Change on a year earlierJanuary 2021Maternal and child
Punjab: maternal deaths reported rose to 37 in January 2021, against 18 a year earlier (+106%).
What happened
- January 2021
- 37
- January 2020
- 18
- Change
- +19
- Change, per cent
- +106%
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 2020, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | 37 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/J-Jan.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 "Punjab", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| January 2020 | 18 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/J - January.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 "Punjab", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for maternal deaths reported in Punjab
- Punjab: 65 maternal deaths reported in May 2021, the most since October 2017.
- Punjab: maternal deaths reported in May 2021 was 65, above the 4-year median of 28 for the same month (+132%).
- Punjab: maternal deaths reported rose to 65 in May 2021, against 32 a year earlier (+103%).
- Punjab: maternal deaths reported rose to 46 in August 2020, against 21 a year earlier (+119%).
- Punjab: 57 maternal deaths reported in July 2020, the most since September 2018.
- Punjab: maternal deaths reported rose to 38 in April 2020, against 22 a year earlier (+73%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Punjab: maternal deaths reported rose to 37 in January 2021, against 18 a year earlier (+106%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/maternal-deaths-reported--punjab--2021-01--yoy_change
See also Punjab and 37 in context.