Change on a year earlierApril 2021Maternal and child
Andhra Pradesh: still-birth ratio fell to 6.7 per 1,000 births in April 2021, against 9.9 a year earlier (−32%).
What happened
- April 2021
- 6.7
- April 2020
- 9.9
- Change
- −3.2
- Change, per cent
- −32%
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 still-birth ratio, lower is better. This movement is therefore assessed as an improvement.
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 | 6.7 | 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: ('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)] |
| April 2020 | 9.9 | 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: ('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 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 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 fell to 6.7 per 1,000 births in April 2021, against 9.9 a year earlier (−32%). 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/still-birth-ratio--andhra-pradesh--2021-04--yoy_change
See also Andhra Pradesh and 6.7 per 1,000 births in context.