RecordMay 2021Maternal and child
Telangana: low-birth-weight share of 5.9% in May 2021 is the lowest since February 2019.
What happened
- May 2021
- 5.9%
- 2019-02
- 5.5%
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
26 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 5.9% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.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 "Telangana", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| February 2019 | 5.5% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/K - February.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 "Telangana", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Telangana
- Telangana: low-birth-weight share in November 2020 was 8.0%, above the 3-year median of 6.4% for the same month (+1.6 points).
- Telangana: low-birth-weight share in October 2020 was 10.3%, above the 3-year median of 7.4% for the same month (+2.8 points).
- Telangana: low-birth-weight share of 11.0% in September 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Telangana: low-birth-weight share in September 2020 was 11.0%, above the 3-year median of 7.7% for the same month (+3.3 points).
- Telangana: low-birth-weight share of 6.7% in April 2020 is the lowest since March 2019.
- Telangana: low-birth-weight share of 9.3% in August 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Telangana: low-birth-weight share of 5.9% in May 2021 is the lowest since February 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--telangana--2021-05--record
See also Telangana and 5.9% in context.