Change on a year earlierApril 2018Maternal and child
Punjab: fully immunised children fell to 19,286 in April 2018, against 33,046 a year earlier (−42%).
What happened
- April 2018
- 19,286
- April 2017
- 33,046
- Change
- −13,760
- Change, per cent
- −42%
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 2017, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | 19,286 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/A - April.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 "Punjab", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2017 | 33,046 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/A - April.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 "Punjab", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for fully immunised children in Punjab
- Punjab: fully immunised children rose to 36,049 in May 2019, against 10,719 a year earlier (+236%).
- Punjab: fully immunised children rose to 29,546 in April 2019, against 19,286 a year earlier (+53%).
- Punjab: 39,561 fully immunised children in September 2018, the most since July 2017.
- Punjab: fully immunised children fell to 10,719 in May 2018, against 37,968 a year earlier (−72%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Punjab: fully immunised children fell to 19,286 in April 2018, against 33,046 a year earlier (−42%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/fully-immunised-children--punjab--2018-04--yoy_change
See also Punjab and 19,286 in context.