RecordMarch 2021Healthcare system
India: 4,48,557 major operations in March 2021, the most since December 2019.
What happened
- March 2021
- 4,48,557
- 2019-12
- 5,07,789
Why it matters
A record says how long it has been since the series was this high or this low. It puts a single value in the context of the whole published history.
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
14 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | 4,48,557 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/L-Mar.xlsx: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "All India", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| December 2019 | 5,07,789 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/I - December.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: major operations fell to 1,50,423 in May 2020, against 3,87,088 a year earlier (−61%).
- India: major operations fell to 1,19,146 in April 2020, against 3,58,095 a year earlier (−67%).
- 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: 4,48,557 major operations in March 2021, the most since December 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/major-surgeries--india--2021-03--record
See also India and 4,48,557 in context.