RecordMay 2021Maternal and child
Gujarat: low-birth-weight share of 9.6% in May 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- May 2021
- 9.6%
- 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 an improvement.
Historical context
49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 9.6% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.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)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Gujarat
- 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 11.1% in December 2020 is the lowest since June 2017.
- 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 9.6% in May 2021 is the lowest 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, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--gujarat--2021-05--record
See also Gujarat and 9.6% in context.