RecordMarch 2021Healthcare system
West Bengal: 32,358 major operations in March 2021, the most since January 2020.
What happened
- March 2021
- 32,358
- 2020-01
- 33,158
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
13 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | 32,358 | 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 "West Bengal", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| January 2020 | 33,158 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/J - January.xls: '14.8.1' Operation major (General and spinal anaesthesia); column "West Bengal", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for major operations in West Bengal
- West Bengal: major operations rose to 28,010 in April 2021, against 10,774 a year earlier (+160%).
- West Bengal: major operations rose to 32,358 in March 2021, against 19,756 a year earlier (+64%).
- West Bengal: major operations fell to 10,774 in April 2020, against 29,092 a year earlier (−63%).
- West Bengal: 36,382 major operations in November 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- West Bengal: major operations rose to 36,382 in November 2019, against 26,937 a year earlier (+35%).
- West Bengal: 33,960 major operations in July 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, West Bengal: 32,358 major operations in March 2021, the most since January 2020. 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--west-bengal--2021-03--record
See also West Bengal and 32,358 in context.