Change on a year earlierJuly 2020Maternal and child
Himachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio rose to 15.0 per 1,000 births in July 2020, against 9.8 a year earlier (+53%).
What happened
- July 2020
- 15.0
- July 2019
- 9.8
- Change
- +5.2
- Change, per cent
- +53%
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 2019, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | 15.0 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/D-Jul.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 "Himachal Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| July 2019 | 9.8 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/D - July.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 "Himachal Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Himachal Pradesh
- Himachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio in July 2020 was 15.0 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 10.5 for the same month (+43%).
- Himachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 15.7 per 1,000 births in May 2020 is the highest since May 2017.
- Himachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio rose to 15.7 per 1,000 births in May 2020, against 10.1 a year earlier (+56%).
- Himachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 8.0 per 1,000 births in February 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Himachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio fell to 8.0 per 1,000 births in February 2020, against 10.6 a year earlier (−25%).
- Himachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio fell to 11.2 per 1,000 births in October 2019, against 13.8 a year earlier (−18%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Himachal Pradesh: still-birth ratio rose to 15.0 per 1,000 births in July 2020, against 9.8 a year earlier (+53%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--himachal-pradesh--2020-07--yoy_change
See also Himachal Pradesh and 15.0 per 1,000 births in context.