RecordMay 2021Maternal and child
Lakshadweep: low-birth-weight share of 14.0% in May 2021 is the highest since July 2019.
What happened
- May 2021
- 14.0%
- 2019-07
- 16.7%
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
21 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 14.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.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 "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| July 2019 | 16.7% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/D - July.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 "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Lakshadweep
- Lakshadweep: low-birth-weight share in February 2021 was 9.1%, above the 3-year median of 3.6% for the same month (+5.5 points).
- Lakshadweep: low-birth-weight share of 3.0% in November 2020 is the lowest since November 2018.
- Lakshadweep: low-birth-weight share in June 2020 was 9.2%, above the 3-year median of 6.1% for the same month (+3.1 points).
- Lakshadweep: low-birth-weight share of 3.6% in February 2020 is the lowest since November 2018.
- Lakshadweep: low-birth-weight share of 16.9% in June 2019 is the highest since July 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Lakshadweep: low-birth-weight share of 14.0% in May 2021 is the highest since July 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--lakshadweep--2021-05--record
See also Lakshadweep and 14.0% in context.