RecordDecember 2020Maternal and child
Andhra Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 7.8 per 1,000 births in December 2020 is the lowest since January 2018.
What happened
- December 2020
- 7.8
- 2018-01
- 7.5
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 an improvement.
Historical context
34 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2020 | 7.8 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/I-Dec.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)] |
| January 2018 | 7.5 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/J - January.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 10.6 per 1,000 births in September 2020 is the highest since May 2019.
- 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 7.8 per 1,000 births in December 2020 is the lowest since January 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--andhra-pradesh--2020-12--record
See also Andhra Pradesh and 7.8 per 1,000 births in context.