Change on a year earlierAugust 2020Healthcare system
Chandigarh: major operations fell to 2,109 in August 2020, against 6,827 a year earlier (−69%).
What happened
- August 2020
- 2,109
- August 2019
- 6,827
- Change
- −4,718
- Change, per cent
- −69%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 2,109 | 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: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Chandigarh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| August 2019 | 6,827 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/E - August.xls: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Chandigarh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for major operations in Chandigarh
- Chandigarh: major operations rose to 2,750 in April 2021, against 1,308 a year earlier (+110%).
- Chandigarh: 4,542 major operations in March 2021, the most since February 2020.
- Chandigarh: major operations fell to 2,553 in October 2020, against 6,696 a year earlier (−62%).
- Chandigarh: major operations fell to 1,949 in September 2020, against 6,553 a year earlier (−70%).
- Chandigarh: major operations fell to 2,496 in July 2020, against 6,731 a year earlier (−63%).
- Chandigarh: major operations fell to 1,571 in May 2020, against 6,242 a year earlier (−75%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Chandigarh: major operations fell to 2,109 in August 2020, against 6,827 a year earlier (−69%). 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/major-surgeries--chandigarh--2020-08--yoy_change
See also Chandigarh and 2,109 in context.