178 a year earlier (−66%). 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-registrations--jharkhand--2020-04--yoy_change
See also Jharkhand and 26,674 in context.