Change on a year earlierFebruary 2020Maternal and child
Delhi: still-birth ratio rose to 18.0 per 1,000 births in February 2020, against 14.9 a year earlier (+21%).
What happened
- February 2020
- 18.0
- February 2019
- 14.9
- Change
- +3.1
- Change, per cent
- +21%
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 2019, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | 18.0 | 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 "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| February 2019 | 14.9 | 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 "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Delhi
- Delhi: still-birth ratio of 15.6 per 1,000 births in February 2021 is the lowest since January 2020.
- Delhi: still-birth ratio in June 2020 was 25.3 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 20.1 for the same month (+26%).
- Delhi: still-birth ratio of 25.3 per 1,000 births in June 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Delhi: still-birth ratio of 23.8 per 1,000 births in May 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Delhi: still-birth ratio of 20.7 per 1,000 births in May 2019 is the highest since June 2017.
- Delhi: still-birth ratio of 14.9 per 1,000 births in February 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Delhi: still-birth ratio rose to 18.0 per 1,000 births in February 2020, against 14.9 a year earlier (+21%). 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--delhi--2020-02--yoy_change
See also Delhi and 18.0 per 1,000 births in context.