Change on a year earlierMay 2021Maternal and child
Goa: still-birth ratio rose to 13.9 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 8.4 a year earlier (+65%).
What happened
- May 2021
- 13.9
- May 2020
- 8.4
- Change
- +5.5
- Change, per cent
- +65%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 13.9 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.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)] |
| May 2020 | 8.4 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.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)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Goa
- 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%).
- Goa: still-birth ratio of 5.3 per 1,000 births in November 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Goa: still-birth ratio rose to 13.9 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 8.4 a year earlier (+65%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--goa--2021-05--yoy_change
See also Goa and 13.9 per 1,000 births in context.