Change on a year earlierApril 2021Maternal and child
Bihar: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses rose to 97.3 per 100 BCG doses in April 2021, against 8.8 a year earlier (+1000%).
What happened
- April 2021
- 97.3
- April 2020
- 8.8
- Change
- +88.5
- Change, per cent
- +1,000%
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 MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses, higher is better. This movement is therefore assessed as an improvement.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 97.3 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.xlsx: ('9.2.1' Child immunisation (9-11months) - Measles & Rubella (MR)/ Measles containing vaccine(MCV) - 1st Dose + '9.2.2' Child immunisation (9-11months) - Measles 1st dose) / ('9.1.2' Child immunisation - BCG) × 100; column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2020 | 8.8 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.xlsx: ('9.2.1' Child immunisation (9-11months) - Measles & Rubella (MR)/ Measles containing vaccine(MCV) - 1st Dose + '9.2.2' Child immunisation (9-11months) - Measles 1st dose) / ('9.1.2' Child immunisation - BCG) × 100; column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses in Bihar
- Bihar: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses of 142.5 per 100 BCG doses in June 2020 is the highest since June 2018.
- Bihar: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses in April 2020 was 8.8 per 100 BCG doses, below the 3-year median of 106.6 for the same month (−92%).
- Bihar: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses of 8.8 per 100 BCG doses in April 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses fell to 8.8 per 100 BCG doses in April 2020, against 106.6 a year earlier (−92%).
- Bihar: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses rose to 93.1 per 100 BCG doses in March 2020, against 71.4 a year earlier (+30%).
- Bihar: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses rose to 101.8 per 100 BCG doses in February 2020, against 44.5 a year earlier (+129%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Bihar: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses rose to 97.3 per 100 BCG doses in April 2021, against 8.8 a year earlier (+1000%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/mcv1-to-bcg-ratio--bihar--2021-04--yoy_change
See also Bihar and 97.3 per 100 BCG doses in context.