Change on a year earlierApril 2018Maternal and child
Uttarakhand: maternal deaths reported rose to 10 in April 2018, against 1 a year earlier (+900%).
What happened
- April 2018
- 10
- April 2017
- 1
- Change
- +9
- Change, per cent
- +900%
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 2017, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | 10 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/A - April.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 "Uttarakhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2017 | 1 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/A - April.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 "Uttarakhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for maternal deaths reported in Uttarakhand
- Uttarakhand: maternal deaths reported in May 2021 was 59, above the 4-year median of 11 for the same month (+462%).
- Uttarakhand: maternal deaths reported rose to 59 in May 2021, against 17 a year earlier (+247%).
- Uttarakhand: 59 maternal deaths reported in May 2021, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Uttarakhand: 24 maternal deaths reported in April 2021, the most since August 2019.
- Uttarakhand: maternal deaths reported rose to 18 in June 2020, against 8 a year earlier (+125%).
- Uttarakhand: maternal deaths reported fell to 10 in February 2020, against 18 a year earlier (−44%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Uttarakhand: maternal deaths reported rose to 10 in April 2018, against 1 a year earlier (+900%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/maternal-deaths-reported--uttarakhand--2018-04--yoy_change
See also Uttarakhand and 10 in context.