RecordNovember 2020Maternal and child
Arunachal Pradesh: low-birth-weight share of 4.1% in November 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- November 2020
- 4.1%
- 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
43 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2020 | 4.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, November 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/H-Nov.xlsx: ('4.4.2' Number of newborns having weight less than 2.5 kg) / ('4.4.1' Number of newborns weighed at birth) × 100; column "Arunachal Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Arunachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh: low-birth-weight share of 6.7% in February 2021 is the highest since June 2019.
- Arunachal Pradesh: low-birth-weight share in December 2020 was 3.6%, below the 3-year median of 6.3% for the same month (−2.7 points).
- Arunachal Pradesh: low-birth-weight share of 3.6% in December 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Arunachal Pradesh: low-birth-weight share in November 2020 was 4.1%, below the 3-year median of 5.7% for the same month (−1.6 points).
- Arunachal Pradesh: low-birth-weight share of 4.2% in October 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Arunachal Pradesh: low-birth-weight share of 4.9% in August 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Arunachal Pradesh: low-birth-weight share of 4.1% in November 2020 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, November 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--arunachal-pradesh--2020-11--record
See also Arunachal Pradesh and 4.1% in context.