Change on a year earlierMarch 2020Healthcare system
Puducherry: major operations fell to 255 in March 2020, against 785 a year earlier (−68%).
What happened
- March 2020
- 255
- March 2019
- 785
- Change
- −530
- Change, per cent
- −68%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | 255 | 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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2019 | 785 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/L - March.xls: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for major operations in Puducherry
- Puducherry: major operations rose to 910 in April 2021, against 362 a year earlier (+151%).
- Puducherry: major operations rose to 1,797 in March 2021, against 255 a year earlier (+605%).
- Puducherry: major operations in March 2021 was 1,797, above the 3-year median of 785 for the same month (+129%).
- Puducherry: 1,797 major operations in March 2021, the most since October 2019.
- Puducherry: major operations rose to 1,419 in February 2021, against 402 a year earlier (+253%).
- Puducherry: 1,419 major operations in February 2021, the most since October 2019.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Puducherry: major operations fell to 255 in March 2020, against 785 a year earlier (−68%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/major-surgeries--puducherry--2020-03--yoy_change
See also Puducherry and 255 in context.