Change on a year earlierMarch 2021Maternal and child
Lakshadweep: fully immunised children rose to 117 in March 2021, against 67 a year earlier (+75%).
What happened
- March 2021
- 117
- March 2020
- 67
- Change
- +50
- Change, per cent
- +75%
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 fully immunised children, 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.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | 117 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/L-Mar.xlsx: '9.2.4.a' Children aged between 9 and 11 months fully immunized- Male + '9.2.4.b' Children aged between 9 and 11 months fully immunized - Female; column "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2020 | 67 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/L - March.xls: '9.2.4.a' Children aged between 9 and 11 months fully immunized- Male + '9.2.4.b' Children aged between 9 and 11 months fully immunized - Female; column "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for fully immunised children in Lakshadweep
- Lakshadweep: 117 fully immunised children in March 2021, the most since July 2019.
- Lakshadweep: fully immunised children rose to 97 in June 2020, against 54 a year earlier (+80%).
- Lakshadweep: fully immunised children rose to 109 in April 2020, against 62 a year earlier (+76%).
- Lakshadweep: fully immunised children rose to 84 in November 2019, against 61 a year earlier (+38%).
- Lakshadweep: fully immunised children rose to 119 in July 2019, against 77 a year earlier (+55%).
- Lakshadweep: 125 fully immunised children in January 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Lakshadweep: fully immunised children rose to 117 in March 2021, against 67 a year earlier (+75%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/fully-immunised-children--lakshadweep--2021-03--yoy_change
See also Lakshadweep and 117 in context.