RecordApril 2018Maternal and child
Haryana: low-birth-weight share of 17.3% in April 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- April 2018
- 17.3%
- 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
12 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | 17.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/A - April.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 "Haryana", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Haryana
- Haryana: low-birth-weight share in March 2021 was 10.3%, below the 3-year median of 13.9% for the same month (−3.6 points).
- Haryana: low-birth-weight share of 9.8% in December 2020 is the lowest since January 2018.
- Haryana: low-birth-weight share of 10.7% in August 2020 is the lowest since January 2018.
- Haryana: low-birth-weight share of 19.6% in April 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Haryana: low-birth-weight share of 10.7% in April 2019 is the lowest since January 2018.
- Haryana: low-birth-weight share rose to 14.8% in December 2018, against 7.2% a year earlier (+7.7 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Haryana: low-birth-weight share of 17.3% in April 2018 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, April 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--haryana--2018-04--record
See also Haryana and 17.3% in context.