Change on a year earlierOctober 2020Healthcare system
Manipur: outpatient attendance fell to 63,336 in October 2020, against 1,83,249 a year earlier (−65%).
What happened
- October 2020
- 63,336
- October 2019
- 1,83,249
- Change
- −1,19,913
- Change, per cent
- −65%
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 outpatient attendance, 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 | 63,336 | 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: '14.2.1' Allopathic- Outpatient attendance + '14.2.2' Ayush - Outpatient attendance; column "Manipur", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| October 2019 | 1,83,249 | 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: '14.2.1' Allopathic- Outpatient attendance + '14.2.2' Ayush - Outpatient attendance; column "Manipur", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for outpatient attendance in Manipur
- Manipur: outpatient attendance rose to 90,125 in April 2021, against 39,415 a year earlier (+129%).
- Manipur: 1,24,924 outpatient attendance in March 2021, the most since February 2020.
- Manipur: outpatient attendance fell to 58,023 in November 2020, against 1,68,438 a year earlier (−66%).
- Manipur: outpatient attendance fell to 66,027 in September 2020, against 2,03,022 a year earlier (−67%).
- Manipur: outpatient attendance fell to 51,637 in August 2020, against 2,07,360 a year earlier (−75%).
- Manipur: outpatient attendance fell to 71,284 in May 2020, against 1,79,988 a year earlier (−60%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Manipur: outpatient attendance fell to 63,336 in October 2020, against 1,83,249 a year earlier (−65%). 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/opd-attendance--manipur--2020-10--yoy_change
See also Manipur and 63,336 in context.