Change on a year earlierJanuary 2019Maternal and child
Delhi: low-birth-weight share rose to 28.4% in January 2019, against 19.8% a year earlier (+8.6 points).
What happened
- January 2019
- 28.4%
- January 2018
- 19.8%
- Change
- +8.6%
- Change, percentage points
- +8.6 pts
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 low-birth-weight share, lower is better. This movement is therefore assessed as a deterioration.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2018, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2019 | 28.4% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/J - January.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 "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| January 2018 | 19.8% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/J - January.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 "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Delhi
- Delhi's low-birth-weight share of 21.2% in March 2021 is above the India figure of 11.3% (+10 points).
- Delhi: low-birth-weight share in February 2021 was 22.7%, above the 3-year median of 18.6% for the same month (+4.1 points).
- Delhi: low-birth-weight share rose to 27.1% in December 2019, against 18.8% a year earlier (+8.3 points).
- Delhi: low-birth-weight share of 16.9% in April 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Delhi: low-birth-weight share of 18.2% in February 2019 is the lowest since July 2017.
- Delhi: low-birth-weight share of 28.4% in January 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Delhi: low-birth-weight share rose to 28.4% in January 2019, against 19.8% a year earlier (+8.6 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--delhi--2019-01--yoy_change
See also Delhi and 28.4% in context.