Change on a year earlierMay 2020Healthcare system
Delhi: major operations fell to 6,996 in May 2020, against 34,655 a year earlier (−80%).
What happened
- May 2020
- 6,996
- May 2019
- 34,655
- Change
- −27,659
- Change, per cent
- −80%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | 6,996 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.xlsx: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2019 | 34,655 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/B - May.xls: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for major operations in Delhi
- Delhi: major operations rose to 15,261 in April 2021, against 5,119 a year earlier (+198%).
- Delhi: 25,277 major operations in March 2021, the most since February 2020.
- Delhi: major operations fell to 12,799 in August 2020, against 32,401 a year earlier (−60%).
- Delhi: major operations fell to 10,208 in July 2020, against 35,140 a year earlier (−71%).
- Delhi: major operations fell to 7,441 in June 2020, against 29,407 a year earlier (−75%).
- Delhi: major operations in April 2020 was 5,119, below the 3-year median of 31,333 for the same month (−84%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Delhi: major operations fell to 6,996 in May 2020, against 34,655 a year earlier (−80%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/major-surgeries--delhi--2020-05--yoy_change
See also Delhi and 6,996 in context.