Change on a year earlierMay 2019Maternal and child
Kerala: still-birth ratio fell to 3.6 per 1,000 births in May 2019, against 4.5 a year earlier (−19%).
What happened
- May 2019
- 3.6
- May 2018
- 4.5
- Change
- −0.9
- Change, per cent
- −19%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | 3.6 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/B - May.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 "Kerala", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2018 | 4.5 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/B - May.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 "Kerala", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Kerala
- Kerala: still-birth ratio of 5.5 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Kerala: still-birth ratio of 5.2 per 1,000 births in March 2021 is the highest since February 2018.
- Kerala: still-birth ratio rose to 5.2 per 1,000 births in March 2021, against 3.4 a year earlier (+55%).
- Kerala: still-birth ratio in March 2021 was 5.2 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 4.3 for the same month (+21%).
- Kerala: still-birth ratio rose to 4.6 per 1,000 births in February 2021, against 3.2 a year earlier (+43%).
- Kerala: still-birth ratio of 4.8 per 1,000 births in January 2021 is the highest since February 2018.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Kerala: still-birth ratio fell to 3.6 per 1,000 births in May 2019, against 4.5 a year earlier (−19%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--kerala--2019-05--yoy_change
See also Kerala and 3.6 per 1,000 births in context.