Change on a year earlierDecember 2019Maternal and child
Haryana: still-birth ratio fell to 11.7 per 1,000 births in December 2019, against 15.1 a year earlier (−23%).
What happened
- December 2019
- 11.7
- December 2018
- 15.1
- Change
- −3.4
- Change, per cent
- −23%
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 | 11.7 | 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 "Haryana", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| December 2018 | 15.1 | 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 "Haryana", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Haryana
- Haryana: still-birth ratio of 17.1 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is the highest since May 2018.
- Haryana: still-birth ratio of 9.9 per 1,000 births in March 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Haryana: still-birth ratio of 11.0 per 1,000 births in December 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Haryana: still-birth ratio in July 2020 was 11.8 per 1,000 births, below the 3-year median of 15.0 for the same month (−21%).
- Haryana: still-birth ratio of 11.1 per 1,000 births in February 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Haryana: still-birth ratio fell to 11.1 per 1,000 births in February 2020, against 14.5 a year earlier (−24%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Haryana: still-birth ratio fell to 11.7 per 1,000 births in December 2019, against 15.1 a year earlier (−23%). 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--haryana--2019-12--yoy_change
See also Haryana and 11.7 per 1,000 births in context.