Change on a year earlierDecember 2019Maternal and child
Gujarat: still-birth ratio fell to 9.0 per 1,000 births in December 2019, against 10.9 a year earlier (−18%).
What happened
- December 2019
- 9.0
- December 2018
- 10.9
- Change
- −1.9
- Change, per cent
- −18%
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 2018, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | 9.0 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/I - December.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 "Gujarat", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| December 2018 | 10.9 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/I - December.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 "Gujarat", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Gujarat
- Gujarat: still-birth ratio of 12.9 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: still-birth ratio in February 2021 was 7.5 per 1,000 births, below the 3-year median of 10.4 for the same month (−28%).
- Gujarat: still-birth ratio of 7.4 per 1,000 births in December 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: still-birth ratio in November 2020 was 8.1 per 1,000 births, below the 3-year median of 10.5 for the same month (−23%).
- Gujarat: still-birth ratio of 8.1 per 1,000 births in November 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: still-birth ratio of 8.3 per 1,000 births in October 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Gujarat: still-birth ratio fell to 9.0 per 1,000 births in December 2019, against 10.9 a year earlier (−18%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--gujarat--2019-12--yoy_change
See also Gujarat and 9.0 per 1,000 births in context.