Change on a year earlierDecember 2018Maternal and child
West Bengal: fully immunised children rose to 1,72,828 in December 2018, against 1,07,707 a year earlier (+60%).
What happened
- December 2018
- 1,72,828
- December 2017
- 1,07,707
- Change
- +65,121
- Change, per cent
- +60%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | 1,72,828 | 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: '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 "West Bengal", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| December 2017 | 1,07,707 | 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: '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 "West Bengal", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for fully immunised children in West Bengal
- West Bengal: fully immunised children rose to 93,707 in April 2021, against 1,235 a year earlier (+7488%).
- West Bengal: 1,70,952 fully immunised children in June 2020, the most since December 2018.
- West Bengal: fully immunised children fell to 1,235 in April 2020, against 98,943 a year earlier (−99%).
- West Bengal: fully immunised children in April 2020 was 1,235, below the 3-year median of 1,04,682 for the same month (−99%).
- West Bengal: fully immunised children rose to 1,17,565 in November 2019, against 11,921 a year earlier (+886%).
- West Bengal: 1,72,828 fully immunised children in December 2018, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, West Bengal: fully immunised children rose to 1,72,828 in December 2018, against 1,07,707 a year earlier (+60%). 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/fully-immunised-children--west-bengal--2018-12--yoy_change
See also West Bengal and 1,72,828 in context.