RecordApril 2021Maternal and child
Puducherry: low-birth-weight share of 23.4% in April 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- April 2021
- 23.4%
- 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
48 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 23.4% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Puducherry
- 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.
- 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 23.4% in April 2021 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, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--puducherry--2021-04--record
See also Puducherry and 23.4% in context.