RecordNovember 2020Maternal and child
Gujarat: still-birth ratio of 8.1 per 1,000 births in November 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- November 2020
- 8.1
- series start 2017-04
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Why it matters
A record says how long it has been since the series was this high or this low. It puts a single value in the context of the whole published history.
For still-birth ratio, lower is better. This movement is therefore assessed as an improvement.
Historical context
43 consecutive earlier months were higher. It extends a run of new lowests that began earlier.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2020 | 8.1 | 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 "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 8.3 per 1,000 births in October 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: still-birth ratio in September 2020 was 9.1 per 1,000 births, below the 3-year median of 11.5 for the same month (−21%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Gujarat: still-birth ratio of 8.1 per 1,000 births in November 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017. 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--gujarat--2020-11--record
See also Gujarat and 8.1 per 1,000 births in context.