Change on a year earlierOctober 2020Healthcare system
Sikkim: major operations rose to 68 in October 2020, against 40 a year earlier (+70%).
What happened
- October 2020
- 68
- October 2019
- 40
- Change
- +28
- Change, per cent
- +70%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | 68 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/G-Oct.xlsx: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| October 2019 | 40 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/G - October.xls: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for major operations in Sikkim
- Sikkim: major operations rose to 280 in May 2021, against 46 a year earlier (+509%).
- Sikkim: 280 major operations in May 2021, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Sikkim: major operations in May 2021 was 280, above the 4-year median of 121 for the same month (+131%).
- Sikkim: major operations rose to 74 in February 2021, against 29 a year earlier (+155%).
- Sikkim: major operations in February 2021 was 74, above the 3-year median of 29 for the same month (+155%).
- Sikkim: 85 major operations in January 2021, the most since July 2019.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Sikkim: major operations rose to 68 in October 2020, against 40 a year earlier (+70%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/major-surgeries--sikkim--2020-10--yoy_change
See also Sikkim and 68 in context.