Change on a year earlierMay 2020Healthcare system
Maharashtra: major operations fell to 9,485 in May 2020, against 24,701 a year earlier (−62%).
What happened
- May 2020
- 9,485
- May 2019
- 24,701
- Change
- −15,216
- Change, per cent
- −62%
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 | 9,485 | 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 "Maharashtra", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2019 | 24,701 | 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 "Maharashtra", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for major operations in Maharashtra
- Maharashtra: major operations fell to 9,769 in August 2020, against 24,751 a year earlier (−61%).
- Maharashtra: major operations fell to 9,028 in July 2020, against 27,886 a year earlier (−68%).
- Maharashtra: major operations fell to 8,407 in April 2020, against 24,576 a year earlier (−66%).
- Maharashtra: 33,358 major operations in January 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Maharashtra: 31,027 major operations in December 2018, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Maharashtra: 30,172 major operations in October 2018, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Maharashtra: major operations fell to 9,485 in May 2020, against 24,701 a year earlier (−62%). 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--maharashtra--2020-05--yoy_change
See also Maharashtra and 9,485 in context.