RecordMay 2021Maternal and child
Mizoram: low-birth-weight share of 3.4% in May 2021 is the lowest since April 2020.
What happened
- May 2021
- 3.4%
- 2020-04
- 2.5%
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
12 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 3.4% | 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 "Mizoram", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2020 | 2.5% | 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 "Mizoram", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Mizoram
- Mizoram: low-birth-weight share in March 2021 was 5.6%, above the 3-year median of 3.8% for the same month (+1.8 points).
- Mizoram: low-birth-weight share of 5.6% in March 2021 is the highest since February 2020.
- Mizoram: low-birth-weight share in July 2020 was 4.1%, below the 3-year median of 5.8% for the same month (−1.7 points).
- Mizoram: low-birth-weight share of 2.5% in April 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Mizoram: low-birth-weight share of 6.2% in January 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Mizoram: low-birth-weight share of 6.1% in October 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Mizoram: low-birth-weight share of 3.4% in May 2021 is the lowest since April 2020. 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--mizoram--2021-05--record
See also Mizoram and 3.4% in context.