Change on a year earlierFebruary 2020Maternal and child
Bihar: still-birth ratio fell to 9.0 per 1,000 births in February 2020, against 10.9 a year earlier (−17%).
What happened
- February 2020
- 9.0
- February 2019
- 10.9
- Change
- −1.9
- Change, per cent
- −17%
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 2019, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | 9.0 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/K - February.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 "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| February 2019 | 10.9 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/K - February.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 "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Bihar
- Bihar: still-birth ratio of 14.3 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is the highest since April 2020.
- Bihar: still-birth ratio fell to 9.9 per 1,000 births in April 2021, against 15.4 a year earlier (−36%).
- Bihar: still-birth ratio of 8.3 per 1,000 births in March 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: still-birth ratio in March 2021 was 8.3 per 1,000 births, below the 3-year median of 11.0 for the same month (−24%).
- Bihar: still-birth ratio of 15.4 per 1,000 births in April 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: still-birth ratio in April 2020 was 15.4 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 11.5 for the same month (+33%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Bihar: still-birth ratio fell to 9.0 per 1,000 births in February 2020, against 10.9 a year earlier (−17%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--bihar--2020-02--yoy_change
See also Bihar and 9.0 per 1,000 births in context.