Change on a year earlierAugust 2020Maternal and child
Jammu and Kashmir: still-birth ratio rose to 23.2 per 1,000 births in August 2020, against 16.1 a year earlier (+44%).
What happened
- August 2020
- 23.2
- August 2019
- 16.1
- Change
- +7.1
- Change, per cent
- +44%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 23.2 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/E-Aug.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 "Jammu And Kashmir", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| August 2019 | 16.1 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/E - August.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 "Jammu & Kashmir", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Jammu and Kashmir
- Jammu and Kashmir: still-birth ratio of 24.5 per 1,000 births in February 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Jammu and Kashmir: still-birth ratio in January 2021 was 23.1 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 19.2 for the same month (+21%).
- Jammu and Kashmir: still-birth ratio in August 2020 was 23.2 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 16.1 for the same month (+44%).
- Jammu and Kashmir: still-birth ratio of 23.4 per 1,000 births in April 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Jammu and Kashmir: still-birth ratio of 21.8 per 1,000 births in February 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Jammu and Kashmir: still-birth ratio of 15.5 per 1,000 births in July 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Jammu and Kashmir: still-birth ratio rose to 23.2 per 1,000 births in August 2020, against 16.1 a year earlier (+44%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--jammu-and-kashmir--2020-08--yoy_change
See also Jammu and Kashmir and 23.2 per 1,000 births in context.