RecordJune 2020Maternal and child
Puducherry: low-birth-weight share of 13.3% in June 2020 is the lowest since March 2019.
What happened
- June 2020
- 13.3%
- 2019-03
- 11.5%
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
14 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | 13.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/C-Jun.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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2019 | 11.5% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/L - March.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 20.8% in January 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Puducherry: low-birth-weight share of 20.3% in September 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Puducherry: low-birth-weight share of 13.3% in June 2020 is the lowest since March 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--puducherry--2020-06--record
See also Puducherry and 13.3% in context.