RecordDecember 2020Maternal and child
Gujarat: low-birth-weight share of 11.1% in December 2020 is the lowest since June 2017.
What happened
- December 2020
- 11.1%
- 2017-06
- 10.9%
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
41 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2020 | 11.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/I-Dec.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 "Gujarat", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| June 2017 | 10.9% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/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 "Gujarat", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Gujarat
- Gujarat: low-birth-weight share of 9.6% in May 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: low-birth-weight share of 9.7% in April 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: low-birth-weight share in April 2021 was 9.7%, below the 4-year median of 12.4% for the same month (−2.7 points).
- Gujarat: low-birth-weight share of 14.3% in October 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: low-birth-weight share of 13.3% in September 2019 is the highest since August 2018.
- Gujarat: low-birth-weight share of 11.6% in June 2019 is the lowest since June 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Gujarat: low-birth-weight share of 11.1% in December 2020 is the lowest since June 2017. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--gujarat--2020-12--record
See also Gujarat and 11.1% in context.