RecordApril 2019Maternal and child
Karnataka: still-birth ratio of 8.9 per 1,000 births in April 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- April 2019
- 8.9
- 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
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | 8.9 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/A - April.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 "Karnataka", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Karnataka
- Karnataka: still-birth ratio of 12.0 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is the highest since November 2017.
- Karnataka: still-birth ratio of 8.7 per 1,000 births in April 2021 is the lowest since June 2019.
- Karnataka: still-birth ratio of 11.0 per 1,000 births in July 2020 is the highest since February 2018.
- Karnataka: still-birth ratio of 10.7 per 1,000 births in June 2020 is the highest since May 2019.
- Karnataka: still-birth ratio of 8.2 per 1,000 births in June 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Karnataka: still-birth ratio rose to 10.7 per 1,000 births in May 2019, against 9.1 a year earlier (+17%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Karnataka: still-birth ratio of 8.9 per 1,000 births in April 2019 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, April 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--karnataka--2019-04--record
See also Karnataka and 8.9 per 1,000 births in context.