Change on a year earlierApril 2021Maternal and child
Uttar Pradesh: maternal deaths reported rose to 167 in April 2021, against 89 a year earlier (+88%).
What happened
- April 2021
- 167
- April 2020
- 89
- Change
- +78
- Change, per cent
- +88%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 167 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.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 "Uttar Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2020 | 89 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.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 "Uttar Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for maternal deaths reported in Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh: maternal deaths reported rose to 390 in May 2021, against 196 a year earlier (+99%).
- Uttar Pradesh: maternal deaths reported rose to 360 in March 2021, against 197 a year earlier (+83%).
- Uttar Pradesh: 509 maternal deaths reported in November 2020, the most since September 2019.
- Uttar Pradesh: maternal deaths reported fell to 89 in April 2020, against 259 a year earlier (−66%).
- Uttar Pradesh: maternal deaths reported fell to 279 in December 2019, against 401 a year earlier (−30%).
- Uttar Pradesh: 575 maternal deaths reported in September 2018, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Uttar Pradesh: maternal deaths reported rose to 167 in April 2021, against 89 a year earlier (+88%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/maternal-deaths-reported--uttar-pradesh--2021-04--yoy_change
See also Uttar Pradesh and 167 in context.