RecordFebruary 2019Maternal and child
Meghalaya: low-birth-weight share of 6.4% in February 2019 is the lowest since April 2017.
What happened
- February 2019
- 6.4%
- 2017-04
- 5.9%
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
21 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | 6.4% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/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 "Meghalaya", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2017 | 5.9% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/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 "Meghalaya", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Meghalaya
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Meghalaya: low-birth-weight share of 6.4% in February 2019 is the lowest since April 2017. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--meghalaya--2019-02--record
See also Meghalaya and 6.4% in context.