Change on a year earlierApril 2020Healthcare system
India: major operations fell to 1,19,146 in April 2020, against 3,58,095 a year earlier (−67%).
What happened
- April 2020
- 1,19,146
- April 2019
- 3,58,095
- Change
- −2,38,949
- Change, per cent
- −67%
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 | 1,19,146 | 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 "All India", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2019 | 3,58,095 | 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 "All India", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for major operations in India
- India: major operations rose to 2,35,734 in April 2021, against 1,19,146 a year earlier (+98%).
- India: 4,48,557 major operations in March 2021, the most since December 2019.
- India: major operations fell to 1,50,423 in May 2020, against 3,87,088 a year earlier (−61%).
- India: major operations rose to 4,98,986 in November 2019, against 3,79,264 a year earlier (+32%).
- India: 5,39,504 major operations in December 2018, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- India: major operations rose to 5,39,504 in December 2018, against 3,86,339 a year earlier (+40%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, India: major operations fell to 1,19,146 in April 2020, against 3,58,095 a year earlier (−67%). 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--india--2020-04--yoy_change
See also India and 1,19,146 in context.