Change on a year earlierMarch 2021Healthcare system
Lakshadweep: major operations rose to 72 in March 2021, against 39 a year earlier (+85%).
What happened
- March 2021
- 72
- March 2020
- 39
- Change
- +33
- Change, per cent
- +85%
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 2020, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | 72 | 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 "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2020 | 39 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/L - March.xls: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for major operations in Lakshadweep
- Lakshadweep: major operations fell to 55 in May 2021, against 356 a year earlier (−85%).
- Lakshadweep: major operations in March 2021 was 72, above the 3-year median of 39 for the same month (+85%).
- Lakshadweep: major operations in January 2021 was 105, above the 3-year median of 47 for the same month (+123%).
- Lakshadweep: major operations rose to 105 in January 2021, against 61 a year earlier (+72%).
- Lakshadweep: major operations in December 2020 was 116, above the 3-year median of 50 for the same month (+132%).
- Lakshadweep: major operations rose to 116 in December 2020, against 50 a year earlier (+132%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Lakshadweep: major operations rose to 72 in March 2021, against 39 a year earlier (+85%). 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--lakshadweep--2021-03--yoy_change
See also Lakshadweep and 72 in context.