RecordMarch 2019Maternal and child
Jharkhand: low-birth-weight share of 6.5% in March 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- March 2019
- 6.5%
- 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
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | 6.5% | 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 "Jharkhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Jharkhand
- Jharkhand: low-birth-weight share in February 2021 was 5.4%, below the 3-year median of 6.8% for the same month (−1.5 points).
- Jharkhand: low-birth-weight share of 5.4% in February 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Jharkhand: low-birth-weight share of 5.8% in January 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Jharkhand: low-birth-weight share of 5.9% in February 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Jharkhand: low-birth-weight share of 8.2% in November 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Jharkhand: low-birth-weight share of 7.9% in October 2019 is the highest since May 2018.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Jharkhand: low-birth-weight share of 6.5% in March 2019 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, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--jharkhand--2019-03--record
See also Jharkhand and 6.5% in context.