RecordFebruary 2020Maternal and child
Karnataka: low-birth-weight share of 13.0% in February 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- February 2020
- 13.0%
- 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
34 consecutive earlier months were lower. It extends a run of new highests that began earlier.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | 13.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/K - February.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 "Karnataka", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Karnataka
- Karnataka: low-birth-weight share of 11.3% in March 2021 is the highest since February 2020.
- Karnataka: low-birth-weight share of 9.8% in June 2020 is the lowest since April 2019.
- Karnataka: low-birth-weight share of 11.5% in January 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Karnataka: low-birth-weight share of 11.4% in March 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Karnataka: low-birth-weight share of 9.0% in December 2018 is the lowest since May 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Karnataka: low-birth-weight share of 13.0% in February 2020 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, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--karnataka--2020-02--record
See also Karnataka and 13.0% in context.