Change on a year earlierSeptember 2019Maternal and child
Puducherry: low-birth-weight share rose to 20.3% in September 2019, against 12.7% a year earlier (+7.6 points).
What happened
- September 2019
- 20.3%
- September 2018
- 12.7%
- Change
- +7.6%
- Change, percentage points
- +7.6 pts
Why it matters
Comparing a week or month with the same week or month a year earlier removes ordinary seasonality: monsoon-season fever, the March reporting rush. What remains is change the calendar does not explain.
For low-birth-weight share, lower is better. This movement is therefore assessed as a deterioration.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2018, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | 20.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/F - September.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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| September 2018 | 12.7% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/F - September.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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Puducherry
- Puducherry: low-birth-weight share of 23.4% in April 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Puducherry's low-birth-weight share of 23.4% in April 2021 is above the India figure of 11.5% (+11.9 points).
- Puducherry: low-birth-weight share of 11.5% in December 2020 is the lowest since October 2018.
- Puducherry: low-birth-weight share of 12.6% in November 2020 is the lowest since March 2019.
- Puducherry: low-birth-weight share of 13.3% in June 2020 is the lowest since March 2019.
- Puducherry: low-birth-weight share of 20.8% in January 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Puducherry: low-birth-weight share rose to 20.3% in September 2019, against 12.7% a year earlier (+7.6 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--puducherry--2019-09--yoy_change
See also Puducherry and 20.3% in context.