Change on a year earlierMay 2021Healthcare system
Tamil Nadu: inpatient admissions rose to 8,95,972 in May 2021, against 5,14,456 a year earlier (+74%).
What happened
- May 2021
- 8,95,972
- May 2020
- 5,14,456
- Change
- +3,81,516
- Change, per cent
- +74%
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 inpatient admissions, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 8,95,972 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.xlsx: '14.3.1.a' Inpatient (Male) - Children < 18 years + '14.3.1.b' Inpatient (Male)- Adults + '14.3.2.a' Inpatient (Female) - Children < 18 years + '14.3.2.b' Inpatient (Female)- Adults; column "Tamil Nadu", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2020 | 5,14,456 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.xlsx: '14.3.1.a' Inpatient (Male) - Children < 18 years + '14.3.1.b' Inpatient (Male)- Adults + '14.3.2.a' Inpatient (Female) - Children < 18 years + '14.3.2.b' Inpatient (Female)- Adults; column "Tamil Nadu", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for inpatient admissions in Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu: 8,95,972 inpatient admissions in May 2021, the most since November 2019.
- Tamil Nadu: inpatient admissions rose to 7,75,049 in April 2021, against 4,62,394 a year earlier (+68%).
- Tamil Nadu: inpatient admissions rose to 7,29,585 in February 2020, against 5,36,558 a year earlier (+36%).
- Tamil Nadu: inpatient admissions rose to 8,20,499 in January 2020, against 5,47,503 a year earlier (+50%).
- Tamil Nadu: inpatient admissions rose to 8,52,574 in May 2019, against 6,26,325 a year earlier (+36%).
- Tamil Nadu: inpatient admissions rose to 8,15,156 in April 2019, against 5,84,120 a year earlier (+40%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Tamil Nadu: inpatient admissions rose to 8,95,972 in May 2021, against 5,14,456 a year earlier (+74%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/ipd-admissions--tamil-nadu--2021-05--yoy_change
See also Tamil Nadu and 8,95,972 in context.