RecordJuly 2019Maternal and child
Chhattisgarh: low-birth-weight share of 12.8% in July 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- July 2019
- 12.8%
- 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 a deterioration.
Historical context
27 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | 12.8% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/D - July.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 "Chhattisgarh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Chhattisgarh
- Chhattisgarh: low-birth-weight share of 13.0% in May 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Chhattisgarh: low-birth-weight share in April 2020 was 11.1%, above the 3-year median of 9.1% for the same month (+2 points).
- Chhattisgarh: low-birth-weight share of 11.0% in August 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Chhattisgarh: low-birth-weight share of 12.8% in July 2019 is the highest 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, July 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--chhattisgarh--2019-07--record
See also Chhattisgarh and 12.8% in context.