RecordSeptember 2020Maternal and child
Andhra Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 10.6 per 1,000 births in September 2020 is the highest since May 2019.
What happened
- September 2020
- 10.6
- 2019-05
- 12.0
Why it matters
A record says how long it has been since the series was this high or this low. It puts a single value in the context of the whole published history.
For still-birth ratio, lower is better. This movement is therefore assessed as a deterioration.
Historical context
15 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | 10.6 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/F-Sep.xlsx: ('4.1.3' Still Birth) / ('4.1.1.a' Live Birth - Male + '4.1.1.b' Live Birth - Female + '4.1.3' Still Birth) × 1000; column "Andhra Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2019 | 12.0 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/B - May.xls: ('4.1.3' Still Birth) / ('4.1.1.a' Live Birth - Male + '4.1.1.b' Live Birth - Female + '4.1.3' Still Birth) × 1000; column "Andhra Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Andhra Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 6.7 per 1,000 births in April 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Andhra Pradesh: still-birth ratio fell to 6.7 per 1,000 births in April 2021, against 9.9 a year earlier (−32%).
- Andhra Pradesh: still-birth ratio in February 2021 was 7.8 per 1,000 births, below the 3-year median of 10.5 for the same month (−26%).
- Andhra Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 7.7 per 1,000 births in January 2021 is the lowest since January 2018.
- Andhra Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 7.8 per 1,000 births in December 2020 is the lowest since January 2018.
- Andhra Pradesh: still-birth ratio fell to 8.2 per 1,000 births in March 2020, against 11.7 a year earlier (−30%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Andhra Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 10.6 per 1,000 births in September 2020 is the highest since May 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--andhra-pradesh--2020-09--record
See also Andhra Pradesh and 10.6 per 1,000 births in context.