RecordDecember 2020Maternal and child
Haryana: still-birth ratio of 11.0 per 1,000 births in December 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- December 2020
- 11.0
- 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
44 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2020 | 11.0 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/I-Dec.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 "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 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%).
- Haryana: still-birth ratio of 11.7 per 1,000 births in December 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Haryana: still-birth ratio of 11.0 per 1,000 births in December 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, December 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--haryana--2020-12--record
See also Haryana and 11.0 per 1,000 births in context.