RecordAugust 2020Maternal and child
Tamil Nadu: low-birth-weight share of 14.4% in August 2020 is the highest since March 2019.
What happened
- August 2020
- 14.4%
- 2019-03
- 15.0%
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
16 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 14.4% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/E-Aug.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 "Tamil Nadu", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2019 | 15.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/L - March.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 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.
- Tamil Nadu: low-birth-weight share of 13.6% in July 2018 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 14.4% in August 2020 is the highest since March 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--tamil-nadu--2020-08--record
See also Tamil Nadu and 14.4% in context.