Change on a year earlierApril 2020Healthcare system
Arunachal Pradesh: major operations fell to 147 in April 2020, against 520 a year earlier (−72%).
What happened
- April 2020
- 147
- April 2019
- 520
- Change
- −373
- Change, per cent
- −72%
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 2019, 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 2020 | 147 | 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 "Arunachal Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2019 | 520 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/A - April.xls: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Arunachal Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for major operations in Arunachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh: major operations rose to 785 in April 2021, against 147 a year earlier (+434%).
- Arunachal Pradesh: 836 major operations in March 2021, the most since October 2019.
- Arunachal Pradesh: 717 major operations in February 2021, the most since December 2019.
- Arunachal Pradesh: major operations rose to 1,305 in October 2019, against 640 a year earlier (+104%).
- Arunachal Pradesh: 1,305 major operations in October 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Arunachal Pradesh: major operations rose to 796 in August 2019, against 525 a year earlier (+52%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Arunachal Pradesh: major operations fell to 147 in April 2020, against 520 a year earlier (−72%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/major-surgeries--arunachal-pradesh--2020-04--yoy_change
See also Arunachal Pradesh and 147 in context.