Change on a year earlierMarch 2021Maternal and child
Chandigarh: still-birth ratio rose to 25.6 per 1,000 births in March 2021, against 19.7 a year earlier (+30%).
What happened
- March 2021
- 25.6
- March 2020
- 19.7
- Change
- +5.9
- Change, per cent
- +30%
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 a deterioration.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | 25.6 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/L-Mar.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 "Chandigarh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2020 | 19.7 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/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 "Chandigarh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Chandigarh
- Chandigarh's still-birth ratio of 31.7 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is above the India figure of 16.4 (+93%).
- Chandigarh: still-birth ratio rose to 31.7 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 23.6 a year earlier (+34%).
- Chandigarh's still-birth ratio of 29.5 per 1,000 births in April 2021 is above the India figure of 12.1 (+143%).
- Chandigarh's still-birth ratio of 25.6 per 1,000 births in March 2021 is above the India figure of 10.8 (+138%).
- Chandigarh: still-birth ratio in January 2021 was 28.4 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 18.6 for the same month (+52%).
- Chandigarh: still-birth ratio rose to 28.4 per 1,000 births in January 2021, against 17.9 a year earlier (+59%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Chandigarh: still-birth ratio rose to 25.6 per 1,000 births in March 2021, against 19.7 a year earlier (+30%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--chandigarh--2021-03--yoy_change
See also Chandigarh and 25.6 per 1,000 births in context.