RecordDecember 2019Maternal and child
Nagaland: low-birth-weight share of 5.6% in December 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- December 2019
- 5.6%
- 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
32 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | 5.6% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/I - December.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 "Nagaland", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Nagaland
- Nagaland: low-birth-weight share in March 2021 was 8.4%, above the 3-year median of 3.8% for the same month (+4.6 points).
- Nagaland: low-birth-weight share of 8.4% in March 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Nagaland: low-birth-weight share in January 2021 was 2.7%, below the 3-year median of 4.4% for the same month (−1.7 points).
- Nagaland: low-birth-weight share of 2.5% in December 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Nagaland: low-birth-weight share of 2.9% in April 2020 is the lowest since September 2018.
- Nagaland: low-birth-weight share of 3.3% in November 2019 is the lowest since October 2018.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Nagaland: low-birth-weight share of 5.6% in December 2019 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, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--nagaland--2019-12--record
See also Nagaland and 5.6% in context.