RecordMarch 2020Maternal and child
Assam: low-birth-weight share of 13.0% in March 2020 is the lowest since March 2018.
What happened
- March 2020
- 13.0%
- 2018-03
- 13.0%
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
23 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | 13.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/L - March.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 "Assam", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2018 | 13.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/L - March.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 "Assam", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Assam
- Assam: low-birth-weight share of 11.7% in April 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Assam: low-birth-weight share of 12.9% in February 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Assam: low-birth-weight share of 13.3% in April 2019 is the lowest since March 2018.
- Assam: low-birth-weight share of 15.6% in November 2018 is the highest since April 2017.
- Assam: low-birth-weight share of 15.5% in October 2018 is the highest since April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Assam: low-birth-weight share of 13.0% in March 2020 is the lowest since March 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--assam--2020-03--record
See also Assam and 13.0% in context.