RecordFebruary 2021Maternal and child
India: low-birth-weight share of 11.4% in February 2021 is the lowest since March 2019.
What happened
- February 2021
- 11.4%
- 2019-03
- 11.3%
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
22 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2021 | 11.4% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/K-Feb.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 "All India", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2019 | 11.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/L - March.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 "All India", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in India
- India: low-birth-weight share of 11.3% in March 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- India: low-birth-weight share of 11.3% in March 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- India: low-birth-weight share of 13.1% in October 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- India: low-birth-weight share of 12.8% in August 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- India: low-birth-weight share of 12.5% in July 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, India: low-birth-weight share of 11.4% in February 2021 is the lowest since March 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--india--2021-02--record
See also India and 11.4% in context.