RecordJune 2018Maternal and child
Tamil Nadu: low-birth-weight share of 14.1% in June 2018 is the lowest since May 2017.
What happened
- June 2018
- 14.1%
- 2017-05
- 14.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | 14.1% | 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 "Tamil Nadu", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2017 | 14.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/B - May.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 "Tamil Nadu", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu: low-birth-weight share of 14.9% in January 2021 is the highest since March 2019.
- Tamil Nadu: low-birth-weight share of 14.4% in August 2020 is the highest since March 2019.
- Tamil Nadu: low-birth-weight share in June 2020 was 11.4%, below the 3-year median of 14.3% for the same month (−2.9 points).
- Tamil Nadu: low-birth-weight share of 11.3% in January 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Tamil Nadu: low-birth-weight share of 12.2% in May 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Tamil Nadu: low-birth-weight share of 12.8% in April 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Tamil Nadu: low-birth-weight share of 14.1% in June 2018 is the lowest since May 2017. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--tamil-nadu--2018-06--record
See also Tamil Nadu and 14.1% in context.