RecordJune 2019Maternal and child
Goa: low-birth-weight share of 22.9% in June 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- June 2019
- 22.9%
- 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
26 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | 22.9% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/C - June.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 "Goa", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Goa
- Goa: low-birth-weight share of 19.5% in April 2021 is the highest since June 2019.
- Goa: low-birth-weight share in April 2021 was 19.5%, above the 4-year median of 15.4% for the same month (+4.1 points).
- Goa: low-birth-weight share of 12.8% in December 2020 is the lowest since January 2018.
- Goa: low-birth-weight share of 12.9% in October 2020 is the lowest since January 2018.
- Goa: low-birth-weight share of 13.5% in September 2020 is the lowest since January 2018.
- Goa: low-birth-weight share of 13.8% in July 2020 is the lowest since December 2018.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Goa: low-birth-weight share of 22.9% in June 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, June 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--goa--2019-06--record
See also Goa and 22.9% in context.