Change on a year earlierMay 2020Maternal and child
Delhi: maternal deaths reported rose to 67 in May 2020, against 21 a year earlier (+219%).
What happened
- May 2020
- 67
- May 2019
- 21
- Change
- +46
- Change, per cent
- +219%
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | 67 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.xlsx: '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 hypertension/fits + '16.5.6' Number of Maternal Deaths due to Other Causes (including causes not known); column "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2019 | 21 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/B - May.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 "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for maternal deaths reported in Delhi
- Delhi: 76 maternal deaths reported in April 2021, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Delhi: maternal deaths reported rose to 76 in April 2021, against 23 a year earlier (+230%).
- Delhi: maternal deaths reported in April 2021 was 76, above the 4-year median of 32 for the same month (+138%).
- Delhi: maternal deaths reported rose to 45 in March 2021, against 28 a year earlier (+61%).
- Delhi: maternal deaths reported rose to 58 in August 2020, against 30 a year earlier (+93%).
- Delhi: maternal deaths reported in May 2020 was 67, above the 3-year median of 34 for the same month (+97%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Delhi: maternal deaths reported rose to 67 in May 2020, against 21 a year earlier (+219%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/maternal-deaths-reported--delhi--2020-05--yoy_change
See also Delhi and 67 in context.