Change on a year earlierFebruary 2020Maternal and child
Meghalaya: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses rose to 90.2 per 100 BCG doses in February 2020, against 33.6 a year earlier (+169%).
What happened
- February 2020
- 90.2
- February 2019
- 33.6
- Change
- +56.6
- Change, per cent
- +169%
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 2019, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | 90.2 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/K - February.xls: ('9.2.1' Child immunisation (9-11months) - Measles & Rubella (MR)- 1st Dose + '9.2.2' Child immunisation (9-11months) - Measles 1st dose) / ('9.1.2' Child immunisation - BCG) × 100; column "Meghalaya", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| February 2019 | 33.6 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/K - February.xls: ('9.2.1' Child immunisation (9-11months) - Measles & Rubella (MR)- 1st Dose + '9.2.2' Child immunisation (9-11months) - Measles 1st dose) / ('9.1.2' Child immunisation - BCG) × 100; column "Meghalaya", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses in Meghalaya
- Meghalaya: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses in February 2021 was 98.4 per 100 BCG doses, above the 3-year median of 33.6 for the same month (+193%).
- Meghalaya: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses in July 2020 was 115.5 per 100 BCG doses, above the 3-year median of 92.1 for the same month (+25%).
- Meghalaya: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses of 117.4 per 100 BCG doses in June 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Meghalaya: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses rose to 117.4 per 100 BCG doses in June 2020, against 81.5 a year earlier (+44%).
- Meghalaya: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses in May 2020 was 97.3 per 100 BCG doses, above the 3-year median of 79.6 for the same month (+22%).
- Meghalaya: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses rose to 103.8 per 100 BCG doses in March 2020, against 50.8 a year earlier (+104%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Meghalaya: MCV1 doses per 100 BCG doses rose to 90.2 per 100 BCG doses in February 2020, against 33.6 a year earlier (+169%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/mcv1-to-bcg-ratio--meghalaya--2020-02--yoy_change
See also Meghalaya and 90.2 per 100 BCG doses in context.