Change on a year earlierJanuary 2020Maternal and child
Sikkim: low-birth-weight share rose to 11.9% in January 2020, against 2.8% a year earlier (+9.1 points).
What happened
- January 2020
- 11.9%
- January 2019
- 2.8%
- Change
- +9.1%
- Change, percentage points
- +9.1 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 2019, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | 11.9% | 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 "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| January 2019 | 2.8% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/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 "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Sikkim
- Sikkim: low-birth-weight share in September 2020 was 6.4%, below the 3-year median of 9.2% for the same month (−2.8 points).
- Sikkim: low-birth-weight share of 12.1% in August 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Sikkim: low-birth-weight share in August 2020 was 12.1%, above the 3-year median of 7.8% for the same month (+4.2 points).
- Sikkim: low-birth-weight share in June 2020 was 3.3%, below the 3-year median of 7.8% for the same month (−4.5 points).
- Sikkim: low-birth-weight share of 3.3% in June 2020 is the lowest since February 2019.
- Sikkim: low-birth-weight share in April 2020 was 11.0%, above the 3-year median of 6.2% for the same month (+4.7 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Sikkim: low-birth-weight share rose to 11.9% in January 2020, against 2.8% a year earlier (+9.1 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--sikkim--2020-01--yoy_change
See also Sikkim and 11.9% in context.