Change on a year earlierFebruary 2020Healthcare system
Gujarat: major operations rose to 16,018 in February 2020, against 12,077 a year earlier (+33%).
What happened
- February 2020
- 16,018
- February 2019
- 12,077
- Change
- +3,941
- Change, per cent
- +33%
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.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | 16,018 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/K - February.xls: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Gujarat", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| February 2019 | 12,077 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/K - February.xls: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Gujarat", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for major operations in Gujarat
- Gujarat: major operations fell to 4,891 in May 2020, against 13,741 a year earlier (−64%).
- Gujarat: major operations fell to 4,583 in April 2020, against 14,275 a year earlier (−68%).
- Gujarat: major operations rose to 14,378 in November 2019, against 10,377 a year earlier (+39%).
- Gujarat: 16,690 major operations in July 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: major operations rose to 16,690 in July 2019, against 11,434 a year earlier (+46%).
- Gujarat: major operations rose to 13,741 in May 2019, against 10,256 a year earlier (+34%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Gujarat: major operations rose to 16,018 in February 2020, against 12,077 a year earlier (+33%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/major-surgeries--gujarat--2020-02--yoy_change
See also Gujarat and 16,018 in context.