Change on a year earlierApril 2021Healthcare system
Andhra Pradesh: major operations rose to 17,021 in April 2021, against 5,217 a year earlier (+226%).
What happened
- April 2021
- 17,021
- April 2020
- 5,217
- Change
- +11,804
- Change, per cent
- +226%
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 major operations, neither a rise nor a fall is better in itself, so the observatory marks this movement as unusual rather than good or bad.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2020, which removes ordinary seasonality. This comparison involves the COVID-19 disruption period (March 2020 – June 2021), when service use and reporting fell sharply.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 17,021 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.xlsx: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Andhra Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2020 | 5,217 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.xlsx: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Andhra Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for major operations in Andhra Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh: major operations rose to 10,371 in May 2021, against 6,070 a year earlier (+71%).
- Andhra Pradesh: 17,021 major operations in April 2021, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Andhra Pradesh: major operations fell to 4,876 in September 2020, against 14,911 a year earlier (−67%).
- Andhra Pradesh: major operations fell to 4,493 in August 2020, against 12,959 a year earlier (−65%).
- Andhra Pradesh: major operations fell to 4,938 in July 2020, against 13,918 a year earlier (−65%).
- Andhra Pradesh: major operations fell to 6,070 in May 2020, against 15,464 a year earlier (−61%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Andhra Pradesh: major operations rose to 17,021 in April 2021, against 5,217 a year earlier (+226%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/major-surgeries--andhra-pradesh--2021-04--yoy_change
See also Andhra Pradesh and 17,021 in context.