Change on a year earlierAugust 2020Maternal and child
Mizoram: maternal deaths reported rose to 3 in August 2020, against 0 a year earlier (from none).
What happened
- August 2020
- 3
- August 2019
- 0
- Change
- +3
- Change, per cent
- None before, so no percentage
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 3 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/E-Aug.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 "Mizoram", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| August 2019 | 0 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/E - August.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 "Mizoram", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for maternal deaths reported in Mizoram
- Mizoram: maternal deaths reported rose to 4 in March 2021, against 0 a year earlier (from none).
- Mizoram: 5 maternal deaths reported in October 2020, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Mizoram: maternal deaths reported rose to 3 in January 2020, against 0 a year earlier (from none).
- Mizoram: maternal deaths reported fell to 0 in June 2019, against 4 a year earlier (−100%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Mizoram: maternal deaths reported rose to 3 in August 2020, against 0 a year earlier (from none). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/maternal-deaths-reported--mizoram--2020-08--yoy_change
See also Mizoram and 3 in context.