RecordDecember 2018Maternal and child
Andhra Pradesh: low-birth-weight share of 4.6% in December 2018 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- December 2018
- 4.6%
- series start 2017-04
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Why it matters
A record says how long it has been since the series was this high or this low. It puts a single value in the context of the whole published history.
For low-birth-weight share, lower is better. This movement is therefore assessed as an improvement.
Historical context
20 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | 4.6% | 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: ('4.4.2' Number of newborns having weight less than 2.5 kg) / ('4.4.1' Number of newborns weighed at birth) × 100; column "Andhra Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Andhra Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh: low-birth-weight share of 6.7% in April 2021 is the highest since July 2017.
- Andhra Pradesh: low-birth-weight share in September 2020 was 4.0%, below the 3-year median of 5.2% for the same month (−1.3 points).
- Andhra Pradesh: low-birth-weight share in August 2020 was 4.3%, below the 3-year median of 6.0% for the same month (−1.7 points).
- Andhra Pradesh: low-birth-weight share of 3.9% in July 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Andhra Pradesh: low-birth-weight share of 4.1% in June 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Andhra Pradesh: low-birth-weight share of 6.0% in February 2020 is the highest since August 2018.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Andhra Pradesh: low-birth-weight share of 4.6% in December 2018 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017. 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/low-birth-weight-share--andhra-pradesh--2018-12--record
See also Andhra Pradesh and 4.6% in context.