Change on a year earlierApril 2020Healthcare system
Bihar: major operations fell to 1,913 in April 2020, against 13,216 a year earlier (−86%).
What happened
- April 2020
- 1,913
- April 2019
- 13,216
- Change
- −11,303
- Change, per cent
- −86%
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 | 1,913 | 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 "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2019 | 13,216 | 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 "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for major operations in Bihar
- Bihar: major operations in May 2021 was 1,897, below the 4-year median of 9,687 for the same month (−80%).
- Bihar: major operations rose to 7,289 in April 2021, against 1,913 a year earlier (+281%).
- Bihar: major operations fell to 11,125 in November 2020, against 31,727 a year earlier (−65%).
- Bihar: major operations fell to 5,110 in August 2020, against 14,132 a year earlier (−64%).
- Bihar: major operations fell to 5,470 in July 2020, against 15,794 a year earlier (−65%).
- Bihar: major operations fell to 2,675 in May 2020, against 9,056 a year earlier (−70%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Bihar: major operations fell to 1,913 in April 2020, against 13,216 a year earlier (−86%). 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--bihar--2020-04--yoy_change
See also Bihar and 1,913 in context.