Outside the usual rangeApril 2021Maternal and child
Manipur: low-birth-weight share in April 2021 was 4.7%, above the 4-year median of 3.8% for the same month (+0.9 points).
What happened
- April 2021
- 4.7%
- 4-year median
- 3.8%
- Change
- +0.9%
- Change, percentage points
- +0.9 pts
Why it matters
The value is judged against the median of the same period in up to five earlier years, using a robust measure of spread. A breach means this period sits well outside what those years would lead you to expect.
For low-birth-weight share, lower is better. This movement is therefore assessed as a deterioration.
Historical context
Same-period values: 2020 3.7%, 2019 3.8%, 2018 4.8%, 2017 3.9%. This comparison involves the COVID-19 disruption period (March 2020 – June 2021), when service use and reporting fell sharply.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 4.7% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(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 "Manipur", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2020 | 3.7% | 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 "Manipur", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2019 | 3.8% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/A - April.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 "Manipur", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2018 | 4.8% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/A - April.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 "Manipur", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2017 |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Manipur
- Manipur: low-birth-weight share of 3.1% in May 2021 is the lowest since October 2019.
- Manipur: low-birth-weight share of 3.2% in March 2021 is the lowest since October 2019.
- Manipur: low-birth-weight share of 5.3% in June 2020 is the highest since January 2019.
- Manipur: low-birth-weight share of 1.9% in October 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Manipur: low-birth-weight share of 2.2% in September 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Manipur: low-birth-weight share of 2.7% in March 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Manipur: low-birth-weight share in April 2021 was 4.7%, above the 4-year median of 3.8% for the same month (+0.9 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--manipur--2021-04--baseline_breach
See also Manipur and 4.7% in context.