Change on a year earlierJune 2019Maternal and child
Gujarat: maternal deaths reported rose to 87 in June 2019, against 65 a year earlier (+34%).
What happened
- June 2019
- 87
- June 2018
- 65
- Change
- +22
- Change, per cent
- +34%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | 87 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/C - June.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 "Gujarat", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| June 2018 | 65 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/C - June.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 "Gujarat", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for maternal deaths reported in Gujarat
- Gujarat: maternal deaths reported rose to 213 in May 2021, against 86 a year earlier (+148%).
- Gujarat: maternal deaths reported in May 2021 was 213, above the 4-year median of 88 for the same month (+142%).
- Gujarat: 213 maternal deaths reported in May 2021, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: 188 maternal deaths reported in April 2021, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: maternal deaths reported in April 2021 was 188, above the 4-year median of 65 for the same month (+189%).
- Gujarat: maternal deaths reported rose to 188 in April 2021, against 67 a year earlier (+181%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Gujarat: maternal deaths reported rose to 87 in June 2019, against 65 a year earlier (+34%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/maternal-deaths-reported--gujarat--2019-06--yoy_change
See also Gujarat and 87 in context.