Change on a year earlierFebruary 2019Maternal and child
Chandigarh: maternal deaths reported rose to 4 in February 2019, against 1 a year earlier (+300%).
What happened
- February 2019
- 4
- February 2018
- 1
- Change
- +3
- Change, per cent
- +300%
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 maternal deaths reported, 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 2018, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | 4 | 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: '16.5.1' Number of Maternal Deaths due to Bleeding + '16.5.2' Number of Maternal Deaths due to High fever + '16.5.3' Number of Maternal Deaths due to Abortion + '16.5.4' Number of Maternal Deaths due to Obstructed/prolonged labour + '16.5.5' Number of Maternal Deaths due to Severe hypertesnion/fits + '16.5.6' Number of Maternal Deaths due to Other Causes (including causes not known); column "Chandigarh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| February 2018 | 1 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/K - February.xls: '16.5.1' Number of Maternal Deaths due to Bleeding + '16.5.2' Number of Maternal Deaths due to High fever + '16.5.3' Number of Maternal Deaths due to Abortion + '16.5.4' Number of Maternal Deaths due to Obstructed/prolonged labour + '16.5.5' Number of Maternal Deaths due to Severe hypertesnion/fits + '16.5.6' Number of Maternal Deaths due to Other Causes (including causes not known); column "Chandigarh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for maternal deaths reported in Chandigarh
- Chandigarh: 5 maternal deaths reported in November 2020, the most since October 2019.
- Chandigarh: maternal deaths reported rose to 8 in October 2019, against 0 a year earlier (from none).
- Chandigarh: 8 maternal deaths reported in October 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Chandigarh: maternal deaths reported rose to 4 in September 2019, against 0 a year earlier (from none).
- Chandigarh: maternal deaths reported rose to 4 in July 2019, against 1 a year earlier (+300%).
- Chandigarh: maternal deaths reported rose to 3 in March 2019, against 0 a year earlier (from none).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Chandigarh: maternal deaths reported rose to 4 in February 2019, against 1 a year earlier (+300%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/maternal-deaths-reported--chandigarh--2019-02--yoy_change
See also Chandigarh and 4 in context.