RecordOctober 2020Maternal and child
Goa: low-birth-weight share of 12.9% in October 2020 is the lowest since January 2018.
What happened
- October 2020
- 12.9%
- 2018-01
- 12.3%
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
32 consecutive earlier months were higher. It extends a run of new lowests that began earlier.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | 12.9% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/G-Oct.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 "Goa", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| January 2018 | 12.3% | 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 "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 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.
- Goa: low-birth-weight share of 15.4% in May 2020 is the lowest since December 2018.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Goa: low-birth-weight share of 12.9% in October 2020 is the lowest since January 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--goa--2020-10--record
See also Goa and 12.9% in context.