RecordJune 2020Maternal and child
Punjab: low-birth-weight share of 8.9% in June 2020 is the highest since June 2018.
What happened
- June 2020
- 8.9%
- 2018-06
- 9.3%
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
23 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | 8.9% | 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 "Punjab", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| June 2018 | 9.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/C - June.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 "Punjab", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Punjab
- Punjab: low-birth-weight share of 6.5% in March 2021 is the lowest since January 2020.
- Punjab: low-birth-weight share of 6.7% in February 2021 is the lowest since January 2020.
- Punjab: low-birth-weight share of 6.5% in January 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Punjab: low-birth-weight share of 6.6% in April 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Punjab: low-birth-weight share of 8.9% in June 2020 is the highest since June 2018. 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--punjab--2020-06--record
See also Punjab and 8.9% in context.