Change on a year earlierNovember 2020Maternal and child
Goa: still-birth ratio fell to 5.3 per 1,000 births in November 2020, against 8.3 a year earlier (−36%).
What happened
- November 2020
- 5.3
- November 2019
- 8.3
- Change
- −3.0
- Change, per cent
- −36%
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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2020 | 5.3 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, November 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/H-Nov.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 "Goa", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| November 2019 | 8.3 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, November 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/H - November.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 "Goa", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Goa
- Goa: still-birth ratio rose to 13.9 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 8.4 a year earlier (+65%).
- Goa: still-birth ratio of 13.9 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is the highest since August 2019.
- Goa: still-birth ratio in May 2021 was 13.9 per 1,000 births, above the 4-year median of 7.5 for the same month (+84%).
- Goa: still-birth ratio rose to 10.7 per 1,000 births in March 2021, against 6.8 a year earlier (+58%).
- Goa: still-birth ratio in February 2021 was 10.7 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 8.3 for the same month (+29%).
- Goa: still-birth ratio rose to 10.7 per 1,000 births in February 2021, against 8.1 a year earlier (+32%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Goa: still-birth ratio fell to 5.3 per 1,000 births in November 2020, against 8.3 a year earlier (−36%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, November 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--goa--2020-11--yoy_change
See also Goa and 5.3 per 1,000 births in context.