RecordFebruary 2021Maternal and child
Punjab: low-birth-weight share of 6.7% in February 2021 is the lowest since January 2020.
What happened
- February 2021
- 6.7%
- 2020-01
- 6.5%
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
12 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2021 | 6.7% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/K-Feb.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)] |
| January 2020 | 6.5% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/J - January.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 8.9% in June 2020 is the highest since June 2018.
- 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 6.7% in February 2021 is the lowest since January 2020. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--punjab--2021-02--record
See also Punjab and 6.7% in context.