RecordApril 2020Maternal and child
Jammu and Kashmir: low-birth-weight share of 5.0% in April 2020 is the lowest since January 2019.
What happened
- April 2020
- 5.0%
- 2019-01
- 5.0%
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
14 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 5.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.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 "Jammu And Kashmir", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| January 2019 | 5.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/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 "Jammu & Kashmir", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Jammu and Kashmir
- Jammu and Kashmir: low-birth-weight share of 4.3% in May 2021 is the lowest since February 2018.
- Jammu and Kashmir: low-birth-weight share of 6.1% in April 2021 is the highest since November 2019.
- Jammu and Kashmir: low-birth-weight share of 4.4% in June 2020 is the lowest since April 2018.
- Jammu and Kashmir: low-birth-weight share of 6.4% in November 2019 is the highest since October 2017.
- Jammu and Kashmir: low-birth-weight share of 6.2% in February 2019 is the highest since October 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Jammu and Kashmir: low-birth-weight share of 5.0% in April 2020 is the lowest since January 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--jammu-and-kashmir--2020-04--record
See also Jammu and Kashmir and 5.0% in context.