RecordApril 2020Maternal and child
Arunachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 7.6 per 1,000 births in April 2020 is the lowest since March 2018.
What happened
- April 2020
- 7.6
- 2018-03
- 4.9
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
24 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 7.6 | 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 "Arunachal Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2018 | 4.9 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/L - March.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 "Arunachal Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Arunachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio rose to 14.6 per 1,000 births in April 2021, against 7.6 a year earlier (+91%).
- Arunachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio fell to 7.9 per 1,000 births in March 2021, against 15.7 a year earlier (−49%).
- Arunachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio in February 2021 was 8.4 per 1,000 births, below the 3-year median of 14.0 for the same month (−40%).
- Arunachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio fell to 8.4 per 1,000 births in February 2021, against 16.8 a year earlier (−50%).
- Arunachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio fell to 11.5 per 1,000 births in January 2021, against 18.1 a year earlier (−36%).
- Arunachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio rose to 11.5 per 1,000 births in October 2020, against 8.5 a year earlier (+36%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Arunachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 7.6 per 1,000 births in April 2020 is the lowest since March 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--arunachal-pradesh--2020-04--record
See also Arunachal Pradesh and 7.6 per 1,000 births in context.